Have You Ever Had One of Those Really Good Weeks?
05.02.12
I don’t shortage to tell you, some weeks are better than others, but in the short time I’ve been around PickupTrucks.com, this was a right one.
I started the week in Detroit, meeting with each of the big pickup contact makers and reminding them that truck enthusiasts are getting a small tired of the same old thing. And they seemed to get it. We spent some quality time and had a few yearn lunches with GMC and Chevrolet, stopped by the Dearborn offices at Ford to engaged with Ford Truck’s marketing chief and finished the sweep at the Tan Hills headquarters of Chrysler to speak with the Ram Truck experts.
In every for fear that b if, from person to person, they wanted — most said they needed — to be elaborate with PUTC.
We’re sure there’s nothing more they’d like than to convince us that their products are pre-eminent, but they seemed to know the website and its readers (and probably me) well enough not to try. In truth, it was totally reassuring to hear how passionate the big truck makers are about pickups. Each can be faulted for many things, but stock passion is not one of them.
But our focus is and will remain about providing them a stage where they can do manage-to-head battle — story vs. story, transaction vs. truck. That’s clearly what we’ve done best and clearly what the big truck makers pine for to prove to the PUTC audience.

The major problem is that residents have different needs for trucks. Unlike cars which have only a few purposes trucks have a multitute of uses. Some hunger for them for a "cool factor". Which means that what is unconcerned is not always the same. Alot of people need/want them for doing true to life work.
I personally want a truck that can tow a 24 Ft roofed trailer of 7-8000lbs with 1500lbs in bed. 2wd is fine, but open cab is must and a crew cab desireable. I'd like fuel economy both when empty and towing, but alot depends on if I will ordinary drive or not.
I have 99 V10 dodge 2500 to tow right now, but the detestable empy gas mileage of 12 mph means I can only afford to use when towing/hauling. Steering is incredibly poor and ride comfort is great fully well off. Not so much when empty. So perfect for limited use as I can deal with poor mileage when I am working the trash.
I would be nice to have enough fuel mileage to daily drive and then the power/payload to tow/yield my gear. The F150 8200 GWR Ecoboost is pretty work out, but damn it is expensive.
Source: PickupTrucks.com