Popularity of Diesels and 4x4's in your area....

[hammersley]

Just wondering - I travel around a bunch and the difference in trucks and engines is amazing... ... for example when I'm in the deep south the vast majority of what I see are 2wd 1/2 ton gassers in pickup trucks - Maybe the NASCAR effect???? Up where I live - in the Pacific Northwest - it's Diesels and 4x4's almost exclusively... ... .

 

[bmoeller]

For the town/city slickers, mostly gassers. Rural, mostly diesels in the newer trucks. Mostly 4x4s around here.

 

[jgillott]

Mostly 4x4 gassers here. The popularity of diesels is beginning to increase dramatically however.

 

[Turbo1Ton]

Where I am it is a pretty good mix of 2wd and 4wd gassers with the diesels coming on strong in the last few years. Most of the diesels I see are 4wd. I have noticed lately that more and more of the pickups I see are diesels.



Jeff

 

[Nate]

2wd trucks are about worthless if you ask me

 

[Rebel Ram]

Here in the central valley 1/2 ton,s (chebies & gmc's)with Bling shocks, Bling lifts, Bling wheels, and backward baseball caps and tats. But as for new CTD's, I see alot of ladies driving them.

 

[rbattelle]

This area is dominated by 4wd 1/2 ton gassers. 90% of the bigger (3/4, 1-ton) trucks are commercial; 9. 95% are private individuals with something to tow, 0. 045% are people buying for "image", and the last 0. 005% are dorks like me who are just obsessed with big iron. [These numbers are not scientific].



Lots of farmers around here. Most drive old 2wd 1/2-ton Chevy or Ford gassers. Occasional Ford diesel or Dodge diesel; rarely chevy diesels.



-Ryan

 

[DonTX]

It depends on the season down in the Rio Grande Valley. In the winter months, we are covered up with crew cab dually 4x4 diesels. We have lots of senile dementia patients that buy the darned things to pull thier fifth wheel to the valley and back each year, most have never gotton off the blacktop, and never will (gets them dirty). I am convinced that in trying to spend their money before they die, they go to the dealer and simply believe that the more you can spend, the better you get. The 4X4 stuff costs, so it must be better for the highway, and besides, the 4x4 stickers look cool.

They use them for cars during the winter, so parking lots are clogged with the darned things taking up three spaces, and you learn never to park close to one, since they don't know how to drive them either, except by contact parking. .

When the summer gets here, diesels are rare, two wheel drive gassers are everywhere.

 

[JFranklin]

any florida tdr members

 

[JHSchultz]

Puget Sound

Every time I turn my head I see a 4x4 diesel rig up here. The majority of those are a CTD. Tons of Powerstrokes & Duramax's as well.

 

[TWilkening]

There's a little bit of everything around here. All the town folk around here drive gassers. As far as farmers, alot drive diesels, I'd say about half. A lot of Cummins and 7. 3 strokers. And more are buying the Duramax. For those that drive gassers, I'd say the majority are Chevys.

 

[Highfinance97]

Everybody is learning in my city that diesel is the way to go ever since i started playing around with my truck.



There is a Good amount of trucks from all 3 companys in my city its like a disese. they are all 4X4



Michael

 

[DBogo]

most all the trucks around here are powerstrokes, some dmax's and some cummins

 

[JRMora]

Lot's of 4x4 diesels around here. Mostly Ford and Dodge - most of the GM's I see are gasser's. I think in the last three years Ihave seen only a couple of Hemi 3/4 or 1 tons.



Don't know why so many have 4x4's, I hardly ever use it. But then again, I got it too (I think it was a leftover from my Colorado days).



Juan

 

[vegasredneck]

Vegas is CC 4x4 SRW more than 2wd/4wd duallies. The CC market is ford so powerstroke is the leader but we are seeing more duramaxes. We still have a lot of CTD but not lifted like the ford or chevy's

 

[Cummins Pilot]

2wd trucks are about worthless if you ask me

Not at all, everyone should learn to drive one, then GRADUATE to 4x4.



I think Alaska has more Ferraris than 2wd diesel trucks.