There is nothing stated incorrectly with his post. But yours is definitely wrong. Gas engines are just getting broken in good at 200k. If you keep fresh synthetic oil in them, they'll outlast you nowadays. Compression and power are better at 150k on a gas engine than when brand new. Ask me how I know.
And I know a friend with a Diesel at 450,000 miles with no major repairs. All engines have increased life span dramatically.
That's a lot of miles in a few years, was it mostly unloaded or did it do a lot of heavily loaded/towing in that time?
But I guess GM and Ford aren't recalling because people are paying out their pocket. Dodges we use are 12 and 14 year models. We have a local guy that deletes all unnecessary items. We do have a pretty new f450 crew cab 4x4 flat bed. Sad you have to spend 7k after you buy it so you can have something useful.
Always have some weight. Towing not as frequent but pretty good size loads when I did.
Not been my experience at all. And just compare the used truck selling prices for a gasser truck with 200k miles vs a diesel. The market doesn’t value high mileage gasser engines and that is correct. Yes, some people do get long life out of gasser engines. I sold 2 Jeeps that had over 275k miles still running good. But they had very little market value.
Your MPG,s are going to be 14-16 at best.At least thats want I averaged in my 2016 Ram with the 6.4 hemi
I don’t think you are broken in enough yet.
I had several people mention better mileage after break in but I never saw a difference on my ram diesel. Still the same at 260,000 as the day I bought it.
One thing you need to consider....yes, the HP and torque numbers may be about the same as your old 5.9. BUT - you need to check the HP and torque curves and see where those maximum numbers come in. That old 5.9 was putting out maximum torque (equals pulling power) at 1600 rpm. And that torque was relatively flat for the next 2000 rpm. No gas engine can do that. So, if you don't mind listening to a gas engine screaming along at 3500-4500 rpm - which is where it develops maximum torque - then you'll be fine.
O.P. very nice choice of truck and options,; BigBlue, I didn't know they charge for remote start. I came soooo close to buying a new Laramie back in 2020; I test drove a couple of them, and really liked them, AND the fact that rear camera could be monitored while driving. But I bought a new F150 Lariat instead, since my grandson is new car sales manager at a large Ford dealership, the family "D" plan price was too good to pass up.Glad you got it home. Nice that it didn't get hung up at any shipping yards for weeks, as can happen.
The cargo view camera is indeed pretty useful. Love mine.
Your CarPlay situation sounds like mine. When I picked my 2017 up the system had Android Auto. I just barely played with it at the dealer. Didn't get back in the truck for a day or two and when I went back in to start exploring the feature was gone. An update had occurred that disabled it. And they never put it back on my model of Uconnect system. :-(
That remote start/lock/locate Uconnect app is also really handy. Just beware that after the first year they start charging you for access to do it. The first few years the subscription wasn't too bad - they had a 'half-price' sale every March for about $75. Then in 2020 they changed subscription models and the cost went up to like $129/yr. I skipped it. But in 2021 they had a plan for around $90 so I went back to it. This one came with a free T-Mobile adapter for in-vehicle wifi but I've never used it because I only use my phone in the vehicle, not a laptop or tablet.
