You'll barely use DEF except towing. A full DEF tank is good for something like 7500 miles, not towing.
You'll love the engine brake on the diesel then. Very relaxed pulling through the Rockies. Although you'll have more weight than I have pulled.
This is probably a stupid question, but can you bypass the package bullshit and order by line item?
For me having driven the dreaded 6.0 diesel for 3 years I have become very familiar with the complications of diesel. The expensive oil changes (5 gallons!) I deal with fine... It's the turbo, the HPOP, ipr, cac tubes, EGR, head studs, etc that is crazy expensive and troublesome. I heard the new 6.7 injectors are nearly $1k a piece. I thought my 6.0 was tough to work on hah! The 6.7 is so buried you can't even see the turbo with the hood open!
With the XL is actually quite piecemeal. That's what I'm doing, choosing only the options I like. There's still some that require a package.
My understanding is that they have to pull he cab to do many things to that diesel. I wouldn't own one out of warranty.
For example the LED headlights are not an option below Lariat which is dumb.
I would suspect it's the same with 6.7 except that they are pretty damn reliable so it's not very often the cab has to come off.
And didn't I read something about cruise control being bundled with a chrome bumper? Or was that something else I got confused with?
Well in this case vehicles are actually appreciating and cash is depreciating...
Ya I have never bought a vehicle with financing which is exactly why I bought the Ford 6.0 which totally backfired and has been a constant drain of funds. The resell is SO good on trucks that while you do lose the financing costs the depreciation is not really much more than the maintenance in my case.
How do you like the 10 speed auto? Youtube reviews have been positive and that it does good at not constantly hunting for gears which is what i was afraid of with that many gears.
It’s fantastic, smooth as butter. Going over I-70 set the cruise at 75 and it’s 10th gear to the top if people stay out of the way. But, it’s my belief the entire truck was built around the powerstroke and the gas was just made to work with it. I’ve read more quirks with the 7.3.
Same with the Rams. I considered ordering one but found something close enough at a great price. Lots of weird options tied to packages. As for finance, if I can get money at 0% I will take as much as they want to give me.
