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Originally Posted by michigandon

I think it's actually supposed to be 10.

Diamler recently discontinued the Sterling truck line, and this is the projected parts availability as per their website:

Proprietary Sterling parts: 10 years
Proprietary Sterling Light Commercial Vehicle (LCV) Parts :7 years
Legacy Ford parts: 3 years

10 years is what I have always heard too. I'm not sure how enforceable that is if a company goes belly-up ?

[michigandon]

Originally Posted by ToxicSludge

In the long run we will have choices in small diesel pickups.As for the other manufacturers still sitting on their hands and watching,I still don't understand why.The diesel option for the most part (small pickups only) is about the same cost as the modern day nav/infotainment options available on most vehicles.Given the choice,I would opt for the diesel every time.But what about diesel fuel costing more per gallon? True,but on average,the diesel gets between 25 and 30+ percent higher mpg.An easy offset inho.Maintenance? Fluids and filters and yer done......again,easy stuff.

See Sludge this is what chaps my ass as well. Seems as though there's so many clueless individuals out there whom when you mention a fuel-efficient engine option you'll here the old standard "You'd hafta keep it XX amount of years and drive it YY amount of miles...blah blah blah, numbers numbers numbers, figures figures figures, et cetera, ad nauseum..."...yet those same individuals wouldn't hesitate one second to drop all the extra coin on satnav, OnStar, rear seat DVD entertainment systems, automatic ass scratchers, and a whole bunch of other extraneous crap that I do not want or need on a vehicle.

[howam00]

Originally Posted by michigandon

automatic ass scratchers,

We can get those?! Hot damn!

[blue7.3]

Originally Posted by michigandon

See Sludge this is what chaps my ass as well. Seems as though there's so many clueless individuals out there whom when you mention a fuel-efficient engine option you'll here the old standard "You'd hafta keep it XX amount of years and drive it YY amount of miles...blah blah blah, numbers numbers numbers, figures figures figures, et cetera, ad nauseum..."...yet those same individuals wouldn't hesitate one second to drop all the extra coin on satnav, OnStar, rear seat DVD entertainment systems, automatic ass scratchers, and a whole bunch of other extraneous crap that I do not want or need on a vehicle.

Didn't Denise McCluggage just say that in her Autoweek article? (maybe not the ass scratchers...)
She's right of course...

-pete

[ToxicSludge]

About the "ass scratchers"............does that come with the heated seats option?

[howam00]

Originally Posted by ToxicSludge

About the "ass scratchers"............does that come with the heated seats option?

I'd ASS-ume that they come with the mASSaging seats

[robbieo11]

hot damm now that is a ride lol

[ToxicSludge]

Originally Posted by howam00

I'd ASS-ume that they come with the mASSaging seats

By cracky.........(groan)......I think yer right,no if and or BUTTS about it.

[michigandon]

Isn't Denise McCluggage the one who ripped FoMoCo to shreds when they announced that they weren't going to sell the 65MMPG Focus diesel on this side of the Atlantic?

She's my hero[ine?]!

[howam00]

I love the quoting of the Euro mileage that the magazines always do. Drop about 30% off those numbers and you'll be on the high end of what they can do. Still 40-45 mpg on the highway would make a nice commuter for a lot of people.

I commute through the city and do about 65-75% of all my driving in the city so I chose a hybrid. I think if they had that 2.0 diesel (maybe it was 2.2 I can't remember) they could use it in an updated Ranger and maybe even the Fusion