There is no such thing as trading up anymore.
From what I’ve seen from our fleet vehicles and service trucks as well as people I know with newer vehicles. The complexity has gone up and reliability is at an all time low. For our company trucks we run Fords 150’s and up and are not used and abused. Most of our trucks don’t go more than a kilometre in a day. The most mileage they get is going to town for training or repair, mostly repair.
These new truck generally come new with an engine light on and go down from there.
When my 03 dodge is finally done I will be searching far and wide looking for a used just like it that is worth building back up. I will head to the US if I have to.
I would restore mine except the body got completely destroyed from hail damage a few years ago so I’ll run it until it’s life is done and find another.
I’ve had it for 14 years and been a great truck. I think I could rebuild one from the frame up and It would cost way less than a new truck. I would have a much more reliable vehicle this way.
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