Who Daily Drivers their diesel TV?
I am looking for honest real-world feedback from people that use their TV as a daily driver as well. I am thinking of upgrading from my Tundra to get a little more capacity. Tundra has been a great ...
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Currently Daily Drive my Ram. Hoping to do the opposite and pickup a nice sporty smaller car in about 2 or 3 years (looking at a used porsche 911 / Cayman, jag f-type, or even mustang / camaro, just unsure right now and depends on values 2 or 3 years from now). Wife has her sedan as well, so it'll be nice to own something a little irresponsible again. There's no way I would ever purchase a "Commuter" car to supplement my truck.
That's why the truck I bought is a short bed crew cab, I can still drive it through downtown and park in most parking garages and road spaces. I too have about a 35 to 45 minute commute on a daily basis. And at least once a month, I go on a trip to the coast or up north or south (about 200 to 300 miles round trip). My truck is a diesel and we get bad traffic in the city occasionally, but I try to work off-set hours to avoid much of the gridlock. Really what kills a modern diesel's emissions system is high idle time and driving primarily in grid lock (since that's almost akin to idling all the way home). My active regens tend to be about 1,000 miles apart on my truck. No issues with emissions or the engine itself. Had to get the transmission re-programmed under warranty so that it shifts nicely now. But with 45k miles of driving, no real issues to report. Personally, there's plenty of members at all 3 forums that get well over 100k miles on their post 2010 EPA emissions vehicles. Some are unlucky and they're the most likely to post issues. So all 3 forums will skew to show more breakdowns per capita for any brand. However, you are right in that if something goes wrong on a diesel outside of warranty, it can be a pricey proposition. But I figure that the chances are low of something like that happening. That's been the case ever since common rail diesels came to market (Duramaxes, Scorpion Powerstrokes, and Cummins from 2003 on up I believe).
Lastly OP, If you do supercharge your Tundra, make sure that the supercharger is good for towing. I looked into that option for my 2010 F-150 and found that all superchargers for my 5.4 liter V-8 were *NOT* recommended for towing applications. Apparently too much heat and the cooling system wouldn't be able to keep up, or something would break in the driveline. So keep that in mind and do more research.
That's why the truck I bought is a short bed crew cab, I can still drive it through downtown and park in most parking garages and road spaces. I too have about a 35 to 45 minute commute on a daily basis. And at least once a month, I go on a trip to the coast or up north or south (about 200 to 300 miles round trip). My truck is a diesel and we get bad traffic in the city occasionally, but I try to work off-set hours to avoid much of the gridlock. Really what kills a modern diesel's emissions system is high idle time and driving primarily in grid lock (since that's almost akin to idling all the way home). My active regens tend to be about 1,000 miles apart on my truck. No issues with emissions or the engine itself. Had to get the transmission re-programmed under warranty so that it shifts nicely now. But with 45k miles of driving, no real issues to report. Personally, there's plenty of members at all 3 forums that get well over 100k miles on their post 2010 EPA emissions vehicles. Some are unlucky and they're the most likely to post issues. So all 3 forums will skew to show more breakdowns per capita for any brand. However, you are right in that if something goes wrong on a diesel outside of warranty, it can be a pricey proposition. But I figure that the chances are low of something like that happening. That's been the case ever since common rail diesels came to market (Duramaxes, Scorpion Powerstrokes, and Cummins from 2003 on up I believe).
Lastly OP, If you do supercharge your Tundra, make sure that the supercharger is good for towing. I looked into that option for my 2010 F-150 and found that all superchargers for my 5.4 liter V-8 were *NOT* recommended for towing applications. Apparently too much heat and the cooling system wouldn't be able to keep up, or something would break in the driveline. So keep that in mind and do more research.
