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<blockquote data-quote="excat" data-source="post: 2399980" data-attributes="member: 29449"><p>I think every brand has their lemons, and more often than not, all the major brands are good trucks in their respective regards. There are just those ones that leave a bad taste in some people's mouth, and more often than not, those are the ones you read/hear about. People are more apt to talk about bad than good when it comes to a brand. I just don't want to be the one that gets the one that takes the dump on me, lol! That is one of the reason I prefer used, I'm pretty mechanically savvy, and I can catch MOST problems on a test drive/inspection. I bring a Snap-On computer with me and hook up on the test drive, and my mechanic as well, and watch everything real time on what is going on. If the dealership has a problem with it, I don't buy there, only had an issue once, and as soon as I walked, they changed their mind and let me. I ended up buying the car from them (my wife's current car). (sorry about running off on a tangent there)</p><p></p><p>I had a 85 Ford truck that I used and abused for YEARS when I was a teenage, that 302 took all the punishment I could give it. Had a '79 Chevy (350) truck that I put through the ringer as well. Had a 80's Dodge, (I think, it was a square body), that was a POS. You win some, you lose some. </p><p></p><p>My Dad's 06 (i think) Duramax has been though either 2 or 3 sets of injectors (at $8k each time they have to be changed) in 200k miles, but has been extremely reliable and gets good MPG even fully loaded (work truck). His '12 or '13 truck with a 327 is a dog on fuel, and loves as much as you can give it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="excat, post: 2399980, member: 29449"] I think every brand has their lemons, and more often than not, all the major brands are good trucks in their respective regards. There are just those ones that leave a bad taste in some people's mouth, and more often than not, those are the ones you read/hear about. People are more apt to talk about bad than good when it comes to a brand. I just don't want to be the one that gets the one that takes the dump on me, lol! That is one of the reason I prefer used, I'm pretty mechanically savvy, and I can catch MOST problems on a test drive/inspection. I bring a Snap-On computer with me and hook up on the test drive, and my mechanic as well, and watch everything real time on what is going on. If the dealership has a problem with it, I don't buy there, only had an issue once, and as soon as I walked, they changed their mind and let me. I ended up buying the car from them (my wife's current car). (sorry about running off on a tangent there) I had a 85 Ford truck that I used and abused for YEARS when I was a teenage, that 302 took all the punishment I could give it. Had a '79 Chevy (350) truck that I put through the ringer as well. Had a 80's Dodge, (I think, it was a square body), that was a POS. You win some, you lose some. My Dad's 06 (i think) Duramax has been though either 2 or 3 sets of injectors (at $8k each time they have to be changed) in 200k miles, but has been extremely reliable and gets good MPG even fully loaded (work truck). His '12 or '13 truck with a 327 is a dog on fuel, and loves as much as you can give it. [/QUOTE]
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