Gas Vs Diesel Yah-Yah-Yah!
Ok look, I understand diesels hold more storage, can hold and have heavier stuff. I also understand diesels have air bags and may/may not have a better ride and may/may not pull more and may/may not ...
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Mondooker wrote:
You take the difference in price and the price to maintain them and the gas stands out as an obvious winner. I’ll hear diesel owners say “Oh mine goes up hill faster” and I counter with “Have you gone somewhere a gas coach can’t”? All I hear then is Crickets. And then there’s “Oh but my diesel will go 500,000 miles and a gas will do half of that. And I say “Yes and for what you pay to rebuild your diesel, I can put in a new engine and transmission and have money left over for a month out west and summer in Alaska”! Yes more crickets.
I don't have a dog in this fight, and understand logic has little to do with the choice, but have some thoughts.
Go up a 5 mile long hill at 60, takes 5 minutes. A 5 mile hill at 30, takes 10 minutes. How much of your travel is going up that steep of hill?
As for the engine life; Sure the diesel engine will last over twice as as long than the gas engine. But even in a pickup, the engine is unlikely to be the reason for the end of vehicle life. What will be the condition of either MH after the likely decades of life it will take to wear out a gas engine?
