You choose - loaded gas or basic diesel?
If you had to buy a SD/HD truck today, what would you choose... a loaded, leather gas model or a diesel with cloth and just a few basic gadgets? Assume similar price, which is what I am finding.
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bucky wrote:
When you're stuck somewhere for a month because nobody can fix your diesel, that gasser will look pretty good. I can blow an engine or a tranny anywhere in this country and be back on the road in 36 hours for ~$3K. Read some of the horror stories here and on the Ford forums if you don't believe me. Ford will deny any claim, citing water in the fuel usually. Chip it, you are done regardless of brand. If you think they won't know or can't tell you are dreaming. I can pull the entire flash history of your truck in about 10 minutes. If I go back to diesel, it'll be a 5.9 Cummins. The Dmaxs are still too pricey, and as to Ford........Nah!
this is why I buy all my diesel trucks used. I know how to fix them.
i never have to worry about a warranty. I do the work and if you under stand them there is no problem. Most problems start wnen you take it back to dealer and a under trained diesel guy starts throwing parts at it on your dime. My Black truck in signature was on ford used lot and was listed as a NON RUNNING truck. I bought it and fixed all the minor problems and it tows my fiver any where I want to go along with a bullet proof BTS trans that Brian shipped to me.
Stock trans could not take the power of my injectors and chip
