Bandito loco

Hi Everybody,
My name is Spain & I am planning on buying my first diesel Dodge soon. Because of the amount of money I have to spend it'll probably be a first gen. Primarily it'll be for non towing use with the occasional light towing thrown in. I have been a Dodge driver since the mid 80's but always had cars.

It's DIESEL time! Can I realistically get 18 mpg with an unloaded truck driving it to work day to day? 20 miles each way 19 of it on the expressway @ 65 mph. No traffic really. I know. hard to believe. I have a 95 Jeep Cherokee country 2 wd now and I love it but it ain't a truck and the gas mileage is only about 17-18 mpg so why not move up to a diesel truck.

Thanks all & have a great year,
Spain ( Bandito Loco)

cmac

welcome to the site! it is very psooible to get that kind of milage out of a first gen some are getting more! it will depend alot on how you drive!

Bandito loco

Thanks.
I just spotted the Crew cab conversion and think that might be the way I go. I need room for 4 on occasion and a extended cab would work for a short haul but several times a year me and my buddies take a trip to the racetrack to get our motorcycle speed jones out and it would save a lot of money to all travel together. Let the search begin.

megacabdad

Welcome to the DTR, Spain!

madhat

Welcome! Good luck with the hunting.

Bandito loco

Thanks. So far I've found a 92 extended cab for $2500.00 Sounds like a decent powertrain truck. Figured I'd be better off transplanting a body onto a newer frame to have the benefits of modern brakes and such. Just a thought. First I gotta buy the truck & start there.