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A diesel is a big winner in low end torque, so if you're buying a tow vehicle, getting a diesel makes good sense. If you run the freeways putting on 50K per year, a diesel can outlive a gas engine by 2X or 3X assuming the vehicle built around it lasts as long as the engine . . . . but modern gas engines are starting to live as long as the vehicle they came in too. A diesel gets better mileage, but it pollutes more and the fuel costs a bit more. Almost all new diesels now have a urea tank which you have to keep up with, which can get expensive enough to almost offset any fuel cost advantages. For me, if I drove it a LOT and/or if I was buying it primarily to tow a heavy load, I would look to a diesel, otherwise the modern gas engine would get my vote. In actuality, I would rather have an electric vehicle than either one . . . . and I do own three ? Don

? Just pee in the reservoir. Urea is injected to catalyze NOx into nitrogen and water. Diesels will always be more powerful than gas engines, but the trade off is they will never be as EPA compliant. They're also noisier, since they run on the "knocking and pinging" we hate in four strokes. Stick with gas, in my opinion.

DEXTER is getting a reboot on TV and the Ice Truck killer got frustrated with city parking.

I'm ready to step in ... if we're going to make this a political thread. As a staunch independent with conservative leanings, I've got strong, non-political party opinions on every issue facing this Country. Are we going there? Are we? ? Please!

That's exactly why I told them I needed the failed part even if there was an extra core charge. Repeat failure of the part installed as a recall repair needs to be not only documented in the paperwork but the failed part preserved for failure analysis if needed. Regardless of who ends up paying for the replacement, the failure will need to be documented. If it's just a one off failure, fine and dandy, these things can happen to even new parts. But if it can be shown to be a pattern of repeated failures among different customers vehicles and different dealers installing the recall repair, that's when failure analysis of the part may provide an answer of why.