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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klc4885 wrote:
This is a funny argument now a days... If someone buys a truck you will have to assume it was for a reason. Towing and hauling comes to mind I personally can't think of any advantage other than initial investment being a little lower to choose a gas truck over a diesel. I imagine light hauling would probably drive a lighter duty gas truck, but since this is gas vs diesel and there are essentially no lighter trucks with diesels out there to speak of it's about the heavier duty type pickups.
Cost and problems down the road. I love diesels, but wouln't own a new one if you GAVE it to me. I woud pay more to NOT get a diesel engine at this point.
Maybe somebody has an argument for the gas engine how much you bet that is the truck they own? Diesel engines have got so much more torque in todays trucks 800 ft lbs that the gas ones simply can't keep up. Most of the most powerful truck gas motors are about half that for a very thin slice of the over all RPMs...
Modern gassers have a table-flat torque curve. If pulling a grade means running WOT and 4-5000rpm...then it does. It wont hurt anything.
I ghink the real argument should be if you tow or haul so little that the cost works out in the favor of a gas truck, you might want to consider looking at renting a diesel when you need it... If you have a heavier duty truck and don't tow or haul it's really just a car and opens up a whole new argument.
Not many loads that a diesel truck can haul that the equivilant truck with gas power can't.
