Is this not the pot calling the kettle black? You don't NEED a pickup at all, a car with a trailer would do you fine. You WANTED a truck which is something I can totally understand. The Dodge was way more truck than I need and we probably could get away with a car or small SUV but considering the mpg penalty of 4wd (not AWD, a softroader won't do) anyway a pickup is really handy.
So the story ends that it was just out of fuel. The guy came with fuel and then we had to purge it. He'd been through this before and the yard monkey wasn't supposed to let me drive it in the first place. Apparently the gauge is optimistic. Truck drives a lot better with fuel in, it felt much more powerful and was easier to drive once I got used to it but it still needed front end work. Just when I felt like I had everything under control it would go all over the road... I sat in a Dakota at the same place but it was blocked in and the guy was already having a bad day so I decided to leave it. The tailgate doesn't have any non-broken hold up straps and wouldn't stay latched. The engine makes a funny little noise which might be just the belt, but the AC blows ICE COLD (which the diesel Ram didn't). It appears to be AWD with 4wd as an option which I thought was odd. Instant fuel mileage reads 12mpg which if its really AWD considering it has a 360ci is probably right. All in all I think this is probably pushing me back toward a new truck. -Curt ________________________________ From: Randy Bennell <rbenn...@bennell.ca> To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 9, 2014 12:25 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Not the best Probably not the best idea to buy it if you don't really need it. I really wanted to try a diesel truck but I really do not need a 3/4 ton and so I stayed away. I am hopeful that the new 1/2 ton Dodge with the smaller diesel will prove to be a good truck and that the other manufacturers will get on board and start producing something similar. Although, it is hard to complain about the gas engines these days. My 02 F150 had no real issues with the engine and so far I like the engine in the 2013 F150. Not sure the diesel would be any cheaper to run these days with diesel costing more than gasoline. Randy _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
