Diesel,,,, the rest of the story??
As some of you may have read, I need to buy a bigger truck and am considering a dually ( among other things ). I've also found a few newer trucks with diesel engines that fall into my budget, but dies...
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Hybridhunter wrote:jus2shy wrote:
Well, I just moved up from a Daily Driven 2010 F-150 5.4L Crew Cab 4x4 to a 2013 RAM 3500 6.7L Crew Cab 4x4. The RAM is physically shorter than my F-150. ........................
To pick the 5.4, (sorry excuse of a motor, an engine that kept me in other brands for a decade), that was as inefficient as it was lacking in power for its size, to an engine that is more than 10 years newer? Turbo no less? I can imagine why you are impressed....
Maybe a more apt comparison would perhaps be the latest greatest Ford turbo engine, not some dinosaur that still lingers (in 2 valve form) in E-series vans.....
Not even sure why you would post that as a gas vs diesel comparison.
Well, for others with similar duty cycles and an environment, it looked like an ecoboost was maybe a 2 mpg improvement at best over the 5.4 motor given the terrain and how/where I drive (good ol' hilly PNW). The EPA stickers seem to back that assertion up as well 15/17/21 for a new ecoboost and 14/15/18 for my old 5.4L. I actually was considering moving up to an ecoboost, but when I saw members on the ford forum I frequented returning real life fuel economies that were either equivalent or only 1 mpg better than mine with similar trucks, I wasn't sold. I know the power would have greatly increased, but there wasn't as much of a benefit fuel economy wise as I was hoping the ecoboost would return.
So I am very familiar with how much get-up and go the ecoboost has. By no means am I trash talking the motor, it has its users and its benefits. However to own a truck with so much more capability, that weighs 2,000 more pounds and maintains superior fuel economy is far more impressive to me given my driving style and needs.
