If I were in your boat a 350 Chevy is exactly what I would get. That suburban toad had for a long time then I had travelled all over the country hauling cars, it had about 260k and did not use a drop of oil.
Sent from my iPhone On Sep 17, 2013, at 5:05 PM, Jaime Kopchinski <jaime...@gmail.com> wrote: > Reality is that Gary doesn't know what I'm looking for! > > Lots of good points being made here (other than Gary's), so thanks for the > input. > > A diesel isn't out of the question, but I'd like to avoid having to a steep > learning curve with something completely new. A gas 350, or example, is > something that will be very easy to manage without much new to learn. > Ideally I get something that I just do a major service on, maybe brakes or > some suspension, and then have it is be fairly trouble free for a while. > > Jaime > > > > On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 1:49 PM, Gary Hurst <jabbahur...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> i'd agree with curt here. the love of diesel is nice and all but diesel >> isn't always an answer >> >> but the reality is jaime just wants another toy. for as often as he needs >> to use a truck, he can just rent one and be WAY ahead in overall costs >> >> i used to drive a very nice 94 E420, but the head gasket blew. seems to be >> 30 hours of labor so i went back to driving my clapped out 280CE., this >> car lacked any sort of creature comforts (the windows didn't even fully >> roll up) at all and got about 12mpg. when i wanted to do an overnight or >> day trip, i'd go to an enterprise rent a car where i had a deal where i >> could show up and take any car left on the lot 10 minutes before closing on >> saturday and return it same time monday for 20 bucks plus tax. there were >> always big vans and pickups available. sometimes they were all that was >> available >> >> so think about how often you really NEED a pickup truck and how much it >> costs to rent vs how much it cots to own full time and i suspect you will >> discover that renting is much cheaper than owning >> >> but renting doen't give you teh fun of playing with a new toy and that is >> probably what we have here >> >> >> On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 1:35 PM, Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com> >> wrote: >> >>> He's gonna pay 2-3x for a diesel and it'll have added maintenance costs. >>> Its not like he's going to commute with it. For trips to the home center >> or >>> the dump or to retrieve a car a cheap gasser makes more sense than a >> diesel. >>> >>> If he was gonna do long road trips sure... >>> >>> -Curt >>> >>> Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2013 11:52:07 -0400 >>> From: Michael Canfield <slozuk...@gmail.com> >>> To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> >>> Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Truck for Jamie >>> Message-ID: >>> <CALHJ_1A+AceL3Rh-vZYhxkMcVs5VqOg+W3b+=aa-rfpenpu...@mail.gmail.com> >>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 >>> >>> Miles are high for a v8 Ford. Not a great deal. Look further south for >>> less rust. A 3/4 ton with a diesel will get better mpg and haul way >> more. >>> Early idi models get near 20mpg and have plenty enough power. That truck >>> will get around 12. >>> >>> Older Chevy diesels, 6.2 etc., get great mpg and last forever. Newer >>> Diesels, such as my Powerstroke(with exception to the Cummins), get worse >>> mpg at around 15 or so average but with 450 ft-lbs of torque, who cares? >>> >>> Mike >>> On Sep 17, 2013 11:23 AM, "Craig" <diese...@pisquared.net> wrote: >>> >>>> On Tue, 17 Sep 2013 08:13:23 -0700 (PDT) Curt Raymond >>>> <curtlud...@yahoo.com> wrote: >>>> >> http://www.frankcoffeyauto.com/1994_Ford_Ford_Milford_NH_174894153.veh >>>> >>>> Looks good, and the price is right. Google maps says it's 285 miles >> from >>>> Trenton, NJ, 4 hours 52 minutes. Sounds like road trip time. >>>> >>>> >>>> Craig >>> _______________________________________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> >> >> -- >> *reliable vendor of superior parts for mercedes and other european cars >> >> * >> *www.BuyEUROparts.com* >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > -- > Jaime Kopchinski > http://www.jaimekop.com/ > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
