You paid how much for a truck?

Because 90% of the L/P guys have payments close to or over $4k a month. $150k with no down payment means LARGE payment. Lol.

As far as emissions go, we might as well learn about them & get used to them cause they aren't going away. Starting on 2014 Detroit really started getting theirs lined out pretty good but all emissions trucks will fail if the owner doesn't know the components of the system, how they work, & how to maintain them. 98% of the mechanics in trucking today don't know the 2 latter of the 3 I just posted. If you learn this info & are not afraid to get a little dirty you can get a new truck & have a good chance of not having many issues.

Regardless of new or old, they are both mechanical/electrical devices that will have issues.

 

what sensor?

 

I see how old this is... I bought my truck for what i thought was a fair price at the time. I had the truck thoroughly checked out. I was satisfied with my purchase. I knew up front of what needed attention...or so i thought.

Turns out the local Company that owned this truck had complete savages for mechanics. There were a lot of times i had to undo their work before i could fix the problem. I also swapped out my transmission in year number one, going from a ten to a thirteen spd.

All in my end of year number was almost $30,000 in maintenance. I will not be going into the entire list, don’t waste your time. The second year was less than half that.

Moral to the story, had i knew all the work i would have had to put into this truck to make it the reliable truck it is today, i would have bought new. You see i had bought new, i would have drank less beer, swore less, bled less, (maybe) not told the gf to gtfo, and i would not have grown so much grey hair.

If i had it all to do over again, i would have bought new, and had what was needed in my garage for the delete before the truck made it home from the dealership.

When round two comes around, you can bet your bottom dollar i won’t go thru that again.

I was lucky to be surrounded by some very good people, i called in a lot of favors, and i wore google plum out.

 

Question? Why would anyone pay these ridiculous prices for these ugly, electronic, plast-glass trucks today. For the price you pay for these new trucks, i can buy two-three older model trucks that may not have the warranty, but if when i buy older trucks, i will put in a new engine ( not ew as in anything older than a rebuilt 1999) new transmission (all 18 speeds), and put the money into anything else that needs replaced to my standards. No in the end it does not cost me as much, or more than your new truck. I have my own shop, and do the installing of new motor/trans and other parts myself. I cut out those high per hour rates of a dealership, or other repair shop. I am just curious and asking as to why an O?O or person would buy such high priced trucks. Mine last as long, if not longer than the new trucks with all the electronic engines, EPA emission controls, and so forth.

 

I'm glad that so many people buy brand new trucks. They get the bugs worked out that generally always happens with a brand new truck, and they pay for its steep depreciation the first few years of its life, so when people like me buy them, the bugs are fixed, and the worst years of depreciation are over, then I pay less, and have a better truck.
Thanks for buying new guys and gals.

 

it gets even better when those who shouldn't be buying a truck in the first place fail and the truck goes to a wholesaler or the bank gets rid of the truck for pennies on a dollar.

 

Shhhh keep that a secret.

 

preach on bro!!

 

8.3 MPG average

Heavy, light, flat or mountains.

Oh, mine shifts without disengaging the cruise too. Yahoooo!

 

I paid 10k for my 07 shaker That was my first truck.
Bought more since. But somehow my 10 thousand dollar 07 truck with 1.2 million miles is doing a lot better than my newer trucks.
2018 peterbilt/kenworth for 2900/3100$/mo yeah no thanks you can keep your chrome and bragging right