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Too bad it didn't work out for you Phil, I suspect the inventory issue may have been related to the slower economy as you alluded to or some other stupid glitch. Anyone believing the myths about these tires is throwing away money, They save fuel, quite a lot of it. Your truck will be more...

Some systems use a sensor to actually monitor the air pressure, and some use the ABS wheel speed sensors to look for a wheel turning faster than the others (if its low on air it will have a smaller circumference and there fore have to turn faster at a given vehicle speed). GM was a big fan of...

Having the fittings (or better yet learning how) to bypass your air drier if it breaks or otherwise fails is a very cheap alternative to these kind of crazy costs. Bypassing them isn't hard and you would be amazed how few road service outfits will do it for you as they will only be able to bill...

These things are expensive enough to maintain at 2WD!!!

The kicker these days Ken is the currency. A R265 Bridgestone for a Sprinter is $164 at Tire Rack .com (pretty good pricing). Add 20 % for the currency now and the tire is 186.80 plus the tax (which unlike GST you don't get back) which I think is 8% in Indy and now your at $212. Dunno about...

Lawrence you are right on the money. While everyone gets all up in arms over the private jet thing and spouts the free market theory think about this, What if that free market theory ends up with China or some Russian bazillionaire owning GM or most of the large US companies. Where do the...

Please provide details of your truck. Auto shift transmissions and cruise control can activate the e-brake as well as some traction or stability systems but I have not heard of them being used for any DPF functions. Turning the e-brake on would actually be counter productive to a regen event...

Your wife asks you which car you want to drive to take her and her mother shopping, and you ask for dimensions of the load...... Your day goes downhill from here.

Problem now is getting decent financing (or any financing).

I can't say I agree with you 100 % of the time Phil but the above passage is 1000 % right on (if 1000% is possible).

What kind of TBN number were you at?

This made me quit shaking my head and laugh out loud, you always have a way Turtle!!!

Belongs in the soapbox, those who enjoy reading this kind of stuff can go there to find it, I agree with Turtle, move it back.

Did they tell ya what the "other" belt was?

you should be ok, under 4500 kg (10,000 lb) in Ontario is generally not considered a commercial motor vehicle even if it is plated as such.

I know of no current engine ECM that allows this to be "permanently set". There is no language in the law using the word permanent, just active and functioning. Sorry I get testy about this, but if a lot of you guys stay home, the Ontario Trucking Assn. gets its wish. The only reason they want...

Tamper Proof means no unauthorized access. In today's trucks that means password protected. A fleet will program the truck the way they want it and then lock it up with a password. If you own the truck you are the "fleet". The law is not going to add anything to your truck. Many press stories...

Guys, Many of us wouldn't think twice about spending ~600 bucks on something to improve your load chances right? Or something to increase your revenue by making your truck more versatile. If you own the truck, it's your ECM to set the way YOU like it, so, buy some software, a Pro-Link or a...

you will likely want to double clutch until you can learn the happy points and shift without the clutch. Most 10 speeds have about 33% steps in between the gears. This would likely translate into something like rev it to 2200 shift and it should land in the 1900 ish range. Depends on the exact...

You found a dealer who isn't very good. A sale is a sale. Unless the guy has a branch in the US he owns (like AlumiBunk say) there is no good reason to not sell you a truck.He likely wont do the export part of it for you, that's too much work for a sales guy!!!