James (DBLTAKE)

[DoubleTakeDodge]

And its kbb value is nearly 9k... he's only asking 7k... Any ideas on other PRO arguments i can present to hopefully convince him to feel otherwise about the cummins?

[ramthis9501]

I don't get why anybody would be against getting a diesel! Hopefully you can get him talked into it.

[DoubleTakeDodge]

I hope i can! and just cost of repair... but fuel cost argument is made irrelevant because my buddy's cummins gets better fuel economy than my moms v6 minivan -_-. And starting it on a cold day, but even that is barely an argument against a diesel!

[ramthis9501]

My dads mega cab diesel gets better mileage then my single cab gas truck. His truck weighs 8000 pounds... My truck only weighs about 3500. Plus when we get it straight piped later today, it should bump it up at least another 2 mpgs.

[DoubleTakeDodge]

And thus diesel is the way I should go!!

[ramthis9501]

Another argument is that you can get a million miles out of that Cummins. Any gas truck will crap out way before that. You could pass the diesel down to your kids one day and it'll still have plenty of life in it.

[DoubleTakeDodge]

Originally Posted by ramthis9501 Another argument is that you can get a million miles out of that Cummins. Any gas truck will crap out way before that. You could pass the diesel down to your kids one day and it'll still have plenty of life in it.

For real. And it'll have enough room in it for a kid and wife at the same time. Enough towing power to pull whatever I need to. Etc. i dont know why a cummins is supposedly a bad idea!?

[DoubleTakeDodge]

And he isn't selling it because there is somethin wrong with it. He's selling it because he is now the proud owner of a brand new 2012 dodge ram 3500 longhorn edition

[MegaCabMan]

Work out a cost of ownership comparison and show it to him. figure fuel costs, oil changes etc. Then calculate the average resale estimate after you have owned the vehicle for about 5 years and subtract it from the initial purchase price, divide it by five and add it to the cost for each vehicle (deprecation).

Call your insurance company and get insurance quotes for both vehicles.

Call a tag agency and get the cost of the tag for each.

If you present a well thought out argument showing the pros and cons for each vehicle, I mean have charts and spreadsheets to show him... it will be very hard for him to say no. Dad's love that kind of shit.

And as for the injector argument...I just looked it up and new stock injectors are a whopping $60 bucks each so to replace all six would be about the same as buying a new Holley 600 cfm carb.

http://www.cumminspartsdirect.com/

[BMRbrnSNRbrd]

I wouldn't even go with the charts and stuff...that may be a bit overboard but just presenting a well thought out, non-emotional, plan may make him realize you are trying to make a good decision.