Gas vs PSD
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From: Itinerant
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From: Itinerant
I also when sitting in a wheelloader or excavator and working the dog sheet out of them and feeling the raw power of a Cat.
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I just meant the acquisition cost. If I went diesel I want the FULL warranty, so new it must be. But that won't happen within the next 5-10+ years. Would like to enjoy the no required payments world for a while when I can.
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From: Melbourne, Ky
Nothing like firing up a 7.3 on a cold morning and it wasn't plugged in the night before, and a huge white cloud covers your neighbors house, whom you don't like, while it sits and warms up!
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Yes, it just has that smell of "time to go to work". Anyone that has been around diesels enough knows how their smell changes over time as well.
For me not much beats the smell of a newer diesel truck when it is first started and running for the first few minutes. As the engines get older and more filled with gunk and have more blowby the smell starts to get more of an oily smell to it which I don''t find as appealing as a new diesel smell but still smells good!
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...and it still isn't enough compensation...
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Went to a Ford dealer today to look at a 2012 with a 6.7 (took it for a test drive), all I can say is WOW that 6.7 is a power house and this was stepping out of my V10 with 4:30 gears that feels like it has *****. I can see why guys that drive these enjoy them.
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That's exactly why I won't test drive one. My stupid brain will malfunction and convince me to buy one.
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