Spoke to a O/O of 23yrs, he had an outspoken opinion regarding years than model. why?

Funny how the guy thought he was "staying old school" with and 02?....LMAO!

If thats the case I guess I'm stuck in the Jurassic era...

 

No wonder I can't keep it straight LOL.

 

I'll keep my 2000 3406E Cat, it smokes less than the new ones and I don't have to worry about emissions screwing up and shutting the truck down.

 

I still drive an 02' Ford w/7.3 diesel. In my opinion best engine ever put in a pickup

That is so true ( well cept for the 5.9 ) .... I never had a new one and finally the chance arose and i wanted a 03 7.3 but I was a little late. the 04's were out with the 6.0 so I got one.......crew. Lariat, 4wd. 35k all done and what a POS! Kept it 10k miles and was in the shop 5 times for recalls and failures! sure it didn't cost me a dime but i was still walking while they fixed it.......

Sold it to Carmax for 33k and bought a used 5.9. What a deal!

 

5.9 is good motor. No 7.3 of course. I have a friend works as salesman at dealership. His manager goes to every auction and tries to find good 7.3 Fords and 5.9 Dodges. They are money in the bank. Can pickup 2 6.0 for what they give for a nice 7.3. But they have to sell them as is no warranty.

 

Have a 03 with a 7.3. Bought it in October of 03 and was one of the last at the dealer in WI where I bought it at.

 

Sorry, what is dpf?

 

Diesel Partarticulate Filter.

 

Yeah that's what it's called. It's a big burn barrel that burns off the pollutants and catches them inside the barrel or something like that. Trouble is it needs to be cleaned at a hefty price. And they crack and *if* you replace it it's a ton of money. And the fuel mileage sucks. And the doser valves go bad. And the engines run hotter and burn up EGR valves so they put an EGR cooler on there...and the EGR coolers leak coolant into the engine. And this and that and the other. I'm talking 2008 ISX here.

 

I'd say the main reason the general opinion is that newer trucks get better mpg is because the computer is doing the job of a top notch driver. If I can get 7 and over 8 mpg with a 500+ hp mechanical CAT but other drivers get 5 mpg it's obvious what the problem is.