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womps
Explorer
May 23, 2018

Who said it doesn’t pay to drive a 1/2 ton diesel Ford.

According to goodcarbadcar.com if you compare the 2018 F150 with the Powerstroke to the same truck with the 2.7 Ecoboost and you drive 20,000 miles a year you will pay for the added cost of the Diesel...
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mkirsch
Nomad II
May 23, 2018
KD4UPL wrote:
Why does everybody always act like diesel 1/2 tons are something new? GM had diesel 1/2 ton trucks, Blazers, and Suburbans from about 1982 until about 1999 I think it was. They didn't sell that great then (maybe that's why nobody knows about them). Why does everyone want one now?


They didn't sell great because the 6.2 and 6.5 diesels were gutless, garbage engines.

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