Greetings Y'all!   
      
   My next door neighbor has just come home with his 4th Chevy 2500 Duramax   
   pickup in 2 years. His employer pays him to use his truck to haul   
   employees and diesel fuel for equipment around a job site in Louisiana.   
      
   The amount he's paid for this service more than pays for a new truck. Not   
   to mention that he's also paid a substantial salary to 'just be there'   
   when he's needed...   
      
   Not that he wears them out as much as they're crashed or ruined by   
   someone who apparently doesn't know much about them. He totaled a 2008   
   3500 Duramax last year because it was fitted with a Bully Dog tuner that   
   gave the Duramax more performance than he could handle, thus crashing it   
   into an 18 wheeler on the side of the road while passing yet another 18   
   wheeler who was going slower than my neighbor wanted to go.   
      
   He no sooner got a replacement and he crashed that one too. Although there   
   were extra parts laying next to his house at the time, he opted to  buy   
   yet another one.   
      
   The new one was a 2009 Duramax 2500 that had been modified to remove the   
   'urine' injector, which didn't make it run any better. And whoever   
   modified that truck, screwed up the wiring harness that the only thing to   
   save it was to replace the harness. The engine died on this one because it   
   was comprimised by the modifications and it had to be replaced at the tune   
   of $10k and it still didn't run like it should with him constantly having   
   to work on it to get it to run in limp mode.   
      
   So, he traded it for this 2006 Duramax 2500, which even has a better paint   
   job thant the 2009. I thought maybe he wouldn't have to work on it, but,   
   nope. His first order of business was to get under the hood and begin   
   working on it.   
      
   I expect to see another new one when he comes home from Louisiana, next   
   time.   
      
      
       Have a day!   
      
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