borahshadow
I'm Awesome
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See, if I had the money, no, if I wanted to spend the $75k on a new truck, wouldnt even be a decision, 1 ton, quad cab, 4x4, Denali, sunroof, clearance lights ,diesel with black leather. When it comes to used diesels.......its not as cut and dried. The 6.5 is completely out for me, 5.9L Cummins is amazing....but the truck is horrid, I just plain ol' dont like Fords but I cant deny the reliability of the 7.3 and the fact their cheap, the Duramax never did it for me as diesel especially since the early models had a lot of teething problems. I am a newly converted GM guy.....but Im not blind to the other manufacturers.
On the subject of interiors IMO historically the GM interiors have been much better than the fords IMO. However the new ford interiors are way sweet interiors I think ford really stepped it up on the newer trucks and I might even say surpassed GM. That is coming from me who is reasonably die hard GM but the exact same opinion also comes from one of my friends who is really die hard Ford so for what it's worth I've heard it from both sides.
I don't think I would ever buy one of the older Powerstrokes(jokes) While I have never actually driven them I've been around them and there is one aspect of them that breaks the deal right off the bat... They're Loud! Diesels have always been louder than gassers but the powerstroke is just unbearably loud from inside and outside. It's just too obnoxious for me... I would probably say more obnoxious than excessive exhaust drone. The new ones are tons more quiet but so are the new D-Maxes from what I've seen so that's a major plus for the new engines... and 880ft/lbs of torque is awesome on the new powerstrokes.