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Re: Winegard® Connect™ 2.0 WiFi & 4G LTE
Just a brief note to say that I got this working with a Telus SIM (note - fairly IT capable - I'm IT manager at my company). After fighting through the crappy app, need for internet, because you need an account, and wrong instructions, I got my newly purchased Gateway to work in an area with terribly spotty cell service, with a Telus mobility card. I had to try different settings and card insertions, but it works excellently. Oh ya, VOIP works better than any cell in the area.1.3KViews0likes0CommentsRe: Ford F150 is going Powerstroke Diesel
RobertRyan wrote: Perrysburg Dodgeburg wrote: Wow, were do I start. One, if gas engines are so great tell me why big trucks run diesels? Two, I love driving my truck, there is no difference in the way a diesel equipped truck drives then a gas. Three, noisy????? I can't here my truck run and when you walk by it you can hardly tell it is a diesel. Four, stinky????? you can not smell any diesel fumes from a modern DPF equipped truck what so ever. A deleted truck yes but sorry DPF trucks give off no diesel smell what so ever. Gas vehicles should be so clean. I hate running behind any Ecoboost vehicle as they stink to high heaven! Seems to be the anti diesel crowd have exaggerated claims against diesel. No wonder diesel struggles in the US, too much irrational fear and loathing So, as a co-owner of a company that runs 75% diesel powertrains, I am an anti diesel guy? Sounds logical lol. And for the record, they all emit the same smell when running in cold weather.542Views0likes0CommentsRe: 2014 Ram 2500 diesel yearly maintenance cost
My experience, running synthetic oil in all my vehicles, bank on 3 times the cost of gas maintenance. Oh, and it's a douchey thing to delete emissions on anything, especially a diesel, and doing it in the obsessive self belief that the person doing it is entitled to, is extra douchey. Rolling coal is the height of it. And i really don't care what the defenders say, play by the same rules as a gasser, can't have everyone thinking they are special.392Views0likes0CommentsRe: Gas ford f250 vs Chevy Silverado 2500 towing.
Ralph Cramden wrote: Mortimer Brewster wrote: A couple more things to think about - IMO Chevy seats are more comfortable than Ford’s. Ford has a better camera system. That may be your opinion but having owned both of recent vintage to me it's more of a fact, unless the GM is the bottom LS trim level, and then you get totally different cheap seats that are like sitting on milk crates. The GM also rides and handles night and day better than the Ford, either empty or loaded. I don't see where one camera system really outshines the other unless if Ford has done something different after the 16 model year? Rides yes, handles, um no. The F250 is a lot more composed when loaded, a bit more traditional in it's "trickiness". The Ford has the all around camera, with Trailer Backup assist. I've never even set it up, but it's there.1.1KViews0likes0CommentsRe: Ford F150 is going Powerstroke Diesel
Bionic Man wrote: When someone says that any new diesel is loud or stinky, they lose a lot of credibility. It stinks like burnt syrup, it's pretty obnoxious, not sure why, but our company has 2 of these, and they stink like a sickly sweet smell. Not rolling coal or anything. As for the noise, it's loud, louder engine than any modern commercial van, not that the F150 is anything like that, it was a statement about diesel vs gas, and how it spoiled an otherwise very nice van, Just had the turbo fail at 38955kms. Not cool. Dealer service advisor said that may explain the 22 seconds 0-60. Loving my turbo diesel lol. Anyone calls BS I'll post the service work order and or the vid of the 0-60326Views0likes0CommentsRe: Ford F150 is going Powerstroke Diesel
