I mean a 6. 0 liter PSD! Yeah, err...
Anyway, stopped into the dealer while I was in Canon City today. Rainy day, bored, no girlfriend to go home to (at a show with her mom) and I hadn't test driven a new PSD yet. I talk to the dealer and tell her that I drive a red Dodge. She sold Dodges for a while and has sold Fords for 4 years. She says, "Oh, that red Dodge out there? yours?"
I say, "Yes, it's a 99. "
Then she says, "Is it a 24 valve or a 12 valve?" I am thinking great, she sold Dodges but doesn't know what year the 24 valve was introduced.
She and I went out to a forest green, QC, F-350, TorqShift auto, all bells and whistles. We get in and she tells me to wait for the little red coil thingamajig to go out before I start it, since there is no more "Wait to Start" light. Just a squiggly line.
I asked her if she prefered one or the other, she said Ford cause they make a better work truck.
I start her up (the truck, not the lady) and now I know why people call them Sick Point O's!
I take it out onto Hwy 50 and off we go. We start talking about the truck, etc, etc. I asked if it was an '04 and she agreed but later found out it had an '03 motor, 325 HP/560 Torque rating.
It wasn't as fast as I expected all the claims to live up to, and I did not like the 4400 rpm redline. Little too high for a diesel. Acceleration was ok, rode like a truck, little more harsh than my 99 Dodge. Dash looks pretty fugly.
Later we talk about a Cummins in a Dodge. Then she tells me, "Well, Ford does own 51% of Cummins and they could have stolen the whole market if they went with the Cummins. "
Like my boss says, "If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bull$hit. "
Of course, she thought this was true, or knew it was BS and didn't think I would know. I of course, just agreed. Nod and smile, nod and smile...
Anyway, nothing special to me, sound like a wounded sewing machine, fugly dash layout, BSing dealer, oh and of course, the shoehorned engine. You thought cylinder #6 was hard to get to on a Cummins, the whole freaking engine is on the 6. 0...
I will stick with my 6 banger.
Anyway, stopped into the dealer while I was in Canon City today. Rainy day, bored, no girlfriend to go home to (at a show with her mom) and I hadn't test driven a new PSD yet. I talk to the dealer and tell her that I drive a red Dodge. She sold Dodges for a while and has sold Fords for 4 years. She says, "Oh, that red Dodge out there? yours?"
I say, "Yes, it's a 99. "
Then she says, "Is it a 24 valve or a 12 valve?" I am thinking great, she sold Dodges but doesn't know what year the 24 valve was introduced.
She and I went out to a forest green, QC, F-350, TorqShift auto, all bells and whistles. We get in and she tells me to wait for the little red coil thingamajig to go out before I start it, since there is no more "Wait to Start" light. Just a squiggly line.
I asked her if she prefered one or the other, she said Ford cause they make a better work truck.
I start her up (the truck, not the lady) and now I know why people call them Sick Point O's!
I take it out onto Hwy 50 and off we go. We start talking about the truck, etc, etc. I asked if it was an '04 and she agreed but later found out it had an '03 motor, 325 HP/560 Torque rating.
It wasn't as fast as I expected all the claims to live up to, and I did not like the 4400 rpm redline. Little too high for a diesel. Acceleration was ok, rode like a truck, little more harsh than my 99 Dodge. Dash looks pretty fugly.
Later we talk about a Cummins in a Dodge. Then she tells me, "Well, Ford does own 51% of Cummins and they could have stolen the whole market if they went with the Cummins. "
Like my boss says, "If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bull$hit. "
Of course, she thought this was true, or knew it was BS and didn't think I would know. I of course, just agreed. Nod and smile, nod and smile...
Anyway, nothing special to me, sound like a wounded sewing machine, fugly dash layout, BSing dealer, oh and of course, the shoehorned engine. You thought cylinder #6 was hard to get to on a Cummins, the whole freaking engine is on the 6. 0...
I will stick with my 6 banger.
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