Horsepower is BS. its all about torque. Try hauling a 126 up a hill with a 2004 V10 F350 decent horsepower... hauling the car at 35mph. Try this same task with a 1988 Diesel F350, less HP then the V10, yet the truck is climbing the hill at 65mph. It an't magic, its torque, low end torque.

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Oh I like torque. Thats why I have diesels and a V8. I like the sub-2500rpm range. I still think a 5 liter v8 current MB engine is not exactly *low* on either.

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-diesel is not just a fuel, its a way of life-
'15 GLK250 Bluetec 118k - mine - (OC-123,800)
'17 Metris(VITO!) - 37k - wifes (OC-41k)
'09 Sprinter 3500 Winnebago View - 62k (OC - 67k)
'13 ML350 Bluetec - 95k - dad's (OC-98k)
'01 SL500 - 103k(km) - dad's (OC-110,000km)
'16 E400 4matic Sedan - 148k - Brothers (OC-155k)

I'm a fan of the crewcab. I grew up in a F350 crewcab diesel. My mom and dad wanted the truck becaue they bought some property they wanted to turn into a vineyard. My mom traded in her 85 Mercury Grand Marquis station wagon and her 78 FJ40 Landcruiser to get the truck. This was back in 1990 before it was cool to have a crewcab truck. My parents split in 1996 and my dad got the truck. The truck worked the property and hauled firewood for years. We'd fill it with scouts and go camping. It was an excellent vehicle for boy scout outtings. Today my dad still uses the truck in his walnut orchard. He drives his Lamborghini up into the bed and hauls it all over the place. The truck has really paid for its self over the years.

All that said. If you don't own an orchard/ranch/farm or live in the country and need to haul things like wood/dirt/equipment why daily drive a truck like that. I really don't understand the lifted trucks that require HUGE drop hitches just to haul a boat. Seriously bro, sorry about the small......... never mind.

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Yeah, but your buying a SuperCab!

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-Justin

91 560 SEC AMG - other dogs dd
01 Honda S2000 - dogs dd
07 MB ML320 CDI - dd
16 Lexus IS250 - wifes dd

it's automatic.

I'll have to trade up when and if some woman ever lets me breed with her.

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LC fj40's give me a woody

Agreed. out of all the cars that passed through my young life thats the one that got away. When I was a young kid my mom drove an FJ40 and my dad drive a 73 Challenger. My parents were COOL!!!! but you know, then they had kids..... I guess I kinda screwed up the whole having cool cars thing. At least my mom told my dad they couldn't sell the Challenger. She told him "some day thats gonna be a classic and your son may want it" LOL yes it do want it. but now the old man says its his baby. even though it sits out in an airplane hanger and never gets driven.

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Do you need anymore evidence? Homo-geek

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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver
1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone
1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy!
1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing

I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior



Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!