Hmmm, that age old question... diesel or gas?
It really does come down to a question of money. pound for pound, dollar for dollar, a DP costs a lot more. And that differences multiplies as they get newer.
If I had known how nice a drive a DP was, I'd have started with a DP. And would still be driving that coach today.
As for pulling up a hill...
Many here must have way better power that I...
MANY mountain passes lug my Monaco DP down to 45 mph in fourth, and a few take her to 35-40 in third. Let's please be sure to note that at 2200 rpm, 35 pounds of boost, and one thousand plus foot pounds of torque... that cummins is forty feet behind me and the missus, and if it wasn't for the tach and the boost gauge, we would not know she was running...
Those same hills had my old pace arrow ('99, 275hp v10, 26k lb chassis) in first gear, screaming at 5500 rpm, doing 25 mph!
'course, I never claimed to get 10 mpg in a motorhome either... more like 7 in the diesel, 6 in the v10.
And no, that 1 mpg difference will never ever in my and my son's lifetimes, cover the cost difference between the two.
So it does really come down to money. How comfortable do you want to be? How much are you willing to part with to get there? They do make some pretty nice gas motorhomes, back then and now. They say the now ones are way better, our then one wasn't bad.
But I'm never going back.
