burningman wrote:
I’ve got no intention of ever selling my1986 GMC 4x4 crew cab dually.
I might put a Cummins diesel in it, although it’s actually lots cheaper to put gas in it than to do the diesel swap or buy a new or late-model truck.
It’s cheap and relatively easy to work on and extremely reliable. There just aren’t nearly as many things to go wrong on it.
And.... it’s so much better looking! The new ones are SO UGLY!
While I can’t fault your love for a 86 GMC (just bought one last year, currently restoring), the rest of your argument is as dumb as chit flavored chocolates….
I got a nice unmolested truck that everything worked on it and I can tell you I’ve fixed at least a couple dozen things that I haven’t touched in 30 years on newer vehicles. Is it because 80s GM iron is no good? Little of that but mostly, IT’S OLD. And just like you, cars don’t work as well and need repair when they’re OLD.
And let’s not even compare performance.
My truck has a healthy 454 in it and it’s fun. It also s ucks donkey dong for towing performance and comfort compared to newer trucks. Just how it is. Even if it’s fun to reminisce…
Bottom line, anyone making these types of statements is either defending/hiding their financial inability to have a new truck or simply being obtuse for the sake of arguing. (And resistant to change)
