mike wrote: > By the way only caught the sales guy in three errors/exagerations/b.s. > Statements. "I used to drive a diesel and they only need rebuilding after > 1,000,000 miles" [Even with Cats the truck companies figure around 1/2 that > I hear, but I could be wrong on that]. Mike, my brother-in-law has been a trucker for years and owns 7 tractors himself. He traded all his rigs in on new ones when the manufacturers came out with 1 million mile warranties on the engines and drive trains. A one million mile warrenty is a pretty significant statement about the reliability of modern truck engines. John Rodgers 88 GL Driver hoping for two hundred thou....! |
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