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Duramax comparison

10-15-2005, 11:08 PM

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Duramax comparison

Wow,
Good friend of mine is a sales manager at a chevy dealer, he talks me into test driving a duramax crew dually for the weekend, says I'll buy it if I drive it. Just got back to my shop with the chevy. I'm not even going to drive it home. Ride was noticibly stiffer than my dodge, has no where near the power my dodge has, I know mine is moded, but man am I spoiled... I do like the room inside, but that is about it. I honestly could say I would NOT want to pull my 15k 5ver with this truck, I think it would struggle on grades. I could be wrong, but I'm not personaly going to find out. 6 sp might also make a difference. Have any of you guys driven one of these? Is this normal? I wouldn't tow without moding this thing, there goes the warranty on a $40,000 investment. Anyways, I'm going home and kissing my dodge, its staying in the family a long time.

Steve

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