My local CVS can’t even keep it’s vacuum tube running from the pharmacy window to the drive-thru, so I’m even dubious about this even being viable for freight.

Yeah. I just bought a 7.3 with 230K miles for less than 11 grand. I thought that was a very nice price in today’s market, even if the interior and paint are rough.

Yeah, this guy saw the craze on diesel prices and put a ridiculous number on it. The 6.0 is not worth this.

I mean, better is relative, and I guess it adds up. But the v-8 gets 12 to 15 mpg, the v-10 gets 10 to 13, and the diesel gets 15 to 18. With the higher cost of diesel (almost a buck a gallon by me) it would take a long time to see the savings on that.

No.

I have my 2005 Ford Excursion Eddie Bauer 6.0 Power Stroke Turbo Diesel 4x4 for sale. This rig is in immaculate condition and is like new. For those of you who do not know these diesel motors are indestructible and run forever.

Yeah, a quick search on Carfax and a few others shows the diesels with this mileage and presenting just as nicely going for under $20k.   Which I personally still find bonkers.

In the car business, we refer to the 6.0 as the six point blow.

JUST had one in the shop. Ran like ass. Customer had it diagnosed at another shop, they said wiring harnesses. I asked my customer, are you SURE you don’t want me to take another peek? Nope, just install wiring harnesses.

After it was done, we found…

And doesn’t have a POS 6.0 in it

No dice, this one is cheaper.

I don’t care how crazy the market is, I will never vote NP for this.

There’s an extra digit in there.  Drop one of those ‘9's and it’s a maybe.  Also, with 225k on the clock, I didn’t realize we had ever refined that much fuel in the history of ever for it to go that far.

You gotta be fucking kidding me! I looked at the headline and the crazy price and straight to No Dice. I’ve owned Fords with diesels. Never again.

$30K for a twenty year old American shitbox! $30k! Are you fucking kidding me?

I’ve been thinking something similar living in Winnipeg. Our local police will ticket kids with Subarus for having a loud exhaust without even blinking, and haven’t done a damn thing to stop assholes honking loud horns at all hours since their demonstration started. Just start handing out tickets for noise and parking…

In addition to peoples’ lack of spatial awareness, trains are also substantially wider than the track gauge, so being slightly clear of the tracks still leaves you vulnerable to being walloped by the train anyway.

I think the main concern is entrapping someone who has (stupidly) stopped on the tracks when the bars went down.

Look I don’t know how it works in whatever socialist nanny state you live in, but in America if I want to throw myself into the path of hundreds of tons of steel then that’s my god damned god given right! Plus, do your research and you’ll learn that the idea that trains actually can’t stop on a dime or weigh that much…

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In the same vein as the rules of the road I learned when I learned to sail, and was tooling around the bay in a 14' sailboat, yes, sail-driven vessels always have the right of way over powered vessels, but if the powered vessel can run you down and not notice, pressing the issue is a stupid idea. The same sort of…