Diesel vs gas......................
OK folks, there have been a few to many diesel vs gas threads that have shall we say gone to "Hell and a hand basket"! So if all of you would put in you BEST, no flaming reasons for going gas vs diese...
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The 2011 Ford Super Duty brochure I downloaded several months ago does not show a V-10 as being available.
Ken, I'm planning to buy a used V-10 next year. The maintenance expenses of a diesel are not higher than a gasoline engine unless you use the truck for a lot of short-milage trips or commuting. At that point the emissions control system will start choking.
Diesels need longer to warm up than gasoline engines, and their emissions systems need a hot exhaust to work properly. If too much of your driving produces a greater proportion of unburned fuel, aka tarry gunk, relative to dry soot, the emissions control system will require expensive maintenance and will feed the engine such hairballs that the latter will need a lot more maintenance too.
My wife and I have close to worst-case commutes for diesel engines. Hers involves 32 full stops in a 40-mile round-trip commute on county roads, while mine has 28 full stops in a 25-mile round-trip commute which is mixed freeway and city driving. That would make a diesel emissions control system beat the poor engine to death.
So we're going to get a used F-250 with a V-10 engine next year when we get our first RV. A diesel will wait until we retire.
But if you will use your truck mostly for towing, or you have a nice long steady-speed commute, a diesel engine truck will just cost $7000 - $8000 more than a gasoline engine truck, with maintenance being about the same overall. The gasoline truck will need more frequent maintenance which be less expensive per shot than the diesel truck. Diesel trucks need maintenance less frequently but in great big chunk$. Overall it will be about the same for both, unless you put more than about 25,000 miles on the truck each year in which case the diesel might be cheaper to operate.
Ken, I'm planning to buy a used V-10 next year. The maintenance expenses of a diesel are not higher than a gasoline engine unless you use the truck for a lot of short-milage trips or commuting. At that point the emissions control system will start choking.
Diesels need longer to warm up than gasoline engines, and their emissions systems need a hot exhaust to work properly. If too much of your driving produces a greater proportion of unburned fuel, aka tarry gunk, relative to dry soot, the emissions control system will require expensive maintenance and will feed the engine such hairballs that the latter will need a lot more maintenance too.
My wife and I have close to worst-case commutes for diesel engines. Hers involves 32 full stops in a 40-mile round-trip commute on county roads, while mine has 28 full stops in a 25-mile round-trip commute which is mixed freeway and city driving. That would make a diesel emissions control system beat the poor engine to death.
So we're going to get a used F-250 with a V-10 engine next year when we get our first RV. A diesel will wait until we retire.
But if you will use your truck mostly for towing, or you have a nice long steady-speed commute, a diesel engine truck will just cost $7000 - $8000 more than a gasoline engine truck, with maintenance being about the same overall. The gasoline truck will need more frequent maintenance which be less expensive per shot than the diesel truck. Diesel trucks need maintenance less frequently but in great big chunk$. Overall it will be about the same for both, unless you put more than about 25,000 miles on the truck each year in which case the diesel might be cheaper to operate.
ken burke wrote:imfrito wrote:
I was looking at fords today and was told no more v10's.........was the guy just trying to sell me a diesel
Don't know. I am looking for a V10 also, as I want to pull a heaver trailer and don't want the expenses of a diesel. ken
