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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Taco wrote:
I have stepped back from this for a while, but will address a few things.
Any measured test between gas and diesel trucks has shown them very very close in hill climbing performance. the diesel get better mileage and lower rpms but the speed is very very close and directly related to horsepower.
The diesel folks on here continue to argue their own beliefs with nothing to back them up other than they don't believe a gas truck can tow as well.
Some have said we should just all get along and all the discussion is pointless gas guys like gas trucks and diesel guys like diesel trucks.
The reason this discussion is important is that on a very very very regular basis people come to this forum looking for credible advice on what will suit their needs. This is almost always quickly responded to buy you need a diesel to tow a 8k travel trailer. It simply isn't true. If I would have bought a diesel instead of a gas truck it would have cost me 14-15k more over the gas truck. I would probably get about 7k back in fuel savings and maybe 3k more when I go to sell it. but would still be down 4-5k over my time of ownership.
I call BS on that. There is only 7-8,000 difference in two trucks that have the same options except the motors. Maybe half ton to three quarter ton there is that much but not two like trucks.
No body yet has proved to me that diesel cost you more than gas in the long run.
