Quote Originally Posted by SeriousStudent View Post
Hmmmm......

I just looked online at a 2017 Serra 2500 HD with the diesel engine, and they start at 48 grand.

That's a fair bit of change. I'd need to drive it for at least 15 years to make that work. You think that's doable? 250K miles?
Absolutely. I had a 04 GMC 2500Hd and put a little over 200K on it. Truck got 20-22mpg hwy and about 15-17 in the city. I traded it in last Jan on a 2016 2500Hd and got $17K for it in a trade in. I only paid $32 for it in 06. Held its value fine and i had no issue with it at all. The Duramax engine is a very good diesel engine. In my opinion the only thing that competes with it is the Cummins engine. Ford's diesels have had tons of problems.