Old truck vs new truck

SidecarFlip wrote:

Rwake901 wrote:
Personally I prefer the reliability of a newer truck. When traveling I don’t want to worry about what’s going to break down next on the road and ruin my vacation. I know payments suck but so does sitting alongside the high way broke down spending your vacation there instead of where you want to be. I guess ether way your paying someone the bank or the repair guy. lol

You need to distill that a bit to diesel or gas. New diesels may (or may not be) issue prone. Lots of lowest bidder hardware and software to break.

My sister tried to use that argument to convince me to purchase a new truck. Her new GM product was in the shop 8 times compared to 1 time for my old Ford truck. You hit the nail on the head for software issues.