Last Friday, I traded my 1992 Dodge 250 4X4 with a Cummins diesel, for a new Ford Escape. I must admit, there was a lump in my throat as the Dodge faded from view in my new rear-view mirror. It was "head and shoulders" the best vehicle I've owned in my life -- no other will come close.
I purchased it new in late 1991 from a auto broker here in Victoria, BC. Over the past 15-16 years, I put 216,000 kilometers on it, and while there were the normal range of problems with the body, the only work done to that Cummins diesel (aside from regular maintenance, of course) -- two serpentine belts. That's it...! It's almost unblieveable.
I do not miss Chrysler Canada -- they are total jerks to deal with. I had to sue them when they wouldn't do anything about the peeling paint four years after I bought it. I posted an article here about that several years ago at:
But after 16 years, I'd had enough of the the noise and rough ride. I'm not doing the hunting and fishing that I once did, approaching late
50's -- it was time for her to go. For the trade, I received about half of what I paid for it -- also pretty damn good for a 16 year old vehicle.Anyone soul-searching whether to buy gas, diesel, hemi, power stoke, etc., the Cummins is one fine, fine engine.