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That's Darwinism to blame not the automotive industry lol

Just take out the rear blocks. Way easier

Most likely going to need to cut those out and weld new ones back in .

Hey I liked my battery golf cart! Lasted a long time

The tune for the 6.0 from the factory makes it quite undesirable. It is quite a difference from a 5.3/4L60e combo to a 6.0/4L80e though in a bigger truck. The 6.0 makes more power than a 5.3 but in the 2500HD it is harder to notice sometimes. You do have something major wrong though. I would check fuel pressure and make sure that is in spec.

Meh I don't know why you wanna debate when I basically agreed with all your points. Just trying to get you to think bigger than Iowa.

Is the idle timeout a newer thing? Never heard of that before.

Ok boomer good assumption I voted for Biden. Electric bill added with a car charger is not that much higher. I have a neighbor that had the charger installed and charges their electric mustang, electric bill did go up but since it isn't charging the entire battery every day and maybe once/twice a month(?) it wasn't astronomical. I don't get this weird obsession with plugging it in all the time. It has a 300-400 mile range, why are you needing to plug it in more than a couple times a month/multiple times a month but a small charge up? Again these vehicles at the moment are NOT past the commuter stage. I agree with you. Oh boy so since a vehicle might be semi-ecosystem dependent nobody gets to have it? Wow isn't that fantastic guys! I do understand what cold does to batteries, I also understand what heat does. It is something that we'd have to think about. Tech is evolving and changing every day. I am hoping that we can work towards a more weather resistant battery in the future. Again I agree with your battery concerns. It's almost like we are pretty close to being on the same page now. And now I am going to link a video of a Tesla plaid beating a Dodge Demon in the 1/4 mile that way this guy can understand better. Go to 4:25, Tesla was off the line later and still won. So tell me how your TRX is gonna beat my EV Silverado? Just found something more alike in weight class this is not the end all be all, you can youtube this stuff all day. They are fun races. This is where I cannot agree with you. Electric motors spank combustion engines in the power dept. all day long. It's just the facts. I know there are some different cases where this is not true but Again I will say I understand account depreciation. In some cases, which I already mentioned the word some, it does not matter. Once again I agree with you on depreciation. I believe the more EVs come out the less of an effect depreciation will have. I think they are depreciating so badly because it is new tech and people are not sure where they are going to be at in 5 years. We'll see but it is something to think about for the future. We are still in the early phases of the EV but we used to be in the early phases of the combustion engine as well. I am sure people back in the day thought the same way converting from horse drawn carriage to a combustion engine would be the same thing. "Cheaper to replace a horse" "Engines don't work that great in the cold" "Easier to find water and food for the horse rather than oil and gas for the engine" All the stuff we are bickering over really doesn't matter. The people in the think tank know 90% of this. Of course you have to account for the guys that don't but it will get made up down the road. It's just like being out in the oil field or on the construction site, the dude with the college degree knows less than you because of your experience. You try to explain why something doesn't work and he says to just follow the plans. The fact that you called me little pup just certified your place in the boyfriend side by side. Picture for reference. Visual posted @JimCost2014

I'm just saying if you never trade it in then depreciation is not ownership cost at that point. Trading it in yes but if you keep it then no. Undesirable vehicle is up to the owner. I wouldn't want to own a Ford Model T but I know a lot of collectors who would. I'm playing devil's advocate that's all. I think EVs are great commuter cars. They are not ready to be road trippers yet but they would be fantastic to drive to and from work and putt around town in. So you travel 400 miles a day to get to work? Also just as an FYI the rating for these trucks is with 1,000 pounds in the bed. Without the weight they should get slightly better than 400 miles on a charge. Yes I know your side by side bikes to carry you and your boyfriend around weigh more than that. I believe in Austin it is free to charge at a station. I know in Cali it is often free of charge. Here are Fort Worth stats https://chargehub.com/en/countries/united-states/texas/fort-worth.html You can see percentage of charging stations being free are 60%. Lmfao okay boomer you take your TRX. Off the line the EV is faster every single time. This may not be the greatest comparison ever but Tesla Plaid vs any car of your choosing, other than hypercars, Tesla Plaid beats it all day. I don't understand why you pensioners are so obsessed with these vehicles being road trip vehicles when they are so obviously commuter cars too. We get it, you guys are retired and can spend your day road tripping. Some of us are still contributing to society.

Buy the charger for your home and charge it while you sleep. With your way of thinking you probably would be on top in the end It isn't free to recharge it, unless you go to one of the charging stations around town, but in comparison to a gas engine the cost is pretty damn cheap. Sub $20 for a full charge. That caranddriver article also takes into account depreciation which yes albeit is a "cost" of ownership, many drivers keep their vehicles for quite a while meaning sometimes depreciation does not come into play. If you removed the depreciation amount out of the equation you can see that the electric is $5k cheaper roughly. Also the "cost more money" portion you included is pretty lame. $358 more to own an EV. Wow for $358 I can have instant torque and a nice quiet car to commute in? Don't mind if I do...

Yes you still would have to replace the parts. The parts are what fails even if AFM has been disabled via tuner. You need a new camshaft and new set of lifters. I think there is something else that I am forgetting but I can't remember. That might be it.

Not from the area but I did just want to warn you that car clubs aren't as useful and fun as they used to be. I have yet to find something that is actually worth a damn since everyone nowadays measures your worth based on what wheels you have lol

DFM is a pain in the dick but other than that there isn't a whole lot. If you got the sliding glass rear window it can leak.

6.2 swap should just be the engine and a tune. If your truck has AFM parts still inside of it then it is a ticking time bomb though. AFM could fail at any point and wipe out your cam etc.

How? He would have to sift through thousands of posts with the words "Grumpy" and then you may not even had said "I am grumpy" who knows what ways you could have said that

140,000 miles is not high mileage lol Sell the truck and buy a new one is my thought. If you aren't attached to it then there is no point in putting a new engine in and then paying more when everything else starts going bad. Just my $.02 There is not a lot more it takes to drop in a 6.2 it is pretty easy just fyi Saying everything though. I personally love the 14-18 body styles and interiors. That will probably be my next and final truck purchase. I would absolutely shove a 6.2 in there and let it rip day and night. Then again though I am the master at owning money pits so that is probably what it would come to. Just depends on if you really really like the truck or not.

Who doesn't insurance claim a flood vehicle lmao I am willing to bet that it is just a high humidity area and not a flood truck. Everything else would look like ****** too if it was.

If it was a flood vehicle it would have a salvage title already and OP should have known not to touch it with a 9 foot pole.

I like the interior of the EV. The vents could be a bit larger and the screen could be more center rather than facing the driver. HVAC buttons is a must. I hate a full digital view.

I'm guessing you don't work in an industry where you are directly affected by this. Nothing is gonna help, just cancel your order if you are so upset about it

That safe console is disgusting and I seriously hope whoever created that realizes this. If I wanted a big ass box in my center console I coulda just made it out of plywood lmfao

That's pretty funny, I had a coworker who had a ball joint fail on him as he was driving down the highway. I'll have to ask him about this. I think he has a 2020?

You are over worrying. 100k+ miles on an Audi A6 2.0L turbo diesel. Auto stop and start rarely gets turned off. I even had it tuned. Breathe.

I don't think I would worry about it too much. I know under my dash it is kinda orangey now but mostly just surface rust. Try and scrub it off and see what happens. If it doesn't come off then it may be true rust but I think it is just surface

Why don't you go and look under you truck?