Cummins really that bad?

every one I've known about had the manifold bolts go at about 600k and the turbo at 6-700k. Egr goes about every 150-200k. do a search

 

Search "class action lawsuit Cummins" either on this forum or Google.

 

That's their way of gently steering you towards a Detroit using pricing incentives. Keeps all the raw material profit in the family that way. I knew this is how it would be when truck manufacturers started branching out into drivetrains and suspensions and things. More or less forcing you into their components by making everything else unaffordable. Just a backhanded legal way of cornering the market.

 

I'm kinda slow , the isx is 26k more correct..?

 

I personally think the Cummins is better. Way easier to drive, more usable power band, easier on the transmission. The DD has a low rpm surge to it, slow reving, slow shifting. I generally have to slow my shifting down when going from a Cummins to DD.

The fuel consumption thing is just a BS advertising myth. Pull the same weight and same trailer they get the same milage.

The ISX has been out longer so their is more issues with it recorded. It has had camshaft and rocker arm problems but considering how much longer it has been out you should expect more engines with more problems.

 

$28k buys a lot of camshafts and rocker arms. And for $28k I would much rather driver the ISX then the DD to the point when I had to change cams.

I realize that Freightliner was asking a premium for the DD but I never realized that much!