[Dave W]

Ifyou have a 'spare' $60-80,000 or more bucks just laying around, stuffef under the mattress, by all means, visit one of the Big Three and drive out with the new and improved version of what you have. But if your truck does what needs to be done, why. just to have a truck that may shine a little better, may have a few more horsepower and pound feet of torque but that;s relative if what you have will do it almost as well ---- and it still runs good and has been paid for for years. Then if you feel that you need to dump a 10-12 buck ug of DEF in its separate tank every couple thousand towing miles - by all means, that new truck id just waiting. Of course, there are those persnickety electronics gadgets that help support that DEF and emissions controls which also a 'selling point' - not!!.


Virtually any current '90s up diesel in any of the big three pickups is good for 300-400,000 miles or more with reasonable maintenance. The body might rot off and the suspension may give up --- but that engine will still be running as evidenced by the '90s and early two thousands Dodges (not the Rams) especially in the rust belt where I live