I agree. Fortunately, the regenerative braking does work well for preventing the vehicle from gaining speeds on the hills. I’d compare it to an exhaust brake, it won’t help you slow down faster, but it can help keep you off your service brakes on a descent to keep them from fading. 

While I agree, the regen function hasn’t helped out the Hummer. It has braking performance that makes the Ram 2500 look good, and has the same brake fade issues. The Lightning also has terrible brake fade, Car and Driver overheated the brakes after 3 panic stops.

Good, that’s what we need is more people believing their light duty, short wheel based truck can handle a massive trailer.

1st: cars are more reliable and warranties are getting longer too.

Unfortunately, I did not take my own advice and just learned the hard way last night. I had a USB C phone charging block overheat and it started to melt. Fortunately, I caught it in time. I checked the marking and sure enough, it had lots of markings, but none of them are from an OSHA NRTL.

Spoiler, AEB doesn’t make up for the horrible brake performance and brake fade the Hummer experiences. The Hummer EV gives you super car acceleration, but with braking performance that’s worst than the Ram Heavy Duty.

5th gear:

I completely agree. Super car acceleration with the braking distance and brake fade issues of a dually truck is a great combination. I’m sure nothing bad will happen when the parents give their kids the keys for the night.

I guess that’s why a lot of fleet orders were cancelled.

And it corners pretty well. I rode in one around the roval, the acceleration was decent, but forgettable compared to the feeling of being pinned to the side of the car as you transition from the speedway to the road course.

Something worth noting is also the amount of unsafe modern appliances that are being sold. Most reputable sellers know to only sell code approved high voltage appliances. But a lot of online sellers(looking at you, Amazon) are selling high voltage items that do not meet code.

An AWD PHEV diesel station wagon would be my dream. Something with just enough EV range to cover the commute, but has the fuel economy of a small diesel for a nice range on road trips. A 240v outlet would be great for backup power after a storm or rolling blackouts during the winter.

I’m trying to find the documentation to ensure what I said about the bore and stroke is correct on the differences. Struggling to find the confirmation.

The newer Cummins fuel filters(also fleetguard) and water separators aren’t bad, they’re also Fleetguard. Comparing the Ram to the Ford, I think Ford’s design for draining the water is a bit better, and I say that as someone who prefers and owns the Cummins 6.7. The ones for the Ram chassis are also typically more…

It’d be kind of fine to do on an older diesel. I wouldn’t do it for a long time. But I wouldn’t put it anywhere near a newer diesel, especially an emission equipped engine, and certainly not a CP4 equipped engine.

This. I’ve mentioned in another comment that the biggest issue is not lubricity, but water. The CP4 binds from water due to the extremely tight tolerances, and vehicles with good water separation systems lack these issues. The newer Ford 6.7 has this(water separation filter and an addition fuel filter), and the system…

I can go more into detail about it later, but I don’t believe the issue is lack of lubricity. Water seems to be the issue and is why the CP3 pump had no issues, but the CP4 had issues. If lubricity was a concern, the CP3 wouldn’t regularly make it more than 10,000 hours in off road applications(cranes, gen sets,…

Thank you, I appreciate that. Unfortunately, my content is all downhill from here.

We all know this is vapor wear, but I’ll play. It’s a great idea and seems cool in theory, but anyone who experienced why RV is an acronym for Ruined Vacation will see the issues from a mile away. Towable RVs(including a 250k toy hauler) are built very poorly. And the experience of having an issue is exponentially…

That depends on what diesel it is. If you have an old 12 valve Cummins with an oil lubricated P7100 injection pump, just drain the tank, change the filters and continue on.