fried1765
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- Joined
- Jan 6, 2015
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- Kubota L48 TLB, Ford 1920 FEL, 8N Ford, Gravely 12 HP "Professional", 48" SCAG Liberty
I gave up on GM for two reasons. My 04 and 05 Duramax both overheated from day one. The service manager told me to my face that it was NORMAL for diesels to overheat and spew coolant out of the cap.
Took normal GM owners to come up with an actual fix to make them run cooler.
The next thing that made me wash my hands of GM was when someone damaged my vehicle while I had GM vehicle insurance and left the scene.
I had $1,000 deductible to reduce payments. The GM insurance estimator came out and estimated the damage to my vehicle because it was a hit and run and the other driver didn't have insurance. They said the damage was $900.00 - so they were not going to pay since I didn't meet my deductible.
The police found the driver eventually and all of a sudden he had insurance. (confusing)
Then the guy that damaged my vehicle came out to appraise the damage and said the damage was $3,600 and wrote me a check and said if the damage came in higher let them know and they will cover that also.
I IMMEDIATELY canceled my GM insurance and purchased the insurance from the same company as the guy that damaged my vehicle.
Bottom line I purchase 2019 Ford F250 Lariat diesel and this is one of the finest vehicles I have ever owned. 900FP of torque will set you back in your seat when you lay into it. The first week I owned it I did two dozen FULL LOADS of a 16' x 4' sides dump trailer to the landfill.
She pulls every bit as good as the F450 I replaced.
For me, this is the Cadillac of trucks.
The F250 is maybe not the (GM built) Cadillac of trucks.
Perhaps the Mercedes of trucks ????