I previously had a 98 Dodge Ram and lurked in the alt.dodge.trucks (or something similar) newsgroup. Sometimes I even asked questions. The group was VERY full of incessant problems and typically my questions were about the not infrequent problems I had with the Dodge... and of course a large contingent of rude and obnoxious folks who didn't help with problems but made a lot of noise.
A few weeks ago we replaced the Dodge with a 2005 Chevy 2500HD, diesel, crewcab shortbed with the Allison auto. And, of course I came over here for info and to read about the many problems people were experiencing with the Chevy Diesels...
EXCEPT THERE AREN'T ENOUGH TO EVEN THINK ABOUT......
Aren't you guys destroying brakes in 15-20K miles? Eating transmissions on a daily basis and going thru 3 or 4 per 100K miles? How about engines? Fuel economy? I mean, c'mon, the Dodge was getting about 10 when NOT towing...
BTW: So far the truck has 7600 miles on it, about 5500 towing our 5th wheel... Mileage without towing isn't the 20 that some have bragged of, but WITH the trailer we get 14 at 55, about 11 at 65 and about 10 at 75...
So, if there aren't scads of interesting problems over here is it even worth asking maintenance questions or should I go over to one of the diesel forums?