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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 1384892" data-attributes="member: 14668"><p>If we are talking about the new package cars with the big-block Chevy gasoline engines, they are hideous fuel hogs (like about 5MPG) and according to our mechanics they will be lucky to go 150K miles before requiring a total engine rebuild. Plus the "batmobile" front end and headlights are butt-freaking-ugly. I don't know why we are going back to gas engines when diesels get such better fuel mileage and long term reliability. We have a '95 Freightliner 5-speed P700 with a Powerstroke diesel in our building that has almost 400,000 original miles on the engine and all our mechanics have ever done is replace glow plugs and injectors. I drive it sometimes when my regular car is in the shop and it is a decent work platform that fires right up and still pulls strong. No way in hell will these new cars hold up for the long term like that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="soberups, post: 1384892, member: 14668"] If we are talking about the new package cars with the big-block Chevy gasoline engines, they are hideous fuel hogs (like about 5MPG) and according to our mechanics they will be lucky to go 150K miles before requiring a total engine rebuild. Plus the "batmobile" front end and headlights are butt-freaking-ugly. I don't know why we are going back to gas engines when diesels get such better fuel mileage and long term reliability. We have a '95 Freightliner 5-speed P700 with a Powerstroke diesel in our building that has almost 400,000 original miles on the engine and all our mechanics have ever done is replace glow plugs and injectors. I drive it sometimes when my regular car is in the shop and it is a decent work platform that fires right up and still pulls strong. No way in hell will these new cars hold up for the long term like that. [/QUOTE]
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