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2013 f250 diesel, high pressure fuel pump went out, $15,000 to replace fuel pump.

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Dayum.

Some models of the Powerstroke uses a fuel injector system that releases shrapnel into the engine when it fails. I guess that might have contributed to that insane cost?

Shouldn't be a fire hazard. No major structural fire or anything.

It's just going to be filthy and disgusting for a couple of weeks.....and some of it probably is laced with whatever herbicides that have been put in those fields since the last burn.



InB4 "these fires are historically important" and "you shouldn't live within 20 miles of a cane field and expect to enjoy your property" from the idiots simping for sugar cane corporations.

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AT&T, charged me $45 bucks for a collect call to home that was under 3 minutes in 1997. I never paid the bill and will never do business with them again.

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shite that's nearly 30 years. Impressive.

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They readily admitted that if protectism against imports were eliminated they would simply shift to other crops, saying: 'The soil here is very fertile and will grow almost anything.'

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Yep. The land would relatively quickly be repurposed for production that doesn't require so much protection and government intervention to support.

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Key word: historically. Having a few companies employ hundreds of illegals doesn’t help our economies.

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Yep...

What blows my mind is that I saw a 2025 GMC Canyon parked next to a mid 1990s half ton Silverado fairly recently. That Canyon looked taller and wider. And I’m sure the 4 cylinder turbo in the new truck is vastly more powerful too. Probably tows more.

Today’s midsized trucks should be more popular. They are very large. Most share a chassis with the full sized trucks too - usually with a half ton truck’s motor and transmission. The 2.7L turbos from Ford and GM are actually solid, reliable engines. In terms of reliability…. I also think the new 2.4L Turbo from Toyota is miles ahead of the twin turbo V6 that Toyota puts in their full sized trucks now too.

Check out a modern Tacoma and compare to the original T100 or first gen Tundra. I bet the new Tacoma is bigger.

I got by with a half ton 25 years ago. A mid sized today is more than adequate.

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The 90s silverados were the best. 350 vortec, reliable electronics. They were the perfect combo of the well built trucks of the 70s-80s with modern comforts and modern ability to drive 2-300k miles with no issues.

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IMO 95-96 were the sweet spot. Old body style, decent electrical system, powerful enough engine if you got the Vortec 4.3L, 5.0L or 5.7L….but with airbags and a nicer dash than the early 1990s models. In those years each of those engines had a 30-50 horsepower boost from the 1994 models - enough where you could feel it.

The early 1990s weren’t bad. But the interiors were very cheap and it had the early TBI systems. Better than the carb models in the square bodies but not super powerful. They really went next level in 1995-1996 IMO. And that was a fairly small (for a full sized) body style before they got progressively larger since then.

I also love the early Gen 3 small blocks too in the initial T800 trucks. Those things ripped. Probably 1999-2003 or so. Then GM started with the aggressive electronic shift controls and ECM’s to preserve transmission longevity with those higher output motors (around 2005ish). It got annoying until they figured that out in 2007 or so with the T900 trucks That factory tuning is the real reason the late T800s (cat eye) Chevy’s annoy me. That and the styling.

The early T900s weren’t bad. But that was an era when GM was trying to safe costs. They needed to move to a 6 speed in those heavier trucks but that didn’t happen until 2012 or so. Either that or they should have found ways to make those trucks lighter.

Still leaps and bounds better than the overweight Ford trucks at the time with those horrific 3v 5.4L motors. The Ford 4.6 was sturdy but just couldn’t move those heavy 2005+ trucks very well. Ford also stuck with a 4 speed for too long.

In those days Dodge had a solid HEMI V8 slowly phasing out the anemic 4.7L V8, 5.2L and 5.9L V8. All of them were gas guzzlers. The 5.9L and 5.2L were reliable but just weak sauce. The 4.7L Dodge was a mistake. They needed that 5.7L HEMI pretty badly.

The 1990s was when you could get a V10 or big block V8 in a fairly light truck - 3/4 ton domestic truck from the big 3. The big block 454 Chevy was actually available in the half tons too along with the painfully slow 6.5L (non turbo) diesel. But the 350 and 305 were way more popular.

At some point the V10 Dodge was in a performance half ton truck called the SRT. A buddy of mine had one. That thing was insane.

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would like to see a modern midsize Dakota.

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They are coming out with a new one in 2027. Will probably have the 3.6L V6 and ZF 8 speeds. So starting off with a solid powertrain.

Hopefully they can keep the price reasonable.

The target market doesn’t have enough disposable income for a third vehicle. They can barely afford one of them, so what they do drive has to be practical.

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While we are pressure washing - either pressure wash or paint the freaking concrete walls lining I-10 and I-12

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This is something that should happen more often than once every 30 years.

Sort of like brushing the grass and broken substrate/gravel out of the gutter and off the shoulders of our highways.

We shouldn't have to call in a favor with an elected official for LADOTD to do their job. Same with having Entergy replace fricking light bulbs on their poles. No other state I've lived in works like that. Just Louisiana.

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who is getting paid for these things that fail in a very short period of time.

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I mean eventually light bulbs have to be replaced. Brush has to be cleared from power lines. Roads have to be patched and re-striped.

Between LADOTD and Entergy - this whole state looks extremely neglected.

I can't even see the lines on the highway on the concrete parts of US190 between Baton Rouge and Erwinville. Same for parts of I-10 in Ascension. None of the reflectors are there and it wasn't because of the snow plows last year - they've been missing for 5 years.

Every light on the I-110/US 190 interchange was out for 5 years before they fixed it. And now most of them are still out around Harding/I-110.

Then we have highways that are both neglected from a maintenance perspective but also functionally obsolete..... like LA30 south of LSU all the way into Gonzales. Or I-10 in most of the state. Or at least 60% of I-12, which is still 4 lanes despite decades of heavy traffic. Or US190 through Livingston. Or LA3127 not extending north past Donaldsonville. Or the lack of any inside or outside shoulders on I-110. Or like 30 other glaringly f*cked up stretches of highway and roads that are holding our economy back.