Thread: Modern Diesels

Originally Posted by sneeze

Iv spent my working life burning diesel in one way or another, every machine Iv had was better than the last, more power, better economy and far more reliable, utes have been the same. My days of groveling under vehicles up to my elbows in burnt oil and shit are well behind me. 2 utes a ago I had a V6 triton, green over silver, really liked it , in a moment of phone induced distraction I drove it off a loading bank cut into a slope. Hit bloody hard, when the vision cleared I got out thinking the damage would be horrific , crumpled panels , bent rims .. but it was unscathed, didnt even need a wheel alignment.
Each to his own and I get those that just like old stuff but IMHO the " old is better" is a load of romantic bullshit.

New and powerful and efficient is good and old and simple and cheap to repair/rebuild is good ,somewhere in the middle is first generation new technology that is getting old and unreliable and VERY expensive to maintain and this is where the second hand market is very bloody wary now and will become moreso as more get bitten.
Shorter design lifes are all well and good but eventually the second hand market will catch up and drop and so will new vehicle turnover prices and lease rates go up.