Well after 12 years I had to part with my 03.
Leaking uppies, intermittent SES light, and mostly a slipping tranny it was time to part ways. She was becoming a money pit with only 165K. Just 2 months ago I spent $500 doing upper and lower ball joints, inner and outer tie rods, and front rotors, then came an intermittent SES light. I was contemplating getting an AE to read the codes when the tranny started slipping while mashing the go pedal. I checked the tranny fluid and it had turned black (I had just changed the fluid less than 10k ago). I just couldn't continue.
I traded her for a 2014 F-150 Lariat, with an EcoBoost. I still have my 2012 F-250 Superduty w/6.7 so I still have a good towing vehicle.
I still visit FTE every couple days and will still drop in and lurk when I visit the 6.7 forum.
I would like to thank everyone especially Mueckster, Millerfeed, SpringerPop, Tugly, Megawatt, Stuart, Franko72, BillyBob just to name a few for all the advice and info yall have given over the last 14 years!!

 

Was it something I wrote? That blows. We're gunna miss you, and we wish you the best of luck with your new rides.

 

Best of luck out there in the non-7.3 universe! Enjoy the bliss of a warranty.

Please do stop by and post up once in a while so we can enjoy your avatar.

 

And we'll miss your avatar....

 

I'll miss seeing you around and it goes without saying your avatar too.
Hold on a minute as a stare at your avatar
Good luck with the payment plan and I hope you don't need the warranty.

 

Don't go, stay...
Costa you will be missed. Glad we had the opportunity to break bread together and share some laughs.
I'm tossing around the idea of selling my truck and buying something more practical myself.

It's starting to show it's age and at 312k I don't think it's the right choice for a daily driver anymore.

You'll love that F150, Roland loves his.

 

Yes, I was thinking the same (about selling) a month ago, but decided to keep mine. I'm still on the lookout for a winter vehicle. Yours with only 165k on it is just getting broke in. Tranny issues? Take it and get it rebuilt, BTS maybe and drive it another 200k. Take care in whatever direction you choose..

 

You'll be back. They always come back.

 

The warranty is a good thing although the thought of someone else wrenching on my ride is gonna be tough!!

Just come by the 6.7 forum and i'll be there, and just because I got rid of the 7.3 does not mean I wont still be hanging around here keeping tabs on what everyones up to.

I sure do hope I don't need the warranty either but since it has the eco-boost and its a fairly new animal (to me at least) I have 8yrs and 100k to learn since I purchased the extended warranty.



I really enjoyed the get together also!

I am still daily driving my 12 F-250 6.7PSD, and my wife now drives the F-150. My son was driving the 03 for the last couple of years and he swapped my wife for her 07 Tahoe, drove it for a week, hated it and traded it in for a 2014 Mustang. The good things that have come out of all of this is now there are only Blue Ovals in the driveway and hopefully I wont be doing any major wrenching for a few years.