Fuelly mileage of the big three diesels

32vld wrote:
the topic is not leather seats are better than cloth or cloth seats are better than vinyl.
that rugs or rubber floor mats are better.
that manual AC is better than automatic climate control.
that multi speaker radio system with CD and blue tooth is better than plain AM FM radio.

2.7 turbo to a 4.3 $385 more to a 5.3 another $1,790 more

towing capacity:

2.7 - 6,800
4.3 - 7,700
5.3 - 9,800 - 11,500

Why spend $10,000 on a diesel to tow 10,000 lbs
when a 5.3 for $2,175 will tow 10,000 lbs

YOU KEEP IGNORING THE FACT

that most people only drive 500 to 1,000 miles a year camping. That the better diesel
mpg will never be driven drive enough miles to recoup that extra $10,000 dollars
spent to have a diesel engine.

Too many people confuse a Want for a Need.

So in your analogy, all those people who paid the extra upfront cost and extra money on fuel (since premium fuel is needed) on a 6.2L just to tow 10k are wasting their money? Or, if a half ton owner only tows 5k (like most people outside the RV world)? They are wasting their money getting the 5.3L like a vast majority of GM half ton truck owners do?


What about the diesel in the GM half ton which is only a $1k upgrade in the 1500, not a $10k. And it also gets about 6 mpg better than the 5.3L according to Fuelly and will pay for itself in less than 40k miles at current prices. It is only rated to tow 9k, so going by what you stated above, anyone who is not towing over 9k is wasting their money getting the 5.3L over the 3.0L diesel.