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Old 02-02-2017, 07:23 PM   #102 (permalink)
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That's why I actually kind of like the newer 200,000+ mile trucks. It's tough to get miles quickly while idling! Especially if they have receipts for things like the lift pump, front end parts, and injectors. My brother bought a car last year that had almost 100,000 miles put on it in one year. To me that means it was driven for hours on end at freeway speeds which just isn't hard on anything. My mail truck is a 1994 (relatively new for Grumman LLVs) and has about 100,000 miles on it. It gets turned off and on a good 50 times a day, and runs probably 4-5 hours to cover 20 miles, 0-20-0-20-0-20... 400 times over a day. All winter it's turning heavy chains in deep snow. It has had at least 2 engines and 4 transmissions and that's just in the 18 years I have known it. Aluminum body still looks good though!
Do the Dodge trucks 03-06 log engine hours in a way I could read it? I do have an OBD2 bluetooth and the Torque Pro app.
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