Out of the Powerstroke Business (a rant)

[JLDickmon]

You heard me.
As of Monday, I'm going out of the powerstroke business.
$75 oil changes.
$3.70/gallon fuel
12 mpg at best (off a full 1.5mpg due to "winter" blend)
$180./apiece tires
this is ridiculous. Especially the fuel.

Wife says she's tired of the Ol' Blue pickup, wants a new car.
and I concurr, and we'll start looking next week.

so I'm thinking VW Jetta... Subaru Legacy...
the only Ford car I'd consider is a Crown Vic... and I don't think I'm gonna get all that far ahead...

Mighty Whitey is paid off in February... so I could swing an additional car payment for a few months... which I'm sure would be more than offset by the fuel savings...

this don't look like it's going to get any better any time soon...
and it's REALLY beginning to cut into my beer-drinkin fund-age...

I can't afford to buy a new car or truck, and at the same time I can't afford NOT to buy something else.
because home-biscuit's wallet is mighty light, nowadays...

 

[RoyBoy]

You could get a nice used VW beetle with a TDI, they look good next to a big white PSD

 

[BamaSixGun]

Now if you sell the PSD, you better not high-tale it out of SDD JL.

You still have a home here JL.

 

[bushpilot]

dont count on that subaru legacy getting GREAT mpg...
the best weve ever seen outta our (4banger) is 24 on the
highway.

Ill be happy when VW brings back the TDI's

 

[JLDickmon]

dont count on that subaru legacy getting GREAT mpg...
the best weve ever seen outta our (4banger) is 24 on the
highway.

Ill be happy when VW brings back the TDI's

that's about what we get out of the Outback that Kid #2 drives.
that's acceptable, as my last Taurus was only good for 26...

TDI? Oh that'd rule.
every one of those I see at a fuel station says 36+

 

[JLDickmon]

Now if you sell the PSD, you better not high-tale it out of SDD JL.

You still have a home here JL.

Noooooooo... not gonna sell it, just replace it as a regularly used vehicle.
I gotta haul the horses with something (200 miles/month vs 200 miles/week)

we played musical cars for a while this summer; Bri drove the SD, wife drove Bri's truck (01 1/2 ton GMC she friggin ' STOLE from the dealer) and I drove Ol' Blue. It worked pretty good for everyone untill the bed of the SD got a big crease in it at the fairgrounds, then no one wanted to drive the SD (it's too BIG)...

I'm just tired of it's fuel habit... bio-refiner shut down cause soybeans went clean outta sight... $100 bucks every 8 days... hell, I can ride the bus for a month PLUS eight days for $100....

 

[BamaSixGun]

Noooooooo... not gonna sell it, just replace it as a regularly used vehicle.
I gotta haul the horses with something (200 miles/month vs 200 miles/week)

we played musical cars for a while this summer; Bri drove the SD, wife drove Bri's truck (01 1/2 ton GMC she friggin ' STOLE from the dealer) and I drove Ol' Blue. It worked pretty good for everyone untill the bed of the SD got a big crease in it at the fairgrounds, then no one wanted to drive the SD (it's too BIG)...

I'm just tired of it's fuel habit... $100 bucks every 8 days... hell, I can ride the bus for a month PLUS eight days for $100....

OHHHH, ok, so your're gonna pull a RoyBoy and get something with better fuel mileage.

 

[JLDickmon]

darn right.
just 'cause we live where it's cold don't mean our brains is froze...

 

[RenoF250]

My TDI got 46 on the windy hill sup here and I managed 52 going to the Bay and that was not babying it at all. I have been seen quite a few of them for sale for some reason.

Tires are ridiculous for everything, just put new rubber on the Pilot and they were $100/each and that was after a lot of looking.

I use the 92 Accord for general driving, gets ~28mpg and has 266k miles so it does not owe me anything. Tires are still expensive though.

Ford's new Taurus X looks interesting probably not great mileage but interesting. I do not like their new grills.

 

[dpantazis]

TDI!
TDI!
TDI!

if you are not concerned about looks, look for a LATE model mk3 car, iirc, 1998 or 1999 it will have the ALH motor. its the injection pump motor. the mk3's will be CHEAP.

1995.-2004 will have the ALH motor too (like roy's). they are great, but they have their quirk's (timing belt changes, etc...)

2004.5+ will have the PD motor with the unit injectors. i have this one now. lots of power, better fuel economy if you have a heavy foot.

figure 6-10k minumum. maybe even into the teens.

bugs have lots of room, jetta's have a trunk, golf's don't, but have the same interior room.

i know guys who have switched from tdi's to suby's and they are not as happy as they thought they would be.

dp