COG educational thread
The topic about COG got closed for reasons I don't have to understand, but IMHO it shows how little owners understand the technical issues. So big TC owners are between truck manufacturers who recom...
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New ones still have head gaskets and spark plugs.
I’ve got a ‘55 Chevy... and others. Virtually none of our computer era vehicles will be around for 60 years.
Old isn’t better in every way. I’m just saying neither is new, the old rigs had their advantages.
The newer computerized vehicles run flawlessly, when everything works.
It’s awesome how the Chevy with the Duramax/Allison automatically defuels right when it shifts so it can survive shifting through the gears with converter locked.
It’s great how efi compensated for altitude, etc.
Adding complication, by its nature, doesn’t add reliability it adds failure points.
The thing about new ones being good for 400k is ridiculous.
Maybe the diesels, but even those are pretty ragged by then. I doubt there’s many here with 400k original, unrebuilt miles on anything.
I’ve got a ‘55 Chevy... and others. Virtually none of our computer era vehicles will be around for 60 years.
Old isn’t better in every way. I’m just saying neither is new, the old rigs had their advantages.
The newer computerized vehicles run flawlessly, when everything works.
It’s awesome how the Chevy with the Duramax/Allison automatically defuels right when it shifts so it can survive shifting through the gears with converter locked.
It’s great how efi compensated for altitude, etc.
Adding complication, by its nature, doesn’t add reliability it adds failure points.
The thing about new ones being good for 400k is ridiculous.
Maybe the diesels, but even those are pretty ragged by then. I doubt there’s many here with 400k original, unrebuilt miles on anything.
