New Diesel Pickups? Lets be Nice

Kinda hard to give you any help as you didn't say what use you had for your new truck. I did a cost comparrision on a reg cab SWR vs CC DRW and it was 7% more for the CC DRW in 2k2.

For mileage the 6.0 gets slitghtly better fuel mileage than the 7.3. I believe the key to great fuel mileage is the driving style of the owner. I get consistantly 19.2mpg empty and 14.1mpg pulling 16k GCW with my F350 7.3 DRW.

Any drivebywire diesel is very picky on how it's driven for fuel mileage.

I would get the camper package with the 3:73 ratio. There's not many options on the drivetrain.

T_Bone

When I got my last one (an '01 Ram 2500 4x4 quad cab, cummins, 5 speed; just turned 100,000 (100,018 tonight) I went to a dealer 65 miles from me who had 50 new diesels on the lot and prices $1000 over invoice. I told the salesman I wanted 5 speed, quad cab, diesel, all the springs they could put under one, and a/c. Any other option (including cloth seats and a radio) is wasted $$ for me. He showed me about 6 that met what I wanted, I did have to get a couple of little options to get one in grey with an 8' bed but it was worth it not to order one and have to pay list. I know some folks say that gas trucks are a better buy than diesels but I love mine. One thing they dont account for is the resale value, a gas truck here wont bring over $8K with 100,000 miles, local dealer has diesels with 150,000 for $20,000 and cant keep them. When a new one is under $28K I cant see not buying new.

1) Engine went at 47,500 Miles
2) Torque Converter at 60,000
3) Transmission at 84,000
4) 14 computer failures related to the engine
5) Fuel filter in the gas tank of all places
6) Dodge refused to accept any responsibilty at all for repairs

I was offered an extended warranty, & stupidly turned it down. They wanted $2000 for it. The Chevrolet I traded only cost $600 for the warranty 3 years before! THAT RIGHT THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN WARNING ENOUGH TO WALK AWAY! By the way the vehicle now has 115,000 miles on it, & it it parked in the barn collecting dust with a bearing out of the drive shaft. Its so bad I wont sell it to any one. Next time it moves its going to the junk yard! I bought a 94 Chev 2500 with 350 gas 4x4 auto with 230,000 miles in October, & I have put 14,000 miles on it, & I have only spent $90 on repairs for the heater blower motor! Although I really like it; But I wish I had bought a Diesel... After spending 11,500 out of my pocket on that Dodge I didnt want to spend that extra money at the time on a diesel! Also the Dodge had 95% of the time been driven 40 miles to work with 80% of that being an interstate highway. There is absolutely no reason for that many failures to happen!

I truly am being 'nice' and passing on what a Chrysler/Ford dealership service manager told me last year when I asked; Dodge or Ford?

If you want to haul the mail, buy a Ford. If you want to drive away and never come back, buy a Dodge.

Lots>Link of info there on the new and old Ford diesels. Even space for the "non-conformists". I have to be a little bias as I own stock in FOMOCO.