Crew Cab vs. Extended Cab

[ROBERTSUNRUS]

Originally Posted by CrawfordGene

No matter where the door is, that passing car is going to make a mess of your day.

I looked it up on Wikipedia ( Suicide door - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ) and the entry says no one knows where the term originated, but discusses it at length. Lots of reasons, all somewhat reasonable.

Gene

Hi, the way the suicide doors was explained to me was that if you were going fast and opened the door, your reaction would be to hold tightly onto the handle, the wind would pull the door open rapidly, and you would be pulled out of the car and tossed onto the roadway. [and more than likely die] Remember too, that these old cars didn't have seat belts either.

[2airishuman]

Originally Posted by pappy19

I had a 2002 Ford F-350 Crew Cab-long bed and I needed a Walmart parking lot to turn it around and backing up was a nightmare...

in 02 they still had leaf spring up front, greatly increasing the turning radius.

since 05 they've had coil fronts, which reduced the turning radius significantly.

the new 450s actually have a smaller turning radius than a 250.

Originally Posted by HiHoAgRV

...If the Mirrors clear...drive straight and the duallys will also...so will the 'stream!

just think of them as whiskers...

and that is actually with them IN and not extended.

fully extended and the mirrors might be a tiny bit wider than the buttisimo...

cheers
2air'

[ticki2]

Something to think about . If your objective is to get off the beaten path with the TC and do some back roading the CCLB is 3 feet longer than your current suburban , and you already know where that can and cannot go.

[mefly2]

Originally Posted by AirsDream

Don't know about your parking situation, but here's a consideration.

I set out to buy a Ford diesel. But when I got the specs (this was 1 1/2 years back), I discovered that by designing it to "look aggressive", they made it tall. Too tall to fit under a standard garage door opening. I've got a garage stall built to fit a Suburban I owned when we built the garage ... so I bought a GM, 'cause it fit through the door and I could park it where I wanted.

edit: I just checked and they currently specify nearly identical height figures ... but if it's important to you, do check before pluking do the cash!

Not LOL; I bought the other brand and now have to rebuild the shelf in the front of my garage to allow for the extra height of the 3/4 ton suspension.