2012 F250 Super Duty Owners?
We're about to make a deal on a NEW 2012 F250 Super Duty. Regular cab & long bed. This one is stripped down... the only creature feature is A/C but for what it's worth has the "snowplow pkg". It'...
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W4RLR wrote:
It's also the sound of your wallet having the money sucked out of it. The higher the RPM, the higher the fuel consumption. The gas engine is a beast, it will pass everything on the road.
Except a fuel station. :E
BTW I own one of those "smoky diesel pickups". Mine doesn't smoke, and gets 10-13 mpg towing my fiver, 18-20 mpg when not towing. YMMV.:B
Well, the money I saved on not buying the smoker engine ($6000-$8000) and have the additional maintenance cost...I don't think it is sucking money out of my wallet like you say. But that has been debated ad nauseum.
Also, I have a 35 gallon tank on my SB, so unless you have a long bed, which I didn't want...you may want to re-think the fuel station comment also.
Diesel SB tank 28 x 13 = 364 total miles
Gas SB tank 35 x 9 = 315 total miles
Not much difference...plus there are lots more gas pumps out there
;)
