re: PSA: Do NOT buy a GM with a 6.2 engine

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This has been a down the hill snowball since the Obama administration. The fuel efficiency standards set has forced this inferior product.

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Yup. And then they removed 700k used vehicles from circulation with his Cash for Clunkers bullshite. Making it harder to find a vehicle that actually runs like they used to in the 90s and early 2000s.

I bought my Ram used and got the extended warranty. It has the eTorque engine, which uses an MGU that replaces the traditional alternator. The MGUs are crapping out and seizing up on people. Dealerships are having issues finding replacements, so these poor bastards trucks are sitting in the dealership parking lot until the part is available. I've read horror stories of guys being without their trucks for 6 months.

Good news is that there are companies where you can send your MGU, and they'll send back a rebuilt one for $800. And its covered under warranty. So if mine shits the bed, I'll go to my mechanic buddy, have him trade in the part and have the warranty pay for it.

Once this truck is out of warranty, I'm trading it in. Probably roll the dice on a Ram with the Hurricane engine.

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diesels

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Are A LOT better across the board than 10-15 years ago. The exception is the 6.7 Cummins, those peaked in 2018.

I trade them in right before 100k miles and service every 5k miles. No HO and I’ve never had one in the shop since the 10 speed came out in 2020

The Cummins are shite, they have a cooling problem. They’re the only truck up here in Colorado you see on the side of road with the hood up steaming.

Dodges are cheaper by a good bit is why. I’m a ford guy

I have the 5.7l

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Quite the opposite. 2027 F-150: The 5.0 Coyote is not only staying—Ford is reportedly expanding its availability back into King Ranch and Platinum.

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Glad I’m wrong!

I’m a great example of why you should never believe what you hear on the internet.

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They won't take your guns, they will just make the ammo hard to find and expensive.

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Incrementalism is the enemy. It’s always “it’s no big deal” and “this doesn’t bother me” until suddenly it is a big deal.

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At 49,500 miles, it shut down due to collapsed lifters, which also bent a pushrod and killed the catalytic converter from the misfires. Nearly a $5K repair.

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$5k isn’t even as much as I would’ve expected

I have not bought a new GM or any other manufacturer because of the outlandish prices some of which are related to using the buyer to test questionable engine materials and design. I have a ZZ 5.7L crate engine that has seen 2 cam swaps, 1 crank swap, 1 rod and piston swap and nitrous all of which I did to run semi pro street and returning to a more derivable EFI-based pro touring/handling mode. The 5.7 engine is an incredibly reliable and straight forward design that GM should not have abandoned.