I just ordered a 2012 3500 Longhorn Crew Cab Longbed 4x4. Can't wait to get it! This truck will get short, around town drives a lot, with long distance towing thrown in 6 or 8 times a year. I'm leaning towards doing the DPF/EGR deletes as soon as I take possession of the truck - thus voiding the warrantee. It will definitely take the 5 years before it hits 100k. Any opinions on doing the deletes right away? Or waiting until the warrantee is over. How much damage would I do to the Cummins in 5 years? How much fuel mileage would I gain with the deletes? Should I take out the catalytic converter also? I sure don't like the idea of feeding that Cummins soot from the EGR! This truck is going to have to last me a long, long time. I maintain my vehicles meticulously, and I really think the chances of a major drivetrain failure are slim. Maybe I should just hold off on the deletes/programmer until I make sure all the bugs are out. I don't need any more than stock power, so the programmer would be to deal with the deletes only. Anybody have any issues with the dealer on warrantee coverage with deletes? This will be my first diesel vehicle, I want to take good care of it. Opinions anybody? Now I need to sell my pristine 52k "05 1500 Hemi Crew Cab Longbed! Thanks

 

I went with Deep Molten Red over White Gold. Same name as the color on my 2005. That one is over Silver. For the interior, I went with Pebble Beige/ Bark Brown - with the etching. I had a hard time deciding on the interior, I like the darker seats with the etching, but I don't like the lighter Pebble Beige pieces. The Russet had the dark Slate plastic. If I could have gotten Dark Slate / Bark Brown I would have gone for that! You can get the Bark Brown with or without the etching. I won't be taking delivery of the truck until sometime in July. I work offshore in the oil patch, and won't be home anyway. My wife has agreed to at least try driving my 2005 Crew Cab Longbed 1500 to see if she would rather drive it instead of her 200,000 mile Corolla! I think once she drives it for a couple of weeks, she will be comfortable in it and I can keep my 52,000 mile baby along with the new truck! I'm keeping my fingers crossed! The Corolla has been a fantastic car for her, but I truly hate driving it. Gonna need to replace it before long anyway, so why not keep the other truck? I'm leaning toward getting all the bugs out for a while before doing the deletes. I'm just afraid I'm gonna be clogging up the DPF pretty often with the type of use it will get around town. It wll get a fair amount of highway miles too - at least during hunting season! When we retire in a few years it will get some heavy towing miles. Do you have your truck yet? Or is it ordered also?