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I personally drive a 2003 Ford F150 SuperCrew FX4 XLT 4 Wheel Drive Styleside with an automatic transmission. It has a 5.4 liter engine with 8 cylinders. This is a powerful, huge truck. I never have any problems when it comes to towing.

The truck has a little more than 47,000 miles on it. The Ford F150 has a 25 gallon gas tank with an estimated gas mileage of 14 miles per gallon in the city and 19 on the highway. I'm lucky to get 12/15 during normal driving.

It has a ton of features that are standard there aren’t too many options that I would look for except perhaps heated seats, moonroof, and navigation. Standard (not an inclusive list) includes automatic transmission, front independent suspension front stabilizer bar, clock, external temperature display, low fuel level warning, compass, and trailer wiring cargo tie downs.

This truck has a seating capacity of 6 people. The front has a 2 captain's chairs. A fantastic feature is lumbar supports for both the driver and the passenger via a round lever. It makes a huge difference. I found the Ford F150 to be quite comfortable.

There is cloth upholstery and in the car I am driving it is a soft material and in gray. What I had never seen is the compartment between the driver and the window passenger. If you only have 2 people in the front you can put down a compartment (I can’t call it an arm rest because it really doesn’t come out long enough to rest my arm.) that holds cups and storage. This truck has quite a bit of storage except for the glove compartment. What looks huge is actually tiny once you open it. There is storage on the doors and on the roof for glasses and kleenex. Note though that there is a bump (It isn’t huge like in a bucket seat car.) where the middle passenger sits. The is so much head and leg room that comfort in the front isn’t an issue.

The back has cup holders as well and a split-bench. It is divided as in 1/3 and 2/3rd. There are two head rests. 2/3rds of the back bench fold down but not all the way but enough to get to a place where there is a small holding compartment where the jack is kept. The other 1/3rd seat does the same. There are also rear heating ducts.

The truck has remote power door locks, power windows, power mirrors, cruise control, front and rear 12volt power outlets, air conditioning, front and rear reading lights, dual illuminating vanity mirrors and a leather-wrapped steering wheel.

Other specs include:
Front Head Room: 39.8 in. Front Hip Room: 59.8 in. Front Shoulder Room: 63.7 in. Rear Head Room: 39.8 in. Rear Shoulder Room: 63.6 in. Rear Hip Room: 58 in. Front Leg Room: 41 in. Rear Leg Room: 36.8 in (from www.edmunds.com)

I am driving a white truck. It looks nice in white. Other colors are black, beige, red, burgundy, green, dark green, gray, dark gray, silver and a couple of shades of blue.

It has an AM/FM radio with a cassette player with 4 speakers and 80 watts of stereo output. The radio sounds terrific.
There are no side airbags, you may want to note. Also please note that this truck is high. Luckily it has handles near the 4 doors you can hold onto to lift yourself up. For many, though, the height of this truck will be a problem.

How the truck handles:

The first thing I noticed when driving this truck which did not go away with time was the road vibrations and bumpyness. I think the truck found every bump on the road or made up some on the way. That is a real negative for me because we drive for long periods of time and if we are spending this much money will spend a bit more for a vehicle that will tow and that won’t get me car sick.

The second thing I noticed was the road noise. I could NOT, for example, use my cell phone’s voice command without being told it was too noisy.

The third thing I noticed was the steering. Considering how big this truck is it handles well. It corners much better than I expected, though I did move with the truck. For something this size I didn’t expect the steering to handle so well. I easily passed cars that I was too close to and got into the lane again with no problem.

The fourth thing I noticed was the acceleration. OK it is a truck but with 8 cylinders I expect more power. I had to really give it gas to get up a hill at 65 miles an hour. I never feared for my life when merging onto the highway, there is enough pickup for me to say it accelerates well enough, I’m just not used to having to put my foot down on the accelerator so hard to get it going.

I could feel it go into gear as I accelerated as well. I could also feel the truck at 70 miles an hour. I wasn’t afraid of going to fast in this Ford because it told me when we were above the speed limit – it shook a little bit.

The standard basic warranty including the drivetrain and roadside assistance is 3 years or 36,000 miles. The warranty for rust is 5 years. This is one of the worse warranties I have seen – at least comparing it to cars. I've had this truck for approximately 4 years and it already has some surface rust on the inside of the doors.

Overall, this has been a good truck but I am looking forward to purchasing a 2008 F150 sometime in the summer/fall of 2007.