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Sierra_rider

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I'm a happy owner of both a Dodge and Toyota product. 3rd gen Dodge with a Cummins and a 6 speed manual, I'll probably never sell that truck.

My small pickup is an '18 Tacoma, I really like that one as well. I researched things on the basic maintenance of all the small pickups, the oil change procedure on the newer Rangers(among other things) ruled out the Ranger. Getting a 6 speed manual in the Taco made it an easy choice. Although we get a lot of snow, salt isn't an issue here. I don't know that I'd even want to live in a place that salts the roads.
 
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I'm a happy owner of both a Dodge and Toyota product. 3rd gen Dodge with a Cummins and a 6 speed manual, I'll probably never sell that truck.

My small pickup is an '18 Tacoma, I really like that one as well. I researched things on the basic maintenance of all the small pickups, the oil change procedure on the newer Rangers(among other things) ruled out the Ranger. Getting a 6 speed manual in the Taco made it an easy choice. Although we get a lot of snow, salt isn't an issue here. I don't know that I'd even want to live in a place that salts the roads.
Trust me you don't want to deal with salt. When I first moved to Montana, which doesn't use salt from Michigan which uses a ton, I was amazed to see older Dodges and GM trucks that were not completely rusted out.
I change my oil in my Tacoma every 10k using Modil 1 EP oil and a Mobil 1 EP filter and have been doing so since new. The engine has never used a drop of oil and the valve trane is still deposit free. This is with 200,000+ hard miles on it.
 
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Trust me you don't want to deal with salt. When I first moved to Montana, which doesn't use salt from Michigan which uses a ton, I was amazed to see older Dodges and GM trucks that were not completely rusted out.
I change my oil in my Tacoma every 10k using Modil 1 EP oil and a Mobil 1 EP filter and have been doing so since new. The engine has never used a drop of oil and the valve trane is still deposit free. This is with 200,000+ hard miles on it.
Hard to imagine the 10,000 mile interval isn't harmful . How much time is that 6 months or a year?
 

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Hard to imagine the 10,000 mile interval isn't harmful . How much time is that 6 months or a year?
My 22 year old car has 10k mile intervals, 270k and climbing.
Truck is 15k/annual. Generally avg 300-350 engine hrs. Off road applications of the same engine recommend 500 hr intervals.
No big deal.
 
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Hard to imagine the 10,000 mile interval isn't harmful . How much time is that 6 months or a year?
My F250 says 10K. With the newer air cleaner boxes and such the oil looks like new. I do run the Mobile 1 syn that is rated for 15K. The air filter change recommendation is 30K. Getting ready for the 3rd oil change at 12K.
 
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