Diesel more sluggish than gas?
New to the site, so hello to everyone. Will be moving into the motor home world soon. I had pretty much settled on DP or large super C, but I've read several posts here where some folks said some di...
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willald wrote:
I've also driven (and rode in) several other diesel powered rigs, not just Motorhomes. And my experience has been the same for all of them - Diesels, in general, are slower to accelerate, because of the very nature of how diesel fuel burns slower than gas. No denying that, really.
Will
You need to take a new Super Duty for a drive then get back to me on this. :W
Or just read this Car & Driver Review to see where an 8300# Crew Cab 4x4 did 0-60 in 6.9 seconds. I'd say that was far from sluggish.
They also tested an F250 gasser that only weighed 6532#. It took 6.7 seconds to hit 60 MPH.
The diesel is over 1700# heavier and only 0.2 seconds behind in 0-60 times. Sluggish? Not in my opinion. :B
(Plus after having a Super Duty gasser, I'm now on my 3rd Super Duty diesel since. Lets just say "never" is a really long time but thats when I plan on buying another Super Duty gasser)
With that said, my baby truck (F150 Crew Cab) has a 2.7 Ecoboost gasser. Seeing as that is nothing more than a car with a box, the little Ecoboost is simply awesome.
For work, buy a diesel. For light transportation a boosted gasser works well.
