Post your MPG in Diesels.
Hi everyone, Looking at getting a diesel truck. Would appreciate your feedback on what you have, and what you get. Please give me a Truck year, make, model, transmission, rear end ratio. E...
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I bought the diesel to get more miles per tankful of fuel and to have the extra power for accelerating onto freeways and passing and for the engine braking. I have been extremely satisfied with all these aspects of my truck's performance. On a trip this year that involved hauling a 3700 lb. camper load over 10,000 foot passes and never having the engine strain and seldom even downshifting, and going down grades as steep as 19% and not needing to touch the brakes, reinforced the value for me of having the diesel engine with its exhaust brake and the Allison transmission.
One is going to spend a lot on fuel regardless and a lot on a truck and a camper and gear so for me it comes down to comfort and freedom from worrying about adequate power or the ability to control the truck and to stop as needed. For my needs the diesel is worth the extra cost of operation.
One is going to spend a lot on fuel regardless and a lot on a truck and a camper and gear so for me it comes down to comfort and freedom from worrying about adequate power or the ability to control the truck and to stop as needed. For my needs the diesel is worth the extra cost of operation.
