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hayes369 Enthusiast

hayes369

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Personally I was looking at buying an extended cab f150 instead of my GMC double cab but the continued use of the old "suicide" style doors turned me away. The old extended cabs looks better but the suicide style doors are a PITA

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bosro Enthusiast

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Personally I was looking at buying an extended cab f150 instead of my GMC double cab but the continued use of the old "suicide" style doors turned me away. The old extended cabs looks better but the suicide style doors are a PITA

Old suicide doors?

The F150s now fold back just like the old extended cabs of GM.

I miss the extended cab doors....was easy to get stuff of floor in back without opening door,Ill adapt

I'd have probably bought another F150 but extended cab Lariats all impossible to find without the small Ecoboost motor.

hayes369 Enthusiast

hayes369

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Old suicide doors?

The F150s now fold back just like the old extended cabs of GM.

I miss the extended cab doors....was easy to get stuff of floor in back without opening door,Ill adapt

"Old" just meaning the same design they've had for the past decade +
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The new Ford 2017 SD revealed today still has the rear-opening EC option...

 

Love my GMC but I was drooling over new F250.

 

FWIW, I think Ford made the switch back to a single cab size - the new Super Duty cabs/dash look to me to be the same as the F150. No more unique cabs for the Super Duty.

mafd2 Senior Enthusiast

mafd2

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Had a 2012 ext. cab. Could not stand the body/door flex and overall noise with the ext. cab. Double cab all the way.

Yep, I had an ext. cab and it squeaked, and made noises between the front and rear doors due to body flex. I don't miss me ext. cab.

Tattooo Senior Enthusiast

Tattooo

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IMHO .....I have had extended, crew & double cab & the extended cab sucks because theres no power windows & you gotta open your door to let people in & out .....

'01LS1 Senior Enthusiast

'01LS1

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IMHO .....I have had extended, crew & double cab & the extended cab sucks because theres no power windows & you gotta open your door to let people in & out .....

The gmt900's had power windows for the ext cabs.

'01LS1 Senior Enthusiast

'01LS1

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Oh....I didn't know that

 

Me either, until my dog hit the switch one afternoon right after I got the truck. Realized what the lock out button on the front drivers door was for after that.

Graphic Enthusiast

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I went from an ext cab 08 to a double cab 2014. The ext cab was better for access, but the double cab was quieter without the flex between the door. The double cab is much more rigid and quiet since two moving parts are not depending on each other to latch closed. Probably safer with the extra pillar in there too. I imagine it is much easier to quiet the cab down with the extra pillar in there. It's a trade off. You lose a bit of access to the rear, but you get regidity, safety and quietness in return. I ended up prefering the double cab. I didn't get back there much, and I am not very large, but the door is kind of small for an adult to wedge in there, but I usually called dibs on driving.

TxTruckMan Senior Enthusiast

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I remember years ago my wife and I were loading into her dad's extended cab truck and had all four doors open. Before we could get situated in the back, the mother-in-law jumped in the front passenger seat and proceeded to SLAM (really hard) the front door as she always did/does (don't get me started on door slamming). Well, with the back door not being closed, the front door had nothing to latch onto. It made a huge clanking sound and bounced hard back fully open and then almost closed again. The whole truck rocked back and forth. I thought the door was going to fall off. She screamed at her husband and then us when it happened, and we started laughing uncontrollably. She was so mad, but it was all her fault. It was very comical.

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CptMcSaug

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I have had the EXT cab in my 09 and I knew after riding in friends double cab that there was no way I would go that route again. I had to get a crew cab, I carry more people than cargo to use the standard bed. That is why I got a trailer.

tnchevy Senior Enthusiast

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I don't know what the specs are on paper but my 2002 ext cab had a lot more room in the back and less room in the front than the 2014/15's do. I am 6'1" and I had to have the seat all the way back on my 2002 model but in my 2014 I don't. I have actually never sat in the back seat of my 2014 so I hopped in the back of it last night and it is definitely a tighter fit than my 2002 was! I don't have kids or haul people in the back so it fits my needs just fine but if you regularly haul around adults or even kids then i wouldn't even consider the double cab.

Tattooo Senior Enthusiast

Tattooo

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I remember years ago my wife and I were loading into her dad's extended cab truck and had all four doors open. Before we could get situated in the back, the mother-in-law jumped in the front passenger seat and proceeded to SLAM (really hard) the front door as she always did/does (don't get me started on door slamming). Well, with the back door not being closed, the front door had nothing to latch onto. It made a huge clanking sound and bounced hard back fully open and then almost closed again. The whole truck rocked back and forth. I thought the door was going to fall off. She screamed at her husband and then us when it happened, and we started laughing uncontrollably. She was so mad, but it was all her fault. It was very comical.

I've had the same experience. .....dont miss getting pissed off from that .....lol

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