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Old 12-29-2012, 10:01 AM   #21
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"in office for 56 fricken years.. WAY to long for one guy to be in office.."

.....with a Medal of Honor.

Just say'n know of what you speak...remember he ran & was elected.

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Old 12-29-2012, 12:09 PM   #22
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"in office for 56 fricken years.. WAY to long for one guy to be in office.."

.....with a Medal of Honor.

Just say'n know of what you speak...remember he ran & was elected.

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not dissing his medal of honor. He was one of the first japan/americans to fight in the war for sure..

all I am saying is once a senator or congressman gets in office unless he/she screws REAL BIG they are hard to get out.. the old devil you know vs the devil you don't know. Where do you think we would be if there were no term limits on president.. look at cuba, hati, chavis in Venezuela, lots of countries in africa to see.. we get the same thing he with senator/congress.. old dogs using old tricks when what we need is more forward thinkers.

NOW... getting back to towing.. in reading the "best MPG forum" it appears the older (pre 2006) cummins engines are the way to go. MPG of 26 hwy not towing and 14-16 towing.. with that said the price difference between gas and diesel will have to get real wide, like 2-3 dollars, before it becomes to much overhead.

I was looking at a 2001 dodge 2500 with 298,000 miles.. seem the first owner worked for International Tractor and did not like to fly so he drove this truck everywhere.. the guy that owns it is second owner and said he know the first guy and oils was changed every 5K miles using mobile 1..

the guy said in email he had the pump and several injector replaced recently a $1800 cost deal. The truck look like new from the pictures both interior and exterior. I always look on carcomplaints.com to see what are usual problems.. on this year pumps and injector are the issue.. he is asking 8K for the rig. there was something about transmission work at 191K but the widow was not able to remember just what was done.

is this a good deal or just a ok deal having to look at pump/injectors replacement is seems.

any you Cummings guys can chime in here..
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Old 12-29-2012, 02:52 PM   #23
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Isuzu designed the Duramax engine and still owns a good portion of the engine plant. So a portion of the profit still goes overseas.
It would be near impossible to buy a 100 percent American made vehicle.
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Old 12-29-2012, 03:27 PM   #24
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The extract below is related to previous comments regarding 'American-made' content of several tow vehicles, "... the Toyota Tundra and Ford F-Series will be eligible for the AMI* because both have 75 percent domestic parts content, according to current data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration."

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What Percentage of Your Truck Is Made in America? - PickupTrucks.com News


*AMI = Car.com's "American-Made Index"
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Old 12-29-2012, 03:56 PM   #25
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Does 75% of the net profit of the sale of the Toyota truck stay in America?
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Old 12-29-2012, 04:06 PM   #26
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not dissing his medal of honor. He was one of the first japan/americans to fight in the war for sure..

all I am saying is once a senator or congressman gets in office unless he/she screws REAL BIG they are hard to get out.. the old devil you know vs the devil you don't know. Where do you think we would be if there were no term limits on president.. look at cuba, hati, chavis in Venezuela, lots of countries in africa to see.. we get the same thing he with senator/congress.. old dogs using old tricks when what we need is more forward thinkers.

NOW... getting back to towing.. in reading the "best MPG forum" it appears the older (pre 2006) cummins engines are the way to go. MPG of 26 hwy not towing and 14-16 towing.. with that said the price difference between gas and diesel will have to get real wide, like 2-3 dollars, before it becomes to much overhead.

I was looking at a 2001 dodge 2500 with 298,000 miles.. seem the first owner worked for International Tractor and did not like to fly so he drove this truck everywhere.. the guy that owns it is second owner and said he know the first guy and oils was changed every 5K miles using mobile 1..

the guy said in email he had the pump and several injector replaced recently a $1800 cost deal. The truck look like new from the pictures both interior and exterior. I always look on carcomplaints.com to see what are usual problems.. on this year pumps and injector are the issue.. he is asking 8K for the rig. there was something about transmission work at 191K but the widow was not able to remember just what was done.

is this a good deal or just a ok deal having to look at pump/injectors replacement is seems.

any you Cummings guys can chime in here..
Hard to put a price on a truck with that # of miles,The only safe way is to have a good in depth inspection done before purchase.The injection and lift pumps were an issue in that model but not injectors.Feel free to pm me if you have more questions I can ck options also with the last 8 of the vin
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Nope, Cayman Islands just like the rest of them.

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