After 30k miles (50k kMs) truck now purrs like a kitten.

So something I’ve noticed since I got back from my trip to the Arctic, is the truck idles nicer than any vehicle I’ve ever driven or owned. It has always had a mostly nice, steady idle, but over the last few months it’s become noteworthy, to me at least. The kind of perfectly steady idle that catches your attention.

The truck just purrs so nicely. I assume this is because the engine has finally completed its break-in. Maybe it’s all downhill from here? Hopefully I get to enjoy this for a while. We’ll see.

Did anyone else notice this?

 

I've not been around your truck enough to notice.

 

I’m outside your house right now.

 

Sounds like shit then.

 

Nope.

 

I’m in my New Ranger.

 

Too bad bro. Lady Luck may yet find you.

 

Oh. I thought it was the neighbor's pitbulls goin at it.

 

Ford says this is normal

 

And if you had changed the oil every 5k miles, it would run like a bat out of hell....Just saying

 

Touché, my friend, touché

 

It's not smoother, you've just inhaled too much Dempster dust and it's eating your brain.

 

I have a feeling I’m gonna regret this thread.

 

I already do

 

At 30k miles, your 3rd gen has more miles than my 2nd gen and 170k miles less than my 1st gen.

 

How’s the idle?

 

The '15 I have to check the tach to see if it's running if I've got the radio on The '02 purrs right along, silky smooth but everything should be pretty well broken in by now.

 

i first hit 30k in March 2000 somewhere in St Louis county
it was probably purring nicely but that was so long ago! ... like 20 years almost