Diesel Gas Mileage and Reliability???
I am researching a new truck and am considering a diesel (not sure which one yet) or a Toyota Tundra with the 5.7 liter engine. Whatever I get, it will be a used one. I have read about all of the ma...
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ksss wrote:
If a Toyota is in mix than you don't need a much of a pickup. So if whatever your towing is half ton towable, I would use a gas pickup over any diesel. I have had 5 Duramax trucks my 08 Duramax has never missed a day of work in just under 100K miles. They are almost in my view totally dependable and powerful. A head gasket in my 5500 is the most I have ever spent in a million Duramax miles and that was due to a dumbassed employee. Yet I would still buy a gas (I would get a 2500HD if it were me) over a diesel for your purpose. If your pulling real heavy than it is a no brainer, but if gas is an option at the weight your pulling at, than gas is a better choice in my view. I never thought that way until I bought my 2012 2500HD with a 6.0 liter.
I would never buy a 250/2500. The price difference is minor when you are talking about the prices of one of these trucks new. And except for a heavier suspension the vehicles are identical. You may really regret saving a couple hundred bucks and then finding out down the road that you can't pull some rv you want. I do agree that if you are sure a half ton will work for you then get one but not a Toyota.
