Duramax is king of the mountain again

jtallon wrote:

FishOnOne wrote:
My parents finally traded their '05 Duramax for a new '16 Duramax yesterday. They wanted a two wheel drive truck and after my dad saw the pictures of the hood scoop he didn't like so they went truck shopping at the local dealer. They test drove a Ram Cummins and the Chevy Duramax and decided on the Chevrolet because of more responsive power, transmission shift quality and just a better ride.

Funny how people's priorities are different.

765ft/lbs of torque in the '16 was sufficient for them, I suppose? Given they're essentially the same truck, I'd have waited a bit, and taken the additional power of the '17, and learned to accept the hood scoop. But everyone sees things differently, I guess.

Did they look at the '17 F350?

Best of luck to them. They should be very happy with the Chevy!

Coming from a 05 they should notice a nice improvement in towing performance but it'll be interesting what the fuel economy will be. Plus he always said my Ford towed better than his Chevy so he's probably thinking this new Chevy should be on par with my Ford.

They only looked at the Ram and Chevy. The dealer they purchased the truck was a dealer my mom worked at since the early sixty's. She's been retired for ~15 years now and the dealer still gave them employee discount.

For me I would have wanted the increase in power like yourself.