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Re: Re: New Diesel Pickups? Lets be Nice
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Posted by John S on May 09, 2004 at 17:45:27 from (69.81.85.167):
In Reply to: Re: New Diesel Pickups? Lets be Nice posted by buickanddeere on May 09, 2004 at 11:02:41:
I personally think it takes a lot more driving and towing than that to pay off. When you factor in purchase price, extra maintainace costs (more engine oil and expensive filters) you will have to put 200,000 miles on the truck before you break even and even then it is a maybe. As far as durabilty I have driven a few "gassers" well past 200,000 and many well over 100,000 miles with no problems. Plus I have a old Jeep J-20 pickup that I have had for 19 years that still runs and the only thing done to engine has been a starter, fuel pump and a 20 dollar carb rebuild kit and it even pushed snow for years too. I am not knocking diesels, I am only saying that when you add up all the costs it takes a very long time to break even if at all. They made more sense when they were 2000 to 2500 dollar options but those days are long gone. I would love to see Detroit bring back a simple low tech 200hp class reliable diesel for that price but I do not think that will ever happen. It is a shame as they do it with gassers, they should do it with diesels too.
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