So - My warranty (3 year extended I purchased with truck) was up in like 62 miles... So, I went and traded it in. Mind you, I haven't needed the 4WD or even the AWD thingy since I bought the ******* thing. It's been a headache. TERRIBLE gas, shitty american leather, little problems here and there... something you just shouldn't get with a 40K truck.





SO: I traded it in 2 days ago on a Black 05 hardtop 350Z.

















Today? 3 inches of snow.







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Haha!



Thats funny









I'm thinking about buying a newer (used) GMC duramax diesel dually. In school we talked about how the duramax is an isuzu diesel that uses a common rail injection system.



I don't know if the truck will be as reliable as my beater protege but at least I could get some work done

yea isuzu makes good diesels, its the tranny gm throws in with it that used to suck nuts (dunno if it still does) pretty much every diesel in the passenger car and truck industry CRD or a form there of, its by no means a new technology.

Timing, as they say, is everything.

the allison trannies in the gm duramax is ok as long as you keep the truck somewhat stock. they get great fuel milage though. but the duramax motors are problematic. i worked for a chevy dealer for a while and though the shop was a small place we did see alot of broken down duramax trucks. i would , if your lookin for a HD truck , look into the dodge or the ( o man i cannot believe im saying this) ford super duty twin turbo.





randy

None of which I possess. Go figure. Oh well, it didn't do too bad in the snow. Relatively easy to control.

Throw some Blizzaks on it and go to town...or somewhere else. Which trim did you get?

Funny - I'm actually looking at a set of wheels with those mounted. 400 for the set.



Trim? We talkin ***** here?



I have no clue. It has NOTHING. just the way I like it! No power seats, no leather, no bose... it's base like my F-Dizzle was.

You should invest in soybean futures

Allison is a quality manufacturer as far as I know.. Anyone know exactly what goes wrong? Clutchpacks go for shits or what?

the problems we saw where due to lack of maintnace and ignorant owners, so other then that yes the allison trannies where good. i do know that when doing a cummins-allison conversion in dodges there have been more then a few clutch issues. but like i said the trannies have been good just stupid owners. the duramax on the other hand are problematic with the injectors leaking fuel into the rockers wich gets into the oil and we saw some turbo issues and alot of power steering hydroic lines blowing. anyways im done ranting

I would strike $400 for a mounted set in a heartbeat. I just dropped five hund-o on four iPikes for the Audi. And talk about lacking timing- I rode around on my Y-radials for a week on ice and deep snow; soon as I bought the iPikes, the temp hit 48F. WTF!



Nice move on the Z- That was my first choice when I was in the market, but I was shy because I feared the mod bug may bite again. The 3.0 A4 is significantly less mod-able!

ha! yeah. my bro's 1.8 a4 is modded, and gets like 40+ mpg

I decided not to buy - cause the dealership owed me new rubbs anyway. Saving for a nice set of cruising wheels...



And yes, the goddamn bug is on strong, but I'm trying hard not to do anything. I'd like to lower it, and wheels. Save the rest for a project FD.



This is a fun-ass little car though, I'll have to admit. Not terribly slow either. https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...IR#>/smile.gif

lol yea void the warranty of the new car you bought for the warranty, that would rock

Dammit phins. You've logic-slapped me like 15 times in the last month! LOL https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...1047683329.gif

05 and up duramax have better reliability.. the old seems to have a common problem with the head gaskets i believe. allison trannies have a great track record.. cummins are nice too.. but the dodge trucks are crappier in build quality compared to the chevy and ford, it seems.

seems lots of the folks throwin out trannies are probably chippin the engines and modding them.. even slightly will get tons of torque increase on the diesel engines.. which is not fun for the tranny.

yeah man, the transmission is designed to work with a stock setup.



to change a 5 speed allison to a 6 speed, all you have to do is repgrogram it to hold different clutches to get another gear out of it.



but if you have an allison and you upgrade your engine power, they tell you to buy a new transmission. and rightfully so.