Electric Tow Vehicles - Getting close
Used to be a guy on the forum towing a tear drop with a tesla but really not suitable for the vast majority of RVers. We had a young family camp next to us this weekend and something didn't look rig...
Forum Discussion
While I do not like the current cost of diesel
what is diesel down there related to gas?
up here gas is close to 1.50/L or 4.13 per US gal, where diesel is 3.40/gal, plus I get about 50% better milage when towing with diesel and about 5mpg better than the equivalent gas motor when empty. so cheaper fuel and better fuel milage, its a no brainer for me.
I calculated before that the extra milage I get from diesel over gas, even if they were the same price, pays for all the maintenance on my truck out of the savings and more.
$4.00-$4.50 depending upon where I am in the greater Seattle, Tacoma, Everett are for regular. $4.50-$5.00 for Diesel/premium gas. Where I am at in Everett right now, $.50 less than Ballard area of Seattle I work in. I'm not going to argue about the MPG etc on the gas vs diesel. An equal power plant as one can make them, diesel will always be better MPG. With that said, I find a cost difference as it is here currently at .50 higher per gal to be just as cheap to go gas. One needs a lot of miles to payoff the $10K+ difference vs my 96 at 2200 or so higher than a BB gas. Then again, back then diesel was >.50-.75 lower than gas.
I realize that east coasters get fuel for upwards of a dollar less than west coast folks. Ca is a bit higher than here yet! We need to choose fuel costs for where we are vs somewhere else.
For what I'm doing, my 4.3 V6 6sp pulls every bit as well as my 6.5td, 4bbl/TBI 454's and 2bbl/TBI/Vortec 350 GM's with 3 and 4 sp trannies. I have more ponies, 285 vs 255 and lower than any of them had too. 305 lb ft of torque vs 200-385 depending upon time frame.
Any way, time for dinner and heading to bed, 430 comes early!
