I’ve read good things about that motor….at least compared to other options.
They do offer that motor in the 1500 ZR2, but I shudder at thinking about dealing with the emissions nonsense. But then again, @ResearchinStuff says the 6.2 sucks as well. And Fords. And Toyotas.
And they are replacing motors.
The beauty is that some companies still offer a very basic truck that doesn’t have all the bells and whistles. Think F-250 XL. Pretty basic, but has what you need.
That's thousands of trucks. A friend had his 3rd gen shit itself and die 6hrs from home in the middle of a hunt. $2k tow that Toyota covered, to THE NEAREST DEALER, which was 5hrs from home. He then had to fly home, wait 4 weeks, and fly back to pick it up. No loaner, hunt trip destroyed, lots of out of pocket expense. Oh, and his motor was rebuilt on the shop floor by who-knows-who, maybe a teenager, maybe a guy who has only ever done tires and oil before. F*%k that noise.
They might seem basic, but they still have complex computer systems running everything, sensors that can fail, and frankly shitty design and materials that have become the norm. Plastic engine parts, one time use connectors, designs that are incredibly hard to maintain, etc, etc.
So what do you get then, if everything is trash? I'm not being a d*ck. It's a serious question. do you know anything about the 3.0 diesel?
You go for it. If you plan to lease or sell before warranty ends, who even cares (other than multiple examples of inconvenient and expensive failures given here). But that approach costs 2-4x what buying (especially used) and owning for 10+years does, and I'd argue with the state of modern designs, you are getting something LESS reliable.
I do not
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My only real hesitation is adding the ZR2 package drops the tow capacity to 8.8k.
7.3 F250 or F350 tremor is my pick in that case although a GM 6.6 Gas ZR2 would likely be fine as well. I just prefer Ford.
Just told you up above haha.
