Eli,
Don't worry, I'm keeping my TDI. The CRD will be my second DIESEL vehicle. No more gassers for me. I was trying to think up some good vanity plate possibilities for the CRD. So far, I like DZLJEEP and DSLJEEP the best.
I'm selling a 1989 Toyota XtraCab SR5 V6 pickup truck. 3.0L V6 gasser, auto w/overdrive, air (still works!), dual-range 4WD, loaded, and has a bedliner and cap on it. It's as fully loaded as you could load a 1989 Yota truck. The truck has been maintained and is in very good shape for being 15 years old and has average miles on it for it's age (175k miles). Mechanically it's still very solid and runs good. The truck was my parent's truck and spent its life in Virginia, so there's very little rust on it (read: Driven in the South). If it lived up here, it would have completely dissolved by now from the road salt in the winter. I also used may parent's air compressor to spray a couple of gallons of used engine oil from my TDI in the fender wells, doors, under the bed, etc. to do some free rustproofing on it.
It recently became mine to use as a winter beater in the snowstorms to protect my TDI and to haul stuff too big for the TDI. It's nice to have a 4WD utility vehicle in addition to the TDI. My plans were to keep it until 2007 when Toyota offers a Diesel version of the Tundra truck. My parents down in VA replaced the truck with a 2004 Toyota Tundra gasser which they love. I still haven't been able to turn them on to DIESEL yet but I'm working on it.
I love the '89 truck, but I really wish it were DIESEL powered. I hate fueling it up because it's a gasser. I also hate working on it because it's a gasser. I violated the cardinal rule that states once you convert to DIESEL you don't go back to GASOLINE.
I recently learned that the 07 Tundra Diesel will be a full-size pickup truck and a dually configuration only. That's way too much truck for me and it will probably be priced around $40k. It looks like Toyota is gearing up to compete directly against the Dodge Ram w/Cummins TD, Fort SuperDuty w/Powerstroke, and Chevy w/Duramax. I also learned that I need 4WD capability a lot more than I need to haul stuff in a truck. The fact that the '89 Yota is a GAS guzzler is also driving me out of the truck. I keep wishing it were DIESEL powered!
I settled on the Jeep Liberty CRD and put down a deposit on one at 1400Motors in Nashua NH. They ordered it back in December. I'm now in the hurry up and wait mode waiting for it to be built. The SOLD status on it bumps it up in priority. I probably won't get it until around the beginning of April.
Email or PM me if interested in the truck or if you know someone who is interested.
Diesel On!
~ n1das
on a Liberty CRD?
