Jumping off the Diesel Bandwagon - UPDATED
Well, after two Cummins diesels that I thoroughly enjoyed, I am going to place a factory order for a RAM 2500 with the 6.4L Hemi, 4.10 gears, rear air suspension, Laramie and plenty of added options. ...
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campingken wrote:
We went new truck shopping yesterday and after looking at what diesels now cost have pretty much decided to go gas. Since we almost exclusively use our truck for towing our horse trailer we can buy a 4x4 standard cab Chevy work, Ford XL, or Dodge Tradesman model with a V-8 and a new Honda fit type vehicle for close to what a new well equipped diesel would cost (no one out here is knocking $10,000 off the window sticker).
This way we can get 40 mpg when we buy groceries and have plenty of power to tow our 7500 pound GVW horse trailer.
I like your logic. We have a diesel truck but our around town vehicle is a 2007 Prius that has averaged 45 MPG over the 75,000 miles we have used it. In the past 6 years we have replaced the little battery for the car's electronics, had the motor oil changed and tires replaced once and that has been it. The most trouble free car I have every owned.
What the posters who suggest you could get a better deal on a diesel truck fail to realize is that this applies to getting a better deal on a gas powered truck as well. I paid $42,000 for a new fully equipped GM diesel truck in 2011 but I could have bought the same level truck with the gas engine for under $35,000 with less effort on my part.
