Gm 2500HD GAS VS DIESEL
Towing 16,000# Gas 6.9mpg, diesel 10mpg 116,000 miles needed towing to pay off the diesel upgrade Empty Gas 16mpg, diesel 19.9mpg 650,000 miles needed to pay off the diesel Video
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allen8106 wrote:
I bought my diesel for one reason only, towing power. I don't care about the payback. As far I'm concerned it already paid me back in spades because I can now make a 1000 mile trip to Mesa, AZ and use the cruise control 75% of the time vs. none of the time with my 6.0L Vortec. It tows up the hills and brakes me down the hills 10 times better than the 6.0L Vortec ever did.
^^^ This. I don't do the RV thing very much anymore, but for the boat, the flatbed, the "will you bring your dump trailer and haul this away", and similar issues...within the same class, I always choose diesel. Having had a 6.0 vortec and now having a couple different diesel 3/4 ton vehicles, it's nice to see a response to the pedal other than a huge jump in RPM's.
