Literally my exact reasonings behind them. Not only longevity and simplicity but they’re actually fun to drive, especially with a manual. I wish I never sold my MK7 honestly. Trans let go in my old 2500 and I traded it in on my first 6.7 lol. I would love to get another one, but they’re holding strong price wise.
Frank's random auction purchases/ daily driver work trucks thread.
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MK7 TDI’s are hard to find as it is. I believe there were 122 nationwide? 27 were manuals. Closest one was 580 miles away.
If the lockdowns happen again like they’re saying my auctions are going to shut down again. I figure something that can make it 400 miles to my place up north on 8-10 gallons of fuel will be nice when I’ll have nothing to do. I’ll probably just bounce back and fourth between IL and Wis a few days at a time now that I’ve got internet. I’ll just tow one of the trucks up there next time I go and leave it for the winter.
That truck drives so fucking nice. It has 321,000 miles on it. I took it up to the fleet store in Wisconsin to grab animal bedding and some all stock feed and skate the taxes... I was doing 75-80 the entire drive at 1800 rpm. No pulling, not a clunk or rattle...
After my fees I’m in the truck around $3,000. I knew I was paying a lot for it but the topper was that new. I’ll probably just keep it around for a while. If it was a 4x4 I’d take it up north and leave it.
i should get ballsier with my auction bidding.
although with minion and life now i barely have time to just keep my shit straight.
Where do you bid lol? My biggest wins are what everyone calls gambles. I call them educated guesses.
I paid $1,600 for that F-450, was in it about $2,500 with parts and a detail and it sold for $7,500. If I could do two of those a month I’d be set lol
online shit like small auctioneer houses
i haven't really tried though.
I dicked around with bidding on a scissor lift for work that had i been paying attention id have won.
then there was an LLY duramax somewhere in wisco at one that i was $50 off on my "hahaha there's no way it will sell for this cheap" bid
That ones $14,000
More than I want to spend. Trying to stay around $5,000. The first gen Cruze diesels intrigue me. Guys pretty consistently getting 45-55mpg hand calculated in deleted ones. Roundabout 45 avg in stock form.
i think1quick had one unless it's already been mentioned which is likely
Small displacement DI turbo gasoline engines are a strong competitor for diesels now a days.
Yours is a first gen Cruze right Brett? I remember you posting about it before. Those are intriguing because they can be had with a 6-speed.
Im like #1 diesel nuthugger but for something I’m going to drive coming into winter I kinda like the idea of it not taking 25 minutes to get to operating temperature lol. Gen1 Cruze diesels were only offered with autos as well, kinda a bummer but also kinda meh. My ex had one, I wouldn’t consider it a zippy enough car for me to miss a 6-speed, plus they’re comfy enough you can gangster lean it and put the heated seat on high and just relax.
Yeah mine is a 2012 eco, 6 speed 1.4 gaser,
Great mpg motor had lots of issues under warranty, I’ve honestly almost started negotiating a diesel 6 speed cruise because of this thread lol tomorrow I may call on one I found in Ohio because my wife deserves the finest American garbage cars lol
Yeah it seemed like they had their fair share of problems in the early cars.
The M6 trans is cool in the newer ones, but FWIW the 9-speed auto did better for fuel economy. A C&D editor took one out and did 55 on the highway for a 160 mile loop. Hand calculated 70 mpg.....
The Prince of Parsimony: Squeezing 70 MPG from a Chevy Cruze Diesel
At a steady 55 mph, no air conditioning, with minimal brake or throttle inputs, a 2017 Cruze Diesel crushes the 900-mile range mark in California. Read the story and see photos at Car and Driver.
I have my friend looking into deletes and tuning for them.
Timing belt is “strict“ 100k job on the 2014-15 cars... I’m finding ones on marketplace in the 120-130k range and lowballing them if it hasn’t been done lol. Lets see if it works out...
Timing belt is “strict“ 100k job on the 2014-15 cars... I’m finding ones on marketplace in the 120-130k range and lowballing them if it hasn’t been done lol. Lets see if it works out...
Man that makes me happy to hear. My ex-fiance is probably about at that 100k mile mark. I hope that bitch pops lol. She ready had some turbo issue just out of warranty shortly after we broke up.
Good cars but definitely seem to have a countdown clock on them. Absolutely no issues on hers until around 85k. Then shit seemed to hit the fan.
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