Quote Originally Posted by Frank S View Post
All the more reason why I buy older vehicles. Used to be the case I could buy one for little of nothing say a 91 F250 7.3 IDI for $300.00 spend a couple hundred on getting it running buy 4 new tires for it and drive the heck out of it for years. It obviously will not pull with some of the newer trucks but I can haul 600 gallons of water in totes in the bed, at 75MPH and still get 16 MPG. If my wife can make me keep my foot out of it running empty on longer trips driving around 60 to 65 it will get just under 19 depending on wind direction. My partner has a new F250 well it is a year old now and has close to 25,000 miles Gas engine 6 speed automatic the best it has ever gotten him driving at 60 MPH on a long trip was 17.8 its has had 2 recalls and been in the shop 4 times currently has some issue with some electronic gizmo he is complaining about. 1 of the recalls was because if someone happens to slam the doors shut with the windows up the windshield can pop out. Huh! What's up with that?
Yeah that's crazy. I'm also not a fan of new vehicles. I just bought a 2005 Tundra after my 2004 Dakota bit it. It's the newest vehicle I own. I'd buy a 90s Sonoma or an S10 if I could find one. They're all rotted to dust around here though.