New truck trends?

[Dynamite 1]

phil, i imagine your hole drilling issues on your replacement reefer were demanded by the fact that you were getting a grant. had you bought one outright you probably could have done has you wanted with the old. same issue happened with the grant for updating truck engines through the grant program. the only real issue will be california in the near future.

 

[greg334]

Dakota,
what's taking so long on the engine?

isn't it a 15 minute job?

By the way, two things about the great VW;

hippies drove splitties but not all transporters were splitties. I can't understand how people get bays and paint them up with piece signs (yep I spelled it that way) and tie dye crap while thinking they are reliving an era that was 10 years before they were born. Many never met a hippie in their lives, just wantabes or rastas.

AND

I don't get the mentality of some. They buy a 30, 40 or 50 year old car and think that it isn't safe so they add all kinds of safety things to make it safe as their prius in order so they can haul their brats around while acting like hippies.

Hey a squareback? I had one of them once.

 

[ATeam]

phil, i imagine your hole drilling issues on your replacement reefer were demanded by the fact that you were getting a grant. had you bought one outright you probably could have done has you wanted with the old. same issue happened with the grant for updating truck engines through the grant program. the only real issue will be california in the near future.

That's exactly what I thought too but came to believe different based on what my reefer dealer told me. I put a call into my dealer to double check and will let you know what he says when he returns the call.

 

[greg334]

IT is about the rules of these stupid grants for rich truckers. You give up the right to own the old engine as part of an exchange program. The old engine is to be "destroyed" as part of that agreement which seems to be more pollution in the long run.

Carrier will refit a new and improved engine to many of the units but some dealers are charging core charges because they can use the old engine for parts.