Hello Ram 1500 Diesel!

Engineer9860 wrote:

goducks10 wrote:

Mike Up wrote:
Really, what's the advantage of a small diesel over a turbo charged V6 as the Ecoboost.

The Ecoboost has a torque curve that is just as good as a turbo diesel so the diesel doesn't win there. The Ecoboost has much much more horsepower than the diesel so it doesn't win there. The Ecoboost can near what the Diesel does in fuel economy BUT with a much less expensive fuel. Diesel here can range from 50 to 80 cents more a gallon so the fuel cost comes out in the Ecoboost advantage.

Also diesel stinks and causes breathing difficulties to others. I drove contruction trucks for a living previously and they have their place but they are hard on many people that are sensitive to pollutants. I really wish a law would be made that upright stacks must be used so that the diesel fumes don't spill into cars behind them. I know so many who get pissed because it causes them difficulty getting a vehicle full of diesel fumes.

The large displacement diesels have their place but I really wish trucks would be required to have stacks to get fumes up and over vehicles. The small displacement diesel offer no advantage and many disadvantages compared to turbo gas engines.

Ford is going in the right direction even if they are having some problems with their Ecoboost engines, getting big displacement power with small displacement size. Of course diesels have tons of problems. I read so many threads of all the diesel issues, I really wounldn't buy one unless I had to and I'd get the longest extended warranty on one to cover the repair costs.

The ones that stink are the ones that are running some rich tune.

EB 16 mpg average @12,000 miles a year. Gas right now where I live 3.60. $2700 for fuel a year.

Ram Diesel. 20 mpg ave @12,000 a year. Diesel right now where I buy it. 3.91. $2346 for diesel a year. Assuming it gets the 20 city-30 hwy like people are saying.

Correct me if I am wrong, but isn't Ford claiming 19/21 for the EcoBoost?

16 mpg is what I get in city driving with my 5.0L. I get around 17 - 17.5 mpg with mixed driving. I think 19 mpg with mixed driving is what light footed Ecoboost drivers see. That's with a Screw 4WD truck.

Like I said in the NW Indiana area gas was $3.40 a gallon and Diesel was $4.30 a gallon. A large difference in price that will cost much more a year especially when there's only 1 mpg or no difference in fuel economy.