V6 First Gen - Yay or Nay?

This is the conclusion I'm sadly coming to. Was just hoping I'd be able to get by with the FGT.

Any recommendations of years on the F-250 or F-350 for reliability?

Thanks. These are helpful reports.

I average 15 MPG anyway. Lots of city driving and cold starts.

 

I'm no expert on this, but I did some research when I was thinking of buying a tow rig. It seems the most bang for your buck and simplicity is to get one with the V10. I know a couple owners of these Fords and it seems they last a long time. Of course if you're going to drive it 30K miles a year the gas mileage would be a big negative.

 

I'm definitely no expert either. I've heard the 6.2 L is good too.

 

Not much stop and go traffic in your daily drives with the Tundra I assume?

 

I have 230k on an original Toyota clutch, all in how ya work the stick

 

My last clutch car, had 250K miles on the clock, when I traded it in for a new car with a 6 speed manual, it's at 130K miles now. Both clutches work / worked as new. I had a '72 Chevy with a 402 cc motor, and a 4 speed manual with a compound low and it's clutch was never a problem either. Knowing how to use a manual / clutch (a lost skill maybe) will probably outlast 2 motors, in my experience. Same with motorcycles, used correctly most are bullet proof. I dig 3 pedals.

 

I don't have much bumper to bumper traffic, but I do mainly drive on surface streets with traffic lights. Not a lot of highway use. But I also don't know how the PO drove it. Apparently the ladies who drove it before me babied the clutch.

 

Until my Tacoma, I would have assumed about 100,000 on a clutch, too. But my Tacoma had two owners before me who really knew how to drive it. All my previous trucks needed clutch jobs at some point while I owned them, before 200,000 miles.

 

Yup - same although I have friend who constantly drives around with his left foot on the clutch. He goes through a lot of clutches and out throw-out bearings.