Cult following doesn't translate to value or parts availability. I had two of the Jeep KJ's with the VM diesels, one stock and one GDE tuned. They were cool for their era, but today you can buy them all day long for $4k because nobody wants the hassle of keeping them on the road. Even 12 years ago when I had to spend $500 on a busted CAC hose, $110 on a thermostat, $1,000 on a timing belt replacement, etc. it was hard to justify keeping it. Today? No way....
When Hummer was going out of GMs lineup loads of people Panicked including me. I sold it within 3 months. Regretted it as it met my needs at the time.
The Eco Diesel has been a really nice tow vehicle with plenty of Torque for Mtn driving.
Ram will have parts for up to 10 years and there not going anywhere from what I can tell.
My 2 cents are sell it if it no longer works for U otherwise drive it and enjoy and don't read to much of the nonsense on my these Forums.
Parts for 10 years? Dude, they don't have parts NOW. Ten years from now if somebody walks into a Ram dealership and asks for engine parts for an EcoDiesel the guy at the counter will look at you like you've got three eyes. I guarantee it. VM might not even exist in a couple of years from today.
Cult following doesn't translate to value or parts availability. I had two of the Jeep KJ's with the VM diesels, one stock and one GDE tuned. They were cool for their era, but today you can buy them all day long for $4k because nobody wants the hassle of keeping them on the road. Even 12 years ago when I had to spend $500 on a busted CAC hose, $110 on a thermostat, $1,000 on a timing belt replacement, etc. it was hard to justify keeping it. Today? No way....
Just because you aren't interested in them any longer doesn't translate to the market not snatching them up. I had mine for sale for less than 6 hours and it sold for 10,500.00. Junk sells for 4k, if you can find it. Running CRD's with mods that are well taken care of fetch a premium.
Cult following doesn't translate to value or parts availability. I had two of the Jeep KJ's with the VM diesels, one stock and one GDE tuned. They were cool for their era, but today you can buy them all day long for $4k because nobody wants the hassle of keeping them on the road. Even 12 years ago when I had to spend $500 on a busted CAC hose, $110 on a thermostat, $1,000 on a timing belt replacement, etc. it was hard to justify keeping it. Today? No way....
Parts for 10 years? Dude, they don't have parts NOW. Ten years from now if somebody walks into a Ram dealership and asks for engine parts for an EcoDiesel the guy at the counter will look at you like you've got three eyes. I guarantee it. VM might not even exist in a couple of years from today.
I agree parts are already expensive on them and hard to get. I trade mine over the summer and I noticed how high the EcoD was to drive compared to my new gas truck. It’s a very expensive truck to drive I don’t think the average person will be want to keep paying For all the expense that comes with it.
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