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

W4RLR wrote:

spud1957 wrote:

trail-explorer wrote:
Amazing this thread has ballooned to 438 pages (based on how I have my preferences set)

Here's my take on the gas vs diesel debate - not with regard to which is better, but when someone starts doing a bunch of math to help them decide which one is better for their financial means and abilities: When they have to do they math to help them decide, they probably don't really have the financial means to afford a diesel, and should just go gas.

Me? I don't care that a diesel cost more for oil changes, etc. I want it, for a more enjoyable trip (more power, etc.) and I'm willing to pay the price for that.

It's not a whole lot different than someone comparing a prius purchase to a normal gas engine car.

Wow. Talk about an arrogant attitude. I have a gas, I can afford a diesel, I don't need a diesel for 10K lb trailer. Would it make a more perceived enjoyable drive? Subjective.

It's not a matter of affordability but that of making a sound financial decision based on needs and wants.

For someone driving a 250HP, 505TQ, 13 year old diesel, you sir need to take your nose out of the air.

S

Methinks thou protests too much. Jealousy, perhaps?

My reasons for diesel (I'm on my second diesel truck, DW has a diesel Jetta Sportwagen)
Reduced fuel costs: I was typically having $700 a month fuel costs for gas vehicles. Now, about $400 and with the fuel costs dropping, even less. My wife used to have to fill up the Ford Focus wagon with a 2.0 liter gas engine twice a week.The VW Jetta with a 2.0 liter diesel, twice a month.
Simplicity:Change the oil and filters at the correct time, that's about it. No spark plugs to fiddle with.
Towing: The F-250 is a beast, will tow my fiver and I have to look back every now and then to make sure that the fiver is still back there, I still get 12-14 mpg towing with the engine happily pulling the fiver at 1800 RPM.
But to each his own. My family now only has one gas powered vehicle, the Ford Focus, which at thirteen years old is now the spare vehicle that lives most of its life in retirement in the garage.

I had two PSD Excursions but sold the last one in 2007 and since I purchased my 8.1 Van gas has been much lower than diesel and today I paid $1.85 for reg unl with a credit card at my local Costco and they don't carry diesel. My van could sit for a long time in the winter and it starts quick without needing a block heater like my diesel Excursions.Diesels are ok if you use them often but I only used them for long trips and 90% of the year they just sat in the driveway.