Choosing Gasoline or Diesel Powered?
I realize that this is a long thread but if you are pondering the Gasoline versus a Diesel based on power consideration or are wondering about adding an after market performance enhancing kit to a Gas...
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We had a 1993 Itasca Suncruiser diesel pusher from about 2000 to 2003 and we really liked it except it had no slideouts. We only got rid of it when we were fulltiming for a year while our house was being built. For just the two of us it was fine but living in it fulltime was more than DW could stand. So she found a fifth wheel that she liked and we traded for it without even owning a pickup to pull it with!
Anyway if you can possible swing it, the diesel is by far the best deal in the older ones. Consider going to a gasser that is much newer with slides and at least a Chevy Vortec or Ford V10 - don't even bother with those older engines, in general, the engines can't take the load.
We are back in a 2004 Chevy Vortec motorhome with 20K miles and 2 slides 33 ft long which is a great size. But it set us back $47K. It has lots of nice features and is easy to drive. We tow a 2009 Jeep Liberty 4x4 behind it and get about 7 mpg average compared to 8-9 for the 93 Cummins B series diesel which is about a wash cost per mile but I liked the diesel pusher better.
If you are not up to handling a lot of repairs yourself, one repair bill will probably kill your budget especially on the diesel. And parts are much harder to find.
Anyway if you can possible swing it, the diesel is by far the best deal in the older ones. Consider going to a gasser that is much newer with slides and at least a Chevy Vortec or Ford V10 - don't even bother with those older engines, in general, the engines can't take the load.
We are back in a 2004 Chevy Vortec motorhome with 20K miles and 2 slides 33 ft long which is a great size. But it set us back $47K. It has lots of nice features and is easy to drive. We tow a 2009 Jeep Liberty 4x4 behind it and get about 7 mpg average compared to 8-9 for the 93 Cummins B series diesel which is about a wash cost per mile but I liked the diesel pusher better.
If you are not up to handling a lot of repairs yourself, one repair bill will probably kill your budget especially on the diesel. And parts are much harder to find.
