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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I think this thread has to be the longest continuous thread in Any forum history...except maybe the "Post your Miles" one on various diesel Sites...lol
The arguments pro / con - diesel / gas will continue till the last drop of oil is refined...to be replaced with the argument of how you charged up your Electric Vehicle...somehow I don't think I will will be around to hear or participate in that argument.
I'm still driving the same vehicle since 2007.
2006 White GMC Sierra 2500 D'Max Allison CCSB
It has required steady maintenance...no question. But other than a set of Head gaskets 2 yrs ago that were blown by my own stupidity (over boosted while pulling the 5th back to Calgary from BC), the rest has simply been fluids and wear parts. I would note that those same wear parts are applicable to ANY Gas powered truck as well....just saying eh.?
Of course at the time, with the motor apart, it seemed logical to remove the last vestiges of the EGR (good riddance), replace the stock exhaust manifolds with much smoother contoured ones by PPE, New up-pipes, a larger downpipe and a "Sinister" intake. Now virtually emissions FREE.! So there Di Caprio, stick that up your arrogant little (_i_)...(another in a long line of Hypocritical Hollywood TOOLs that have come up to Alberta - Fort McMurray and railed about how our "disastrous" Tar Sands are destroying the planet.) Funny that, but Venezuela and California have heavy oils that are significantly HIGHER in Carbon content - emissions than the Oil Sands bitumen. Yet we never see/hear of anyone protesting that..?? But what the hell do they know anyway..?? They should all stick to singing and entertaining.
However, I digress....
At 305,000 miles, this truck literally runs smoother than the day I drove it off the lot. And I see no reason to not continue driving it till the day I am buried in it. 21.5 mpg hi way at 75mphr...all day long, and comfortable since I installed a set of Avalanche 8 way power leather htd seats back in 2014.
If anything the body will disintegrate before this engine/transmission combo ever will. Still on original injectors-fuel system, attributable I believe to triple filtration. So all in all, I'm pretty happy with this American - well made machine...god help us all when the Chinese start making and selling Diesel trucks....LOl...!!
cheers y'all.!!
The arguments pro / con - diesel / gas will continue till the last drop of oil is refined...to be replaced with the argument of how you charged up your Electric Vehicle...somehow I don't think I will will be around to hear or participate in that argument.
I'm still driving the same vehicle since 2007.
2006 White GMC Sierra 2500 D'Max Allison CCSB
It has required steady maintenance...no question. But other than a set of Head gaskets 2 yrs ago that were blown by my own stupidity (over boosted while pulling the 5th back to Calgary from BC), the rest has simply been fluids and wear parts. I would note that those same wear parts are applicable to ANY Gas powered truck as well....just saying eh.?
Of course at the time, with the motor apart, it seemed logical to remove the last vestiges of the EGR (good riddance), replace the stock exhaust manifolds with much smoother contoured ones by PPE, New up-pipes, a larger downpipe and a "Sinister" intake. Now virtually emissions FREE.! So there Di Caprio, stick that up your arrogant little (_i_)...(another in a long line of Hypocritical Hollywood TOOLs that have come up to Alberta - Fort McMurray and railed about how our "disastrous" Tar Sands are destroying the planet.) Funny that, but Venezuela and California have heavy oils that are significantly HIGHER in Carbon content - emissions than the Oil Sands bitumen. Yet we never see/hear of anyone protesting that..?? But what the hell do they know anyway..?? They should all stick to singing and entertaining.
However, I digress....
At 305,000 miles, this truck literally runs smoother than the day I drove it off the lot. And I see no reason to not continue driving it till the day I am buried in it. 21.5 mpg hi way at 75mphr...all day long, and comfortable since I installed a set of Avalanche 8 way power leather htd seats back in 2014.
If anything the body will disintegrate before this engine/transmission combo ever will. Still on original injectors-fuel system, attributable I believe to triple filtration. So all in all, I'm pretty happy with this American - well made machine...god help us all when the Chinese start making and selling Diesel trucks....LOl...!!
cheers y'all.!!
