$100,000 Diesel Truck VS $2,000 Diesel Truck!!!! Are These New Trucks Really Worth It?

We Compare A Brand New 2024 GMC diesel pickup truck To An 18 Year old 2006 Ford diesel pickup truck. Drag race, Trailer Tow, Braking test and More. What is The Better Choice?

[JHDieselandX]

What do you guys wanna see compete? Crazy to see the difference the diesel
Market has made in the last few years!!

[mikegraumann]

Love to see what a 3000 dollar truck does in comparison with 97000 in upgrades. Would be a fun build and test.

[mateoboschify]

Have had a 1999 F250 7.3 manual for years, still my daily driver. At 307K miles, I’d still trust it across country.

[AZPropaneExpressLLC]

A family of 7.3's here. 1999, 2002 and 2003. All with 250-450K plus trouble free miles. Just regular maintenance. I'd drive any of them cross country in a heartbeat. I use my '03 F350 dually to pull our 11K# camper cross country 6 months months out of the year for the past three years and never have an issue. DP Tuner, BTS transmission, Gear Vendors over/under with 4.3 gears. She holds her own!

[OleSevers]

No matter how you put it, there is never a good reason to buy a truck for $100k when you can get a 2019 for $53k. They RAPIDLY depreciate and are often less reliable than the older models. It’s legitimately proven

[ericburns]

For 50x as much money, the results weren’t 50x better 😎

[mrcrowley]

I have an 02 7.3 Excursion with 357, 000 on her. Bought her new off the lot, have kept it maintained and always repaired any issue immediately. I’ve done a lot of proformance upgrades to her over the years as well as replaced all the suspension with F350 Ford factory parts including the 20” king ranch wheels. My buddy’s drive newer trucks and make fun of me for driving an antique. They ask when I’m getting a new one. I tell them it cant be replaced because no one makes anything like it to replace it with. I’ll still be driving mine when there on there 5th new one making upwards of $1000 a month payments. Meanwhile I haven’t had a truck payment in 17 years. Who’s making fun of who when I’m retired at 50 and they’re still working to pay for sh!t. Lol

[rolexmd]

The market today is forcing me to consider building a older truck vs being in crazy debt on a new one. I enjoy not having a payment

[kenttalcott]

Another thing to consider is the cost of basic repairs once the new truck is off warranty. My diesel mechanic discouraged me from upgrading my pristine 97 Ford 7.3L to a newer truck based on the idea of repair costs long term. The older trucks are so simple with fewer things to go wrong and if a $5 vacuum line goes bad it can all be accessed simply by opening the hood. As my mechanic explained, that $5 vacuum line on a newer truck could cost in excess of $2500-3000 as the entire cab has to be removed to access some locations on the newer trucks. From my perspective, the only reason one pays for the new truck is the prestige factor and the ergonomics and comfort of a new truck. New trucks are quiet, smooth, easy to drive, with tons of cubbie spaces for storage and are outfitted with tons of technology. I ended up keeping the old truck and simply did some sound deadening, added a premium sound system with double DIN head unit to provide an update in technology coupled with a back-up camera and few power mods and I am good to go. Still not as smooth and not as quiet but very happy with the 97. Get tons of compliments everywhere I go.

[RealSteelAutoWorks]

I know I would personally take the old one. To me its really hard to justify the $100k. That and the newer trucks have gotten so big its unreal. Another factor is that if I had a new truck I would be afraid to use it and beat it up. I know I would cry when I saw that first scratch. I like to use my trucks and even though I dont purposefully beat them up, accidents do happen though when working them. My daily is an 86 Dodge D-150 gasser. - Jamie

[anthonysgarage]

Cool video. One thing that should be pointed out is having 10 gears vs 5. That in and of itself is a huge advantage when it comes to putting power to the wheels.

[marcusdarius]

You'd be damn hard pressed to find a 06 duelie 1 ton for 2k!

[awdimprezal]

Is it better? Yes, is it 100k better? You won't ever convince me it is....

[tomstanley]

I'm a die hard GM fan. However I completely agree with your opinions in the comparison. And yes the old Ford stood her ground and got the job done.

[BigRobChicagoPL]

LOOK AROUND, There is a reason why so many contractors (my friend's dad), landscapers, and even municipalities STILL hold onto their classic F series diesels to this day. Saw one that looked like the truck in this video today that had a manual transmission, had the bed replaced with a dumper and hauled a landscaping trailer. Cheap to buy, cheap to repair, and they sound pretty mean too. The proof is in the pudding.

[raycecil]

Ive got $25k in my 88 F250 7.3 idi supercab long bed 4x4. Has a Gearvendors OD unit on it, 4.10 gears, and bronco bucket seats. New paint, starts up, stops, hauls, pulls, does everything I need it to. I bought a $6k International Loadstar 1600 for heavier towing.

[eghbxtj]

I drive a 2001 f250 with a manual transmission and a 7.3 diesel . Ill keep
That truck until the wheels fall off . Great truck, no payments

[justintrebell]

It's interesting to see an older truck and how it stacks up against the newer diesel but gotta say the ol 6.0 didn't do to bad.

[efraimperez]

For the trailer drop test, it would be nice to see the Ford with brand new leaf springs as I'm pretty sure those ones were original. Denali had brands making you leave springs so more likely it was going to do a lot better.

[heathmooneyham]

I’ll take the reliability of an old mechanical 7.3 all day over a new truck