Diesel vs gas......................

smcrea wrote:
I am strongly considering getting a Diesel 3500. One concern is that Diesels seem to be "dirty" clouds of black smoke etc.

Can anyone tell me what the NEW diesel engines are like if they have to meet lets say California emissions standards.

All the research that I've done points me to a diesel engine for my new truck. The only remaining concern is "how dirty" we have visions of black disgusting vehicles :-)

Thanks

All I can say is.. "Wowwww"

Today I took a drive to the Chevy dealer to take one more look at those Diesel's.!!!

Here's what amazed me:

- The gasses coming out of that tail pipe are far far far less noxious that anything I've ever smelt coming out of a gas engine. In fact I got my nose down and practically stuck it in the tail pipe and all I could smell was 'hot air'.. (don't worry I wont make a habit of doing this) LOL.. The point is that I was worried about the black clouds of smoke and this puppy turned out to be cleaner than a gas engine!

- The second thing was that this dealership allowed me to take this truck out on the freeway. I always thought that Diesels were a bit 'sluggish'.. WRONG!.. this thing took off!.. certainly on a par with my 1/2 ton GMC Yukon!


So can I ask a question on maintenance costs..?

- I've heard that oil changes are a bit more expensive. but how much more?

- Any other regular additional diesel related maintenance on the diesel engine such as replacing filters of any kind?. How much and how often.

Having driven that diesels today then I'm going to need a lot of convincing NOT to get one :-).. but I'd like to know what I'm letti8ng myself in for as far as maintenance goes.

Thanks!