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I was a Ford guy for years but have recently, last month, made the switch to Dodge. I picked up the new Dodge Ecodiesel and love it! Tons of torque to haul the boat around and the gas milage is incredible. I get better gas milage hauling the boat then I used to get with my eccoboost F150. I'm currently averaging 8.9l/100km combined. Nice and big inside to haul the family around and up to the cottage.

 

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One thing I found out through the grapevine today, don't baby the Eco-diesel, every now and then(probably more often wouldn't hurt), put your foot in it, clean it out, otherwise it will soot up and cause grief with the sensors and EGR system. Got that from a mechanic at the dealer.

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One thing I found out through the grapevine today, don't baby the Eco-diesel, every now and then(probably more often wouldn't hurt), put your foot in it, clean it out, otherwise it will soot up and cause grief with the sensors and EGR system. Got that from a mechanic at the dealer.

 

Good advice for anything with a turbo, especially with all the emissions crap they slap on vehicles today.

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ya i did research on the titan. They put the frontier axles on the full size titan and they are just problems unless you change the diff to a eaton trutrac. also in my reach they have brake judder problems and you need to get the newer larger rotors and pads to fix that. other that they seem to be a pretty solid truck. They are "different" its not one of the big 3 which is up my alley i just need to be different. and if i was buying new i would definitely be looking at the dodge ecodiesel or a new toyota.

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if you were happy with your Sonoma, get another...or an extended cab ranger would fit your requirements too...ranger fan myself, beat the snot out of 2 of them and no major issues, if you tow a boat be realistic about the weight, that was my only deciding factor to go to a full size

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With a used truck its more important to consider the owner than the brand. If u got by with a sonoma for this time then a diesel truck is most likely overkill. Besides unless its a cummins 5.9 its a wallet drainer.

For used full size 2009 and up ram hemi with 5 or 6 sp auto good on fuel all kinds of jam.

Gmc chev line if trucks with there version of mds also decent on fuel both vehicles work well and can be had used under 20 k.

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ya i was happy with my sonoma and it did pretty well everything i wanted it to. i'd buy another one but it would have to be the zr2 off road model and they are hard to come by. i dont do alot of heavy towing, i only pull a 12' tin boat and the snowmobile trailer and the odd trailer to the dump. so i really dont need a heavy tower. i'm leaning towards full size because of interior room. the one sideways seat was annoying and i want atleast a full size extended cab back seat for ppl moving with a bit more comfort or if a baby comes into the picture.

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I don't think the front end could hold up a 4BT for any length of time unless you really beef it up. A TDI swap would be sweet. Somebody did a Suzuki swap with one, exceelent mileage and towing.

 

You'd definitely need a solid front axle upgrade in order to do a 4BT. TDI would easily go in there, it's just bolting it up to the 4L60E which would be a pain in the ass.

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