As I first read this I’m
As I first read this I’m thinking, Ford F-150 hungh with a Diesel??? Maybe a F-250 ( Typo)
Power stroke name belongs to the F250 supper duty and F-350 and so on... but a F-150 that’s not right... then I see Turbo and 250 HP oh well that’s what’s wrong, my 2001 F-250 4x4 has a 7.3 (Navastar) V-8 Diesel with turbo... it’s all stock and I’m the 2nd owner. Mileage is better at 22 city and 30 highway... I’m lucky to maintain 15 mpg average, if I keep it at 62-3 mph on cruise I can hit 21 mpg and that is on a very heavy steel truck with lots of rust I’ll add... As a life long mechanic and traveler to Europe, I have tried to rent diesels when we go to Germany, and nothing is as cool to me as floating along with my family at 143 mph in a 4 cylinder Diesel station wagon and still having 1/4 of the peddle left to mash down and go faster... it was 2016 last time... the cost of fuel for diesel is always cheaper and I like driving a stick over there and always found the gritty-up-n-go... fast torque able to shame most American Cars. And the best part is the really great fuel economy...
Back to the Truck debate now since when is a truck worth as much as a house ??? I can barely swallow the idea that the Ram is the cost of our first house... 26 years ago, and now a $40+k is normal for an entry level pickup... if it is costing us that much our fuel economy should be in the upper 50’s and a 20 year warranty on body rust through should be standard!!! Ford and Chrysler have been in my drive way for many years couple of Japanese imports when I was young and a pair of Used New to us BNW 3 series are now the best cars that we have owned that lifetime mechanic in me is getting old and the repair work on any BMWs compared with any American offering is hands down better!!! My sincere thoughts are that the engineers and the shop mechanics must have both worked together hand in hand on the development of all aspects of anything that needs to be worked on... when American Car / truck companies pull their head out of their third point of contact and start doing this it’s going to be a better world for all... but I’m not going to hold my breath... If BMW made Trucks and they caught on over here more than the Dodge brothers and Ford families would be rolling over in their graves...
I’ve owned a few Plymouth, Dodge, and Chrysler Jeeps too but never a Generous Motors car... but I’ve made money off repairing them a lot... but it is still such a hassle to keep up with all the new tools and computer wiz bang stuff that I’m looking for older cars to fix and drive... a lot less to go wrong with them...
Best regards and thanks for the article...