mkirsch wrote:
There is no such thing as a "reliable used econobox for $5k."
$5K gets you a 10-year-old car with 100K+ miles around here.
I've got a friend who is reliably getting 22MPG out of his Ecoboost after 15,000 miles. The best that diesel will do is 18MPG if you drive it like an old duffer.
He says the towing power is night and day compared to the 5.3L Chevy he replaced.
I call BS on the ecoboost mileage. It's a truck and there's no way he's getting that mileage unless he's driving well below the speed limit and holding up traffic.
I thought the ecoboost mileage hype was already done with.
