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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JohnESA wrote:
I drive a 2008 Jeep GC with a 3.0 diesel and pull a 20' tt. I do get pretty good mileage but the cost of oil changes exceed $200 every 5000 miles. This years travels had us paying around $0.45 more for diesel fuel. Plus, I have to search for the diesel pump and quite a number of fuel stations still don't carry diesel. I have no complaints about towing ability but I'm seriously considering switching back to gas.
Buy the materials and do the oil and filter change yourself. That's what I do on my VW Touareg Sport TDI. Full Synthetic german motor oil, good for 20k miles, so changing it every 10, with a bit of trailering thrown in, is a no brainer.
I can go about 400-440 miles trailering and I use Gas Buddy app on my Android based smart phone to find diesel pumps, all the time.
