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Wait, your F150 is a midget pickup?

Even my Ranger had 6'.

With the Supercrew cab (way more room in the cab than competitors) they only offer the 5.5 and 6.5, they don't even offer a full longbed.  And by far most people only order the 5.5.  It barely fits in my garage, and my garage is long.

To me the interior space is way more important than the exterior space.  I bought it for three things-- comfortable daily driver, family vehicle, and a tow rig.  I didn't buy it to haul 4x8 sheets of plywood in the bed, but it does quite well for camping/boating gear.  As I've said many times, if I coulda gotten a Suburban or Expedition with the towing specs my pickup has, that would be the ideal vehicle for the purpose.  

But they haven't made them in over a decade.

Ahh yeah, I remember you saying that towing was the key. 

I originally bought the Ranger so I'd have a vehicle I could use to take the bike to track days... It was only a year or so later that I crashed that bike and sold it... But I kept the truck nearly a decade more...

I had a F150 super crew with the 6.5’ bed. Dang thing was long, and hard to park. I find my Ram super crew with the 5.5’ bed much easier to maneuver. Plus, I have a small utility trailer that I can tow to handle the times where I need a little more bed space. Otherwise the 5.5 is a perfect compromise. 

there was hype for a 4-door electric?

as you know, 4 doors are for kids and groceries

impracticable

not hype able, unless you have a few kids 

When demand outstrips supply, which happens early in a car's run, the mfg will only build "well equipped" models, not base models.