Well, it's been fun
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Well, it's been fun
Well after my 6.0 was stolen beginning of June, I am back in a super duty. Hate to say it but I went with a 2011 6.7l F250 Lariat FX4. I loved my 6.0, I love the 6.0 in general. Awesome engine once a few issues are fixed. But after dropping 10k on my 6.0 in the last year fixing basically all the issues a 6.0 can have, I just can't go through that again. This 2011 has a brand new 6.7l and turbo replaced by Ford with a 2yr warranty. So about 5000 miles on the engine and turbo. 137k on the body and drive train. It's tuned, deleted and had 5" exhaust. The dealer is even giving me all the parts removed from deleting the dpf and egr and the factory exhaust. Yeah I could of got a low miles 6.0 and dropped the money into it to bullet proof it, but I've been down that road. Time for a new adventure.
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From: Manteca,Ca
were Happy for you
, don't be sorry about getting into one of the Best New Trucks on the Market. I have been looking at the 6.7 for a while now , My Brother in law Just Bought one but wont let me drive it
But when I do , you better bet I'll be down buying one
Good Luck and keep us posted .
, don't be sorry about getting into one of the Best New Trucks on the Market. I have been looking at the 6.7 for a while now , My Brother in law Just Bought one but wont let me drive it But when I do , you better bet I'll be down buying one Good Luck and keep us posted .
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From: Foothills, CA
Congrats on the "new" ride -- you're gonna' find yourself like 69cj and spend your time down with us anyway 
the 6.7 forum is b-o-r-i-n-g
my goodness they want a lot for the new trucks...
I can't see (yet) paying another 50% over what the '07 cost us.
and Scott, you just quit that crazy talk...!
the 6.7 forum is b-o-r-i-n-g
my goodness they want a lot for the new trucks...
I can't see (yet) paying another 50% over what the '07 cost us.and Scott, you just quit that crazy talk...!
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From: Manteca,Ca
LOL, Yea it has been nice dreaming about a new
truck, But I'm really Not done with mine yet , Still having fun and it's in tip top shape for a late 04
, well off Oh Yeaaaa this 6.7 drive's Nicccccceeee
truck, But I'm really Not done with mine yet , Still having fun and it's in tip top shape for a late 04 , well off Oh Yeaaaa this 6.7 drive's Nicccccceeee
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From: Middle Tn.
Congrats on the "new" ride -- you're gonna' find yourself like 69cj and spend your time down with us anyway
the 6.7 forum is b-o-r-i-n-g
my goodness they want a lot for the new trucks... I can't see (yet) paying another 50% over what the '07 cost us.
and Scott, you just quit that crazy talk...!
the 6.7 forum is b-o-r-i-n-g
my goodness they want a lot for the new trucks...
I can't see (yet) paying another 50% over what the '07 cost us.and Scott, you just quit that crazy talk...!
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From: Foothills, CA
I rest my case
Isn't anybody pulling their motor apart up there, just to figure out why they built the intake/exhaust backwards???!
Oh wait, usually you figure that stuff out because something else broke, and I guess they just aren't doing that...
But they are just soooo dang quiet -- don't you want to have a 6.0 sound loaded on your built-in trick MP3 player, just to listen to something that sounds like an engine?!
Alright, enough -- I'll probably buy one before I die, since lordy knows the 6.0 isn't going first, not with the low miles we put on him...
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From: Middle Tn.
Believe it or not there are times when I miss the 6.0 clatter. Just not in drive thrus or when breaking camp at 0600 hrs.
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Dang, I'd sure like to get one of those newer Fords with the 6.7. They're freaking nice rides. I just wish Ford wouldn't have gone with the front grill design that they did. I personally just can't seem to come around to liking it. Oh well, I hope I can eventually warm up to the over/under headlights and big front as that 6.7 sure is super nice. Enjoy that new ride!
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I camp with a few guys with newer dootie-max's and a 6.7 and when start my 04 straight piped 6.0 they all stick there fingers in there ears, I just smile and tell them, this what a diesel is supposed to sound like, well I kinda have yell it
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Best of luck with the 6.7.
I just recently, a few days ago, found out my son's friend's father is a diesel specialist at a local Ford dealership. I started talking to him and he was telling me horror stories about 6.7s. He put it as a ticking time bomb. He personally knows of 5 incidents where people brought their 6.7s in for out of warranty repair and the bill was over 20,000 dollars. He said the trucks sat in the lot for about 6 months each. When the trucks were finally picked up it was not by the person who brought them there, it was the bank doing a repo.
This is all third hand knowledge, just relaying what I was told.
I just recently, a few days ago, found out my son's friend's father is a diesel specialist at a local Ford dealership. I started talking to him and he was telling me horror stories about 6.7s. He put it as a ticking time bomb. He personally knows of 5 incidents where people brought their 6.7s in for out of warranty repair and the bill was over 20,000 dollars. He said the trucks sat in the lot for about 6 months each. When the trucks were finally picked up it was not by the person who brought them there, it was the bank doing a repo.
This is all third hand knowledge, just relaying what I was told.
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From: Middle Tn.
Best of luck with the 6.7.
I just recently, a few days ago, found out my son's friend's father is a diesel specialist at a local Ford dealership. I started talking to him and he was telling me horror stories about 6.7s. He put it as a ticking time bomb. He personally knows of 5 incidents where people brought their 6.7s in for out of warranty repair and the bill was over 20,000 dollars. He said the trucks sat in the lot for about 6 months each. When the trucks were finally picked up it was not by the person who brought them there, it was the bank doing a repo.
This is all third hand knowledge, just relaying what I was told.
I just recently, a few days ago, found out my son's friend's father is a diesel specialist at a local Ford dealership. I started talking to him and he was telling me horror stories about 6.7s. He put it as a ticking time bomb. He personally knows of 5 incidents where people brought their 6.7s in for out of warranty repair and the bill was over 20,000 dollars. He said the trucks sat in the lot for about 6 months each. When the trucks were finally picked up it was not by the person who brought them there, it was the bank doing a repo.
This is all third hand knowledge, just relaying what I was told.
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From: Manteca,Ca
Well Yeaaa, the 6.0's are 11/12 years old and you know what the 6.0's have in them by now. 6.7 are the New test Rat
Have fun and visit often.