Thinking about it...

[CaptainHenreh]

So you are going to commute with a truck?

Apparently he's going to commute on his giant pile of cash.

[Dave]

Resale on diesels is usually pretty good, but they also typically have a higher cost of entry, so keep that in mind. The good thing is that they usually do last a whole lot longer than a gasser, but if you have an engine failure, you're looking at big bucks. If I punched a hole in mine, I'd be looking at $7k just for a new engine, not to mention paying somebody to install (i don't have the tools to do that big of a job).
I don't even know of any trucks with a diesel V6, that was just a pipe dream when I said it.

[Evan]

there were a couple years of the Ram with a turbah v6 oilburner

[HAULN-SS]

there were a couple years of the Ram with a turbah v6 oilburner

Yeah, I saw some of those. IIRC it is a pretty big v6

Also - if I had a diesel and the engine blew, I'd probably just do a reman swap or a junkyard swap. You can get a 6.5l turbo long block for 2800$ with 100k/7year warranty

[CaptainHenreh]

Are you guys talking about the 5.9 Inline Cummins 6?

Because it is neither small, nor a V6.

What it is, however, is really freakin' cool.

[.RJ]

Yes.

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[HAULN-SS]

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this is not 6cyl?

[.RJ]

Inline 6, not V6.

[HAULN-SS]

oh...right. I misread and thought he was saying they weren't 6 cyls

[Dave]

yeah, and I totally forgot about the Cummins I-6. That thing is a monster though; putting that into a light truck would probably make it prone to doing an endo every time you hit the brakes :-).

[BLINGMW]

Jeep Liberty is the only recent diesel V6 "truck" I know of. Kinda sad really.

[Evan]

damn, i didnt know they were that big. almost 1 liter per cyl? thats insane

[Ginger]

Imagine the piston cups!

[Evan]

Imagine the piston mugs

[white_2kgt]

Just as an interesting side note - You can find pretty cheap diesel F150s/250s from 2002 - 2005 pretty much all day long.

Another interesting note is there is no, nor has their EVER been a Diesel F150.

[HAULN-SS]

Yeah, and another interesting note is that someone else already pointed out that out