Moving from diesel to gas...
Anyone downgrade to a gasser after running diesel for years regret it? Keeping my Dodge, but may look at a smaller trailer (less than 6,000), only pulling a few months a year, and commuting about 20,0...
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davisenvy wrote:IndyCamp wrote:
Wow, what an entertaining thread.
I have only owned gassers, so I can't weigh in on the original question. Of course, it seems many of the posts have nothing to do with the original question.
Look, buy and drive what works for you.
Period.
There are new gassers that can EASILY outwork diesels from 10 years ago in most situations.
I don't care about longevity because we don't tend to keep cars or trucks more than three or four years before we trade them in on a new one. With that said, we gave my mother-in-law a 2006 Honda Accord that has over 200,000 miles on it and shows no signs of slowing down. I expect to easily get 350,000 miles or more out of that car (gasser, obviously). Shoot, we once put 400,000 miles on a Toyota Cressida (again, gasser, obviously) and sold it for $2,000. The buyer drove it away with no concerns or questions.
Sometimes the quality of build is more important than the type of engine.
Do you really think you'll get the same mileage out of a gasser tow vehicle?
Compared to today's finicky, fragile, emission-castrated diesels? Yeah, probably! If I were to run something 300,000 miles without major problems...at this point, I would expect a Ford V10 or a Chevy 6.0 to do it more than I would a diesel.
