3rd Gen Engine and Drivetrain -> 2003-2007 5.9 liter Engine and drivetrain discussion only. PLEASE, NO HIGH PERFORMANCE DISCUSSION!

wait on arbitration or just buy new? Need quick answer.

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Old 04-21-2007, 02:34 PM
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So far not sorry. Drove home yesterday and made a few road trips to start breaking it in. Picked up truck had 158 miles. Got home last night at midnight at 401. Overhead was showing 18.7 MPG and gauge in 200+ miles only went to 3/4. Old truck would have been below 1/2 by now. I will have to learn gague to know how it really compares but overal liking new truck. Seats seem substantually firmer and a little more formed to the butt but still seemed to get me in the back of the leg by the knees after a few hours and still don't even have a remote idea on what to do there. Shifts a little different but maybe it's still learning me and I have to sort out the dual function tow/haul switch on the shifter and find out what I need to know and yes I read the manual. Drives well, handles well. Overall so far a good experiance other than when we picked up truck it came with very little fuel, kinda thought dealer would put some in it. Started to leave and low fuel warning light came on. After $92 truck was full. Not worth making an issue of but kinda suprised me as the last few vehicles I purchased had at least 3/4 tank of fuel when we picked them up. On well it's an 07, has full warranty and I really like the Inferno Red color. Hopefully everything else will be excellent and I will have a much better experiance with this vehicle than I did with my 04.5.
Old 04-21-2007, 08:47 PM
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Well, another consolation about swapping for the '07, ULSD is not an issue. The '07s are designed to run on it.
Old 04-21-2007, 10:19 PM
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Ah, but remember this is still a glorified 06 as it is an early 07 still with the 5.9 rather than the new 6.7. Guess I didn't want to deal with that for a while at least till they run it for a year of so to make sure it isn't a Ferd oh-no type of issue. Nothing I have heard of yet, just don't trust new that well yet.
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