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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Yeah, I honestly can't remember. All I really remember is the pedal being to the floor going 25-30MPH in 1-2nd gear with the engine screaming until the computer forced me to pull over. Not to mention the freaked out wifey -- when you have an eighteen wheeler on yer butt and nowhere in sight to pull over it can be nerve racking.
After that happened 2-3 times I had enough.
The thing that sucked was I HAD to keep driving but the gauges were all pinned by the computer so you couldn't actually see where the temps were. I suppose if it got really bad it would have went into limp mode but in the end I always found some place to pull over before that happened.
Sold it when I got home and never looked back. It was about four years old and only had about 20,000 (HARD) miles on it. One of the few times I MADE money on a vehicle though.
Was sorry to see it go -- I LOVED that truck -- but I needed a vehicle that could cope with the mountains.
For the record - This thread is HILARIOUS...
Yeah, I honestly can't remember. All I really remember is the pedal being to the floor going 25-30MPH in 1-2nd gear with the engine screaming until the computer forced me to pull over. Not to mention the freaked out wifey -- when you have an eighteen wheeler on yer butt and nowhere in sight to pull over it can be nerve racking.
After that happened 2-3 times I had enough.
The thing that sucked was I HAD to keep driving but the gauges were all pinned by the computer so you couldn't actually see where the temps were. I suppose if it got really bad it would have went into limp mode but in the end I always found some place to pull over before that happened.
Sold it when I got home and never looked back. It was about four years old and only had about 20,000 (HARD) miles on it. One of the few times I MADE money on a vehicle though.
Was sorry to see it go -- I LOVED that truck -- but I needed a vehicle that could cope with the mountains.
For the record - This thread is HILARIOUS...
Hannibal wrote:
There's no red on the tach. 4500rpm is normal operating rpm for the 5.4L under load. Won't hurt a thing. The videos sounded like a nice quiet ride to me. But, I'm glad you're happy and worry free now. We're very happy and worry free with our 5.4L as well. If not, I would have traded it for my 7th diesel long before now.
