Buying a diesel so questions on what to do

[Gunner]

Anyone want my 2010 f150 fx4 crewcab before i trade it in. I'll get you a smoking deal

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[EvilRhino]

If you actually load the trucks suspension get the 2500. If you want a comfy ride get the 1500

If you want better resale get the 2500. It's already lost all of the depreciation.

If you want something new and worry free pay for the warantee.

If you want a good diesel that everyone talks about get something before emissions crap.

I was hunting for the right 06.5-07.5 Duramax forever. I didn't like the 3/4 door size on Dodge crew cabs and couldn't trust a Ford diesel after the 6.0, 6.4 debacles. Most of the ones I was seeing were in the high $20's and had 200k miles. I thought it was a misprint when I found mine.

I researched the hell out of the Duramax and knew that the 0.7-10 were horrible mpg due to the new emission stuff, but the latest gen seems to be the best for HP/tq and still gets decent mpg for being able to tow 20k when needed. I was in Clear creek when I got a "service emission system" " speed will be limited to 65 mph in 803 miles. By the time I was back in Douglas county it said 60 miles until 65 mph limit. I added DEF fluid and cleared the code with an ancient code reader and it's been fine ever since.

After it's 2nd warranty is up, I'll look into tuners and deletes.

[gnihcraes]

You can test drive my EcoDiesel Grand Cherokee. Zoom. Heavy vehicle and it runs great. Pulls the camper good too the few times I've tested it.

Everyone on the Ecodiesel forums love their Ram 1500's. 420ft lbs in a small package. We're getting 22mpg city driving, goes up quickly during highway runs. ~ 30mpg.

Fiat/Chrysler finally came up with a new oil standard for the ecodiesel, so the oil changes are considerably cheaper. Can source the oil at walmart now. Rotella T6 instead of the Euro Pennzoil.

[mtnrider]

I researched the hell out of the Duramax and knew that the 0.7-10 were horrible mpg due to the new emission stuff, but the latest gen seems to be the best for HP/tq and still gets decent mpg for being able to tow 20k when needed. \
After it's 2nd warranty is up, I'll look into tuners and deletes.

Cummins were kind of the same way. The early 6.7 emissions vehicles (probably 2010-2013 ish) got worse mpg compared to the previous 5.9's with no emissions crap on them. I just picked up a 2016 2500 Mega cab and so far I am seeing the same mpg as I did on my non-emission 2006 5.9 and it feels more powerful. I would love to delete it (after warranty) but willl wait until I leave this state so I don't get stuck doing emission testing/
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[BigDee]

I bought a 14 Ram 1500 Laramie in May, it's loaded to the extreme including the air ride suspension. I LOVE the truck, my kid got into motor cross and we ended up buying a toy hauler. The 1500 pulls it fine but I've been on the fence about upping to a 2500 with a diesel so we can get a bigger toy hauler and hopefully a better ride while hauling the camper.

Last week I got into a fight with a pole and my 1500 is now in the shop, my rental is a 2500 gasser. The thing rides like a covered wagon compared to my 1500. It doesn't turn as well, parking it is a bitch, did I mention it rides like a covered wagon? All this not to mention the gasser motor gets 10mpg and I've been driving the thing like a grandpa.

All this has brought me to the conclusion that if you want a nice ride get a 1500 (The 14+ models have an almost 11K tow rating) if you're going to tow heavy stuff regularly get a 2500, if you drive it daily get a diesel, if you drive it purely to tow a gasser is probably just fine.

The ECO diesel option on the 1500... I'm not sure about that one yet. It's quite a bit more money and the maintenance is a lot more money. My 1500 gets 18mpg which isn't great but it's a lot better than my last truck and any shop in town can work on a Hemi, you're kinda stuck with the dealership doing any work to your Eco diesel so the additional fuel mileage doesn't outweigh the maintenance costs IMO.






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[Gunner]

Well the cummins came home with me. Got it for a good price with a 3 yr 36k mile warranty. Also go them to cut me a check since it has some hail damage in the passenger side. Just rolled 85k.



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[gnihcraes]

Nice. ^

[mtnrider]

Congrats. Welcome to the cool kids club now lets go roll some coal! (kidding I hate that).



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[Gunner]

It's only fun to roal coal on liberals hybrids and cyclists who think theyre cars haha

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[brutal]

Good move. Welcome to the club.

My 2004.5 still hasn't rolled 60K.