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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transferred wrote:Steakman wrote:...In addition gas powered trucks are so much simpler will less complicated emissions equipment than todays EGR/DPF diesels....
Which is why maybe looking at pre DPF vehicles from say 2007 back might be worth it...? All depending on emissions stds in your state / province of course.
Myself, cannot see spending upwards of 99k CAD on a new truck and being forced to put up with the, IMO, stupidity of lower mpgs due to enforced emissions stds. Seems to me that the more emissions cntrl stuff that is added, the lower the mpgs and subsequently ya burn more fuel...Ie: stupidity.
Tuning is where the emphasis aught To be....on both Gas and Diesel vehicles.
Stk
MPGs on diesels actually went up by 20% when DEF came in to the picture. Emissions are basically sorted now. My DPF equipped trucks do a ton of putting around town and I've had no issues.
No, they're not. One of the trucks at work is OOS right now due to constant re-gen problems and the occasional STOP ENGINE light. The repair bill (bad EGR cooler, clogged DPF, and two gallons of fuel in the oil, source as yet unknown) will probably top ten thousand dollars. This is a Freightliner MDT with only 112,000 miles. Diesel power has jumped the shark.
