Gas vs PSD
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Is that because of how loudly you have to talk when the engine is idling or because of the odor?
Now if you said getting tail in the truck I could understand. The V10 idles way to smooth
whereas the PSD is like a vibrating bed. 
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Where abouts you live?
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Have you sat in the cab of a 6.4? My truck doesn't vibrate. Not like a 7.3.
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I'm just saying that mag article is full of BS. They clearly made false assumptions on things as basic as the price. Instead of clicking on Ford's webpage to find out exactly how much a PSD costs, they used this "similarly equipped, though not identical" pricing scheme to diminish the true cost savings of the V10.
I don't know, or care, how accurate their numbers are. I do find it interesting that the pickuptrucks.com article (or wherever it came from) is the bible on how these trucks pull, but anything else is garbage. I've read numerous threads here over the last several years where dudes complain about automotive journalists and how ignorant they are in their tests. Then the pickuptrucks.com article comes out and some of the same people who were complaining are singing the praises of the rocket surgeons who organized, performed and then wrote about this test...despite the fact that one was a Dually and the other was a F-250...but who needs to be bothered with the pesky details?
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I never looked at, or thought about buying, a 6.4 so I have no idea how accurate their price numbers are. If I were to go to the Ford website and see how much a psd would cost, it would be a different, more expensive psd. I can't believe that someone actually claimed that a 1999 F-250 psd was only $4,500 more than a 1999 F-250 V10 when you can clearly see that a 2011 F-250 psd is over $9,000 more than a 2011 F-250 6.2.
I don't know, or care, how accurate their numbers are. I do find it interesting that the pickuptrucks.com article (or wherever it came from) is the bible on how these trucks pull, but anything else is garbage. I've read numerous threads here over the last several years where dudes complain about automotive journalists and how ignorant they are in their tests. Then the pickuptrucks.com article comes out and some of the same people who were complaining are singing the praises of the rocket surgeons who organized and performed and then wrote about this test...despite the fact that one was a Dually and the other was a F-250...but who needs to be bothered with the pesky details?
I don't know, or care, how accurate their numbers are. I do find it interesting that the pickuptrucks.com article (or wherever it came from) is the bible on how these trucks pull, but anything else is garbage. I've read numerous threads here over the last several years where dudes complain about automotive journalists and how ignorant they are in their tests. Then the pickuptrucks.com article comes out and some of the same people who were complaining are singing the praises of the rocket surgeons who organized and performed and then wrote about this test...despite the fact that one was a Dually and the other was a F-250...but who needs to be bothered with the pesky details?
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I never looked at, or thought about buying, a 6.4 so I have no idea how accurate their price numbers are. If I were to go to the Ford website and see how much a psd would cost, it would be a different, more expensive psd. Your argument is like me saying, "I can't believe that someone actually claimed that a 1999 F-250 psd was only $4,500 more than a 1999 F-250 V10 when you can clearly see that a 2011 F-250 psd is over $9,000 more than a 2011 F-250 6.2."
I don't know, or care, how accurate their numbers are. I do find it interesting that the pickuptrucks.com article (or wherever it came from) is the bible on how these trucks pull, but anything else is garbage. I've read numerous threads here over the last several years where dudes complain about automotive journalists and how ignorant they are in their tests. Then the pickuptrucks.com article comes out and some of the same people who were complaining are singing the praises of the rocket surgeons who organized, performed and then wrote about this test...despite the fact that one was a Dually and the other was a F-250...but who needs to be bothered with the pesky details?
I don't know, or care, how accurate their numbers are. I do find it interesting that the pickuptrucks.com article (or wherever it came from) is the bible on how these trucks pull, but anything else is garbage. I've read numerous threads here over the last several years where dudes complain about automotive journalists and how ignorant they are in their tests. Then the pickuptrucks.com article comes out and some of the same people who were complaining are singing the praises of the rocket surgeons who organized, performed and then wrote about this test...despite the fact that one was a Dually and the other was a F-250...but who needs to be bothered with the pesky details?
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I have the vid to prove it too.
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There was another one from pickuptrucks.com that many in this thread will argue is the end of the argument.
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They also got less mpg's out of the v10 unloaded driving around town than Bill gets out of his towing 10k lbs at 80 mph. The numbers just are not even remotely close to what members here get in their real world driving.
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If any of you guys want to put a Cummins an an 08 F450 crew cab, There's one on Ebay with a bad 6.4. Cracked piston or something like that. Don't know the mileage, see it here: Ford : F-450: eBay Motors (item 180528462760 end time Jul-23-10 20:14:41 PDT)
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Dude, you are SERIOUSLY reaching for something to justify your purchase if you're going to bring out the "get more tail" excuse.
But hey, if you bought a PSD to get more tail, more power to you. Funny how most gals can't stand the smell of diesel.
You really have to be careful of "tail" that doesn't have a sense of smell
But hey, if you bought a PSD to get more tail, more power to you. Funny how most gals can't stand the smell of diesel.
You really have to be careful of "tail" that doesn't have a sense of smell
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I never looked at, or thought about buying, a 6.4 so I have no idea how accurate their price numbers are. If I were to go to the Ford website and see how much a psd would cost, it would be a different, more expensive psd. Your argument is like me saying, "I can't believe that someone actually claimed that a 1999 F-250 psd was only $4,500 more than a 1999 F-250 V10 when you can clearly see that a 2011 F-250 psd is over $9,000 more than a 2011 F-250 6.2."
I don't know, or care, how accurate their numbers are. I do find it interesting that the pickuptrucks.com article (or wherever it came from) is the bible on how these trucks pull, but anything else is garbage. I've read numerous threads here over the last several years where dudes complain about automotive journalists and how ignorant they are in their tests. Then the pickuptrucks.com article comes out and some of the same people who were complaining are singing the praises of the rocket surgeons who organized, performed and then wrote about this test...despite the fact that one was a Dually and the other was a F-250...but who needs to be bothered with the pesky details?
I don't know, or care, how accurate their numbers are. I do find it interesting that the pickuptrucks.com article (or wherever it came from) is the bible on how these trucks pull, but anything else is garbage. I've read numerous threads here over the last several years where dudes complain about automotive journalists and how ignorant they are in their tests. Then the pickuptrucks.com article comes out and some of the same people who were complaining are singing the praises of the rocket surgeons who organized, performed and then wrote about this test...despite the fact that one was a Dually and the other was a F-250...but who needs to be bothered with the pesky details?
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Dude, you are SERIOUSLY reaching for something to justify your purchase if you're going to bring out the "get more tail" excuse.
But hey, if you bought a PSD to get more tail, more power to you. Funny how most gals can't stand the smell of diesel.
You really have to be careful of "tail" that doesn't have a sense of smell
But hey, if you bought a PSD to get more tail, more power to you. Funny how most gals can't stand the smell of diesel.
You really have to be careful of "tail" that doesn't have a sense of smell