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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Diesel delivery trucks have emissions systems optimized for short distance stop & go driving. Try to find a diesel pickup in the 250/2500 - 350/3500 range with an emissions system optimized for short distance stop & go driving.
Better, try to find a mechanic who will risk his license modifying the emissions system on a diesel pickup in the 250/2500 - 350/3500 range so it will be optimized for short distance stop & go driving. Assuming you find one, ask him how much it would cost and get back to us.
Federal regulations REQUIRE that diesel pickups in the 250/2500 - 350/3500 range have emissions systems optimized for long-distance hauling of heavy loads. So they're all built with that.
And it is that emissions system which causes the most problems for diesel pickups most of whose use is for short-distance stop & go traffic.
AFAIK, there simply is NOT ANY diesel emissions system which works as well for short distance stop & go traffic as it does for long-distance hauling of heavy loads. There isn't anything even close.
The most we can hope for is the least bad. Maybe the new urea-based system on Fords for the 2011 model year will be that but, given Ford's luck with diesel pickups in the past, I wouldn't put much hope in it.
Better, try to find a mechanic who will risk his license modifying the emissions system on a diesel pickup in the 250/2500 - 350/3500 range so it will be optimized for short distance stop & go driving. Assuming you find one, ask him how much it would cost and get back to us.
Federal regulations REQUIRE that diesel pickups in the 250/2500 - 350/3500 range have emissions systems optimized for long-distance hauling of heavy loads. So they're all built with that.
And it is that emissions system which causes the most problems for diesel pickups most of whose use is for short-distance stop & go traffic.
AFAIK, there simply is NOT ANY diesel emissions system which works as well for short distance stop & go traffic as it does for long-distance hauling of heavy loads. There isn't anything even close.
The most we can hope for is the least bad. Maybe the new urea-based system on Fords for the 2011 model year will be that but, given Ford's luck with diesel pickups in the past, I wouldn't put much hope in it.