With 250 hp across a broad range, extra gears don't really help overall power delivery, only efficiency. The PSD makes almost full power significantly below peak rpm. Gears don't add horsepower, I can't follow why others can't follow that concept. If the diesel crowd would just acknowledge this is an expensive and pokey truck, and will be really pokey when doing anything other than towing at steady speeds on level roads, perhaps the discussion could move past hype and hyperbole, into the realm of the advantages of the diesel, because pretending that power is one of them is comical. Passing and accelerating once out of 1st gear, is all about horsepower, hence the reason all industrial motors are rated by the work they can do......In horsepower. For example, I drive a PSD Transit 250 with 185 hp, a turbo diesel. I clocked it for argument sake, as it has a higher power to weight ratio than an F150 diesel with a 5000lb boat, and certainly less wind drag. It takes 22 seconds to get to 60 mph, passing is virtually impossible when there is wind or grade of any type. I know exactly how hopeless vehicles feel when they get into the 40lbs+ lb to hp ratio. The upside, good mileage(will never pay the cost of the engine option, but whatever), and it holds a gear well, and runs low rpm. Compared against a fleet average with identical gas vans, with shorter gears, the mileage is about 15% better, operational costs; due to diesel being more expensive (~10%), maintenance and DEF is virtually the same. 80/20 highway /city, driven 100 miles a day on average. Longevity? Who cares, who wants a vehicle with over 150 000 miles that actually gets used? No one. Oh, and it's currently leaking oil from the turbo outlet (charge pipe). So there, I live the diesel life with the duty cycle and usage that everyone claims works great for diesel, and hate it. Total waste of money, terrible to drive, noisy, stinky, bad in the cold, horribly slow into the wind, $130 oil changes (yes, I choose to do them myself). Straight trade for a 3.7L - 3.73 geared transit 250, I'd take it any day of the week ending with y. The Transit gas engine van is genuinely a nice vehicle, ruined by the PSD. I see the F150 as the same thing, and none of the specs or reviews suggest otherwise, or any area of superiority over the awesome gas engines. Hater's gonna hate, sure, but to me, I just like nice stuff that does the job. I might even take on a beauty of an 2016 F250..... PSD with tons of power and decent mileage, now that's a diesel that I'd like to drive, and makes sense, maybe not dollars and cents, but it flat out works.326Views0likes0CommentsRe: Ford F150 is going Powerstroke Diesel
womps wrote: Perrysburg Dodgeboy wrote: Grit dog wrote: Hybridhunter wrote: Why do people post BS like 23 mpg from an HD truck? Why? It contributes nothing and proves nothing, and smacks of a person who's words and opinions can't be trusted....... Oh chit! Now you done did it! The geezernet.com mileage police will be on you like flys on turds!!! Better duck! No what it shows is you have never driven anything that can make that fuel mileage. My 2004 Ram Cummings made 27 mpg at 65 all day (not towing) and my 2015 Ecodiesel 4X4 CC makes 30 mpg @ 60 mph before the tune and 32 with the GDE tune. The 2019 Ecodiesel due out in mid summer will be rated two mpg higher then Fords 3.0 diesel. Maybe you should buy something with more then 6 gears if you want to get good fuel mileage. This is a new age and some people will never understand that. Don What heavy duty truck has more than 6 gears? And the Ecodiesel hitting the market by mid summer, maybe next summer, maybe. FYI - I daily drive a Transit PSD in a 6 speed van mostly highway with the tallest gears available.....I know what mileage what some vehicles get, diesels are no miracle. It's a business vehicle, and there is no economic debate as to whether it makes sense. It is owned btw. Back on topic, anyone read the terrible F150 PSD review, the one where it has no reserve power for passing with a 6500lb boat? Ya.273Views0likes0CommentsRe: Ford F150 is going Powerstroke Diesel
Bionic Man wrote: Hybridhunter wrote: Why do people post BS like 23 mpg from an HD truck? Why? It contributes nothing and proves nothing, and smacks of a person who's words and opinions can't be trusted....... Yep. Sure doesn't make sense to me. Just like someone who claims to have towed a 7000 pound trailer at the speed limit over I70 in Colorado with a NA V6 Ford. Hard to take anything seriously from them after those types of claims. It was a 4700 lb trailer with a truck that has 320hp. I'm sure a 250hp diesel would have done better lol. Wait a minute, a bone stock truck with a bunch of extra weight and taller gears, looks like it can do it! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmF5Yhcfscs273Views0likes0Comments
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