Diesel V8 Titan CONFIRMED for 2009 - Page 5

Noseeum · 03-20-2008, 03:22 PM

OIL COMPANIES DO NOT SET THE PRICES!! If I could set the prices from my producing wells, oil would have topped $150 a barrel months ago.

lowlypawn · 03-20-2008, 03:28 PM

Please god anything but the ford navistar |(

BuckyBadger · 03-20-2008, 04:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Noseeum

OIL COMPANIES DO NOT SET THE PRICES!! If I could set the prices from my producing wells, oil would have topped $150 a barrel months ago.

Where does that 50billion in profit come from??? Who sets that?

HudsonValleyTitan · 03-20-2008, 04:28 PM

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Originally Posted by TallTexan

If you listen to the politics of Obama and Hillary, you could easily see why folks are leary of buying anything. You can bet there will be heavy taxes on those who drive gas guzzlers like pickup trucks and the push will be for smaller engines and high gas mileage. Some of us here went through the 70's when powerful engines went away. Big 454 ci engines putting out little over 200 hp and most V8's put out less. The Chevy 350 ci put out 210 hp. If either of these two clowns get in office, I will dump my truck like a bad date.

Gas guzzler tax is added to the sticker, not after the fact. So you'd be ok since you already own your truck anyhow.

alby · 03-21-2008, 11:07 PM

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Originally Posted by TallTexan

If you listen to the politics of Obama and Hillary, you could easily see why folks are leary of buying anything. You can bet there will be heavy taxes on those who drive gas guzzlers like pickup trucks and the push will be for smaller engines and high gas mileage. Some of us here went through the 70's when powerful engines went away. Big 454 ci engines putting out little over 200 hp and most V8's put out less. The Chevy 350 ci put out 210 hp. If either of these two clowns get in office, I will dump my truck like a bad date.

heheheh! that's just more big government regulating stuff, taxing everybody and getting their hands on everything.

Let's be real about something here... those two clowns are socialists. They really don't care about interpreting the Constitution correctly even though it's the law of our land.

If they had their way, they probably wouldn't allow me to drive a big truck because they would want to regulate what I drive and how I drive it.

So much for real freedom, the real American way and any big diesels for the common man...

Yellomantis · 03-21-2008, 11:22 PM

Well guys, Navistar seems to be out of the picture for a diesel source. I just read in truck trend that they just purchased GM's heavy duty truck division.

Brianguy · 03-22-2008, 01:18 AM

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Originally Posted by BuckyBadger

Where does that 50billion in profit come from??? Who sets that?

exactly! the oil companies are making more money then ever before

HudsonValleyTitan · 03-22-2008, 10:09 AM

The oil companies may be making a killing but....the price is set by the market, and not the oil companies.

jiggadog · 03-22-2008, 03:38 PM

the oil companies, as in the companies that produce/supply oil DO affect the price. if they aren't supplying it to the market then price will increase assuming demand does not decrease.

Jared · 03-22-2008, 08:57 PM

Everything I've heard from internal Nissan is Cummins.

lowlypawn · 03-22-2008, 09:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Yellomantis

Well guys, Navistar seems to be out of the picture for a diesel source. I just read in truck trend that they just purchased GM's heavy duty truck division.

Source?...

lowlypawn · 03-22-2008, 09:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Jared

Everything I've heard from internal Nissan is Cummins.

Source?...

MXtitan24 · 06-27-2008, 02:22 PM

im down for a cummins
please!!!

Brons2 · 06-27-2008, 03:59 PM

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Originally Posted by TitanEngineer

Most of the light duty diesels are coming out for the 2010 model year, which means development started at minimum year ago (more than likely longer than that) when Diesel was cheaper the gas. Also you are looking at a significant increase in mileage. I already read a report by cummins that their new light duty diesel was testing at 25-26 mpg in a half ton ram. Thats at 260+hp and 597+ ft lbs of torque. Which taken versus the last Hemi I drove thats about a 8-10 mpg increase with way more torque.

The light duty diesel market is huge everywhere but the United States because of our strict emissions laws, which will be overcome in the future

25-26 mpg, now that would make it worth my while. Anything less than that and I'm sticking with what I drive now.

I drove a 4cyl turbodiesel in Europe in a full size panel van, it was pretty peppy. I got 30mpg going 90MPH (140KM/H) on the freeway. I'd like like to see one of those in a mid-size truck with a 6 speed manual.

Brons2 · 06-27-2008, 04:34 PM

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Originally Posted by lowlypawn

Source?...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25190994/

negotiating with GM, but nothing final as of yet.