Buying a used diesel
I have never been a huge fan of diesels but find myself looking for one now. I am putting the house back on the market after having pulled it for a year to help out my daughter. We are hitting the r...
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blofgren wrote:
No offence intended but I would avoid a high mileage Alberta truck like the plague. A coworker of mine bought a Ram 5.9L Cummins a few years ago from there and by the time he took care of all the issues, there was no savings to be had over a cherry truck from the coast. Plus he still ended up with a rust bucket that he ended up dumping a couple of years later.
On the other hand my son in law is driving a GMC 6.5 turbo diesel that I bought new in 1993 which has never had any body work done to it and there is close to no rust on it. I've got another son in law driving a 2006 F350 with the the dreaded 6.0 liter in it that has about 500,000 miles on it. He bought it off his father who owned it since new. Although it is on its second engine it is still a very good looking and reliable truck. Maybe the conclusion you should have drawn is that you should avoid a Ram Cummins like the plague.;)
PS. Don't get me wrong..... I'm not suggesting that the 6.0 litre or the 6.5 are good engines, nor am I suggesting that someone should avoid a Ram like the plague. What I am saying is that a sample of one means nothing.
