shifterracer

Here's my new baby exploring her new surroundings

shifterracer

UnrealFord

I cant resist driving my Boss all over, love the thumbs up all day in traffic.

Chris23

My picture I had made at the MCA national show came in today. I think it looks pretty good.

proboss

vb stang proboss here also in va beach i have hp white 0072 going to show at cav ford sat 4/14/12 come on by

cloud9

My Boss is incognito. Good thing too as this isn't exactly the high rent district just off the interstate

kyfigfam

How much weight is your Ecoboost pulling?

cloud9

The trailer/car and parts are somewhere just over 9k lbs. The trailer has a GVWR of 10k lbs. There's probably another 600lbs of tires, gas and tools in the pickup. Total towing capacity is 11,300. Mileage was 7.6 @65 but when I drove 75 it dropped to 5.2! I will take a little more time to get there

06GT

Oh man and I thought diesel towing mileage was bad

2012YellowBoss

What is the trailer weight empty? I am am guessing around 3500-4000. Mine weighs 2100 and I'm also carrying gas, tires etc to the track with the 5.0. I got 13.3 going to Homestead last month door to door mostly highway with cruise control on at 67. Return trip 13.9 without cruise and more traffic 65-70. Sebring is secondary roads with few lights and I get 14.6 pulling the Boss there around 55-65.

Seems like a big difference for two or even three thousand pounds? I know an enclosed trailer has more wind resistance but 5.2 really surprises me.

Jimmy Pribble

That's why it is called EcoBoost. It's a Boost to the Economy, because of how much gasoline Gary buys. Your nation thanks you, Gary.



Jimmy

Krnnerdboy

My 11 x5 with the boosted i6 got 13.5 mpg towing an open car trailer weighing 6500lbs. 5-6 seems extremely excessive.

usa414

Just washed it last night after work (don't worry, it's not the first time it's been washed, haha). These are the first pictures I've uploaded of 1638. I got it back in October and it has about 2,800 miles at this point now. I really can't say how much I love this car! Anyhow, once it gets warmer I'll have a tougher time deciding whether to take the Boss out or my Harley... it's a tough choice, but I guess I'll suffer through!

I took these real quick with my phone, so I'll try and get some better ones with a real camera once I find a nice spot close to where I live.

boss man

Looking Good. Maybe I'll see you someday on the road. I'm from South Central Jersey. 10 miles south past Great Adventure.

usa414

Thanks! The furthest south I've been with it so far is Toms River, but it would be great to see another Boss out there. So far, I've only seen two (aside from mine) in person on the road. One was a CO up in PA around Allentown and another CO with white stripes on the GS Parkway a few weeks ago on the Driscoll Bridge. It's amazing what a difference the white on orange makes, the orange doesn't look nearly deep/reddish.

The yellow blaze is awesome though! I tried to get one but every one I found had a crazy ADM charge. I think I wound up with the right color combo for me. The white and black work really well together - even better in person if you've never seen one up close. Grabber blue is my favorite, although personally I like the styling a little better on the 12's vs the 13's. I guess you can't always have it all, haha!

96lasersnake

Looks great, what harley do you have? I need to use mine more, dont have time to ride my harley or drive the boss. Harley has 950 miles and is a year old this week, the boss has 895 miles and bought it in november

usa414

Hey, thanks! I have a 2004 Road King Custom which has about 16,000 miles on it which I've kind of converted into a Street Glide. I put a Dragonfly Customs fairing on it a couple years ago, and just had the motor done last year. The thing runs amazing now with the 95" big bore kit with a gear drive cam. It's putting down about 115 ft lbs of torque to the pavement, just a blast to ride! I'd link up a picture, but don't want to hi jack the thread or anything, haha. After I got the motor done on the bike last April, I didn't think I'd have more fun in/on another vehicle...until I bought the Boss! Definitely put some more mile on both of those machines though!

SINBUSTER007

is there any way someone can tell me how to find other TMS member who might have boss's and are within close proximity to where i live?


also here is pict of my garage so far.

fuhrius

or, at least, there should be. it would be really simple.

chief_charlie

Gary,
How what is the tongue weight for your trailer fully loaded? Hove you measured it?
It looks like it's well over a 1,000 lbs.
Do you have a tongue weight scale ?