Need a new vehicle

[DetectorGuy]

I think you couldn't go wrong with a good old American made pickup. I have a 3/4 ton Chevy Duramax diesel and I love it. My wife bought me the Diablo computer chip and it is now pushing 810 ft/lbs of torque (tires are very expensive to replace when you roast the tires often). Even with this much torque, it still gets 20 MPG all the time whether you are pulling a boat, horse trailer, or a skidsteer. The Allison transmission uses the engine as a brake while decelerating (kinda like an automatic "jake-brake"). The four door seats 4 people comfortably or six if you have to. The topper makes for lockable storage for the gear. Did I mention its four wheel drive so when the road quits you don't have to? If you do get in a fender bender, there is a strong chance that you will be in better shape than the other guy in a recycled pop can econo-vehicle. As far as durability... the Duramax/Allison is the combo used in the military H1 Humvee's. If the military thought they could get the same reliability, dependability, and stamina from an aluminum 4 cylinder, the Humvee's would probably have one of these teeny little motors.

But then again, Honda makes one helluva nice motor. Their generators, motorcycles, four wheelers, and small cars are probably #1 in each of those classes. I am biased when it comes to a foreign car company trying to make a full-sized vehicle (truck) and squeezing out American Iron. Even if apples to apples the foreign car was half the price of a domestic vehicle I would not sell out values to save a nickle....

You do get what you pay for.  

If I offended anyone, I apologize as this rough economy has made me want to buy American as much as I can.