Plus they get to spend all of that extra time visiting with their friends in the service department while they wait for the warranty repairs to be completed.
Why on earth would they keep a Duramax option around then? Would people really want "adequate" when they could have something great?
"Put me down for mediocre - it's good enough for me!" :rotflmao
I had an automatic 2000 Golf TDI - my mileage varied greatly - depending on what speeds I maintained. Going easy on the pedal and averaging 60 mph on a long trip, I could pull 48 mpg. Same trip, same distance I could get down around 38 mpg by doing 80 mph. It's all good. The big difference...
Army or Marine Corp? No thanks - I'm straight!!! :rotflmao
I thought those diesels like to be worked! You guys were just blowing the carbon out!! From what I've been able to gather, the 6.5 turbos are going in NOW - and the 6.2's are getting yanked in running shape. They may not be...
Are the used "take-outs" that bad? With the "up armoring" that is going on, the 6.2's are being dumped en masse right now. Supposedly they are being pulled out of running vehicles and replaced with newer 6.5L turbo engines. I just picked up 2 more 6.2's (3 total now) for $60 each. The box...
I'd wait until the engine needs it - eventually the compression will drop and you'll lose power. These engines have gone much, much further than what yours is at now. There are many incidents of these engines hitting 1,000,000 miles - and I've seen documented cases of > 800,000 working miles...
Isn't the J-code the military model - more of a heavy duty engine with an extra 25 hp and ~ 40 lb-ft of TQ? That could be enough of a difference in a heavy Blazer to go from incredibly slow to reasonable. If we are comparing it to a well worn C-model, we aren't really talking anywhere near the...
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