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On 6/10/13 12:12 PM, iBoaterer wrote:
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The F-150 Lightening was a Porsche killer.

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You're dreaming. The last year Ford built the Lightning, it had
impressive performance numbers in the quarter mile, but that's not
what a Porsche is all about. But, for the record:

2001 Ford F-150 Lightning 0-60 mph 5.1 Quarter mile 13.7
2001 Porsche 911 Turbo 0-60 mph 3.8 Quarter mile 12.1

Now, take them off the track and onto the streets and there's no
contest at all. The Porsche will surefoot around corners and bends in
the road that would cause the Lightning to climb up a tree.

I had a 2001 Porsche 911 Twin Turbo. Finest engineered car I've ever
driven, and I've had a few.

Load the Porsche full of gravel and go up a steep dirt road and see
which one prevails!

No one would load either vehicle up with gravel. The Lightning was a
pick-me-up truck in name only, far too fancy for the workaday world. I
took a Lightning out for a demo when I decided to trade in my
SplashTruck. In those days, it didn't even have the tow capacity of the
"regular" F150, which is what I ended up getting. Oh, and if memory
serves, the Lighting had much lower ground clearance than the regular
F150, too. Loaded with gravel and going up a steep bumpy dirt road would
have been death for that truck.

Not true at all, the Lighting was a damned good combo work/play truck,
and the "ground clearance" was not much different than any F-150. It was
lowered only one inch from a base 150. Towing is about the same as the
base 150 as well.

Since you have no idea what F150 I bought and probably not the model
year, either, your claims are not applicable. When I was shopping for a
new "full size" pickup, the Lightning did not match up to the towing or
height specifications of the F150 I bought. Period.

Sure they are "applicable". The Lightning was lowered 1", show me
different. As for towing, a towing package was available for the
Lightning just as it was for a standard 150.

Sorry, I have no interest in getting into anything like a
Greg-Iboaterererer 300-post debate that never reaches a conclusion.

Right.......

Right. Absolutely right. Perhaps you can intrigue Greg with this
discussion and get back to me a few hundred posts later.

Yes, everyone knows, you're never wrong, even when you're wrong.