I wish I could find a good substitute for my 1 ton Duramax. It’s my work truck and I’m in northern Alberta and Dodge and Ford are both garbage. All my colleges that run those have major issues and I’m at 200,000 kms and still going strong. The other guys get inferior transmissions, motors, and mileage. I get better mileage deleted than an electric/hybrid toyota camry.
“I wish I could find a good substitute for my 1 ton Duramax.”
If it’s the best fit, buy it!
My experience involves a 2002 Pontiac Bonneville that would break in my driveway. The car drove and rode really nice, but it always had some stupid thing breaking.
Then came the bailout, GM took our money, and screwed Impala owners. Something along the lines of, “That was the old GM that built that, we don’t stand behind that.”
Now, they’re moving manufacturing overseas. Foreign manufacturers can assemble their cars here, but GM can’t?!
I do admit a fondness for the Corvette, and I’d consider buying one of those. But when it comes to an everyday car, I drive a 2018 Hyundai Sonata, and I’m more than happy with it. In fact, Hyundai gave me $500 off for being a veteran. Guess what GM would give me for that? Yep, zero.
My UK plant manager who is here for a few years just bought a quad cab F150. Looks sharp.
I said I’d challengender him to an offroad race if I got my vintage K5 put back together in time.
Fords in SW Alaska have a real issue with the electronics for all of the systems getting messed up because it is so wet there. “Yeah, it’s been in three times, and then it starts acting up. As long as we keep it below 15 mph and it doesn’t try to shift into second we’ll be okay.”
When it did shift into second it would stall, wait a few minutes to start again, and off we went. Hills were a challenge. Turned 40 miles of dirt road into a nightmare afternoon.