These unreliable new diesel engines!
Apparently my 2014 Ram Cummins with almost 100k miles on it must be a unicorn in the fact that it hasn't broke down on me yet because many people here(mostly non late model diesel owners) think that n...
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I'm driving my first diesel pickup, a F250 Lariat with the 6.7. 400 hp and 800 ft lbs of torque. I consistently get 19 MPG not towing and about 12 MPG towing a 12K lb trailer.
Talking about reliability and repair cost of big diesels versus big gas motor in pick ups. If, I would have gotten Ford's 6.2 gas motor instead of the 6.7 diesel in my F250. I'm guesstimating since I actual don't have the 6.2 gas motor that the 6.2 gas motor F250 averages around 12 MPG. If that is about right, and if gas and diesel fuel both cost nearly the same, around $3.50 a gallon. The gas powered truck is going to cost you an additional $10.50 in fuel cost every 100 miles that you drive. A additional $105.00 for every 1000 miles that you drive, or an extra $10,500 dollars every 100K miles that you drive the gas powered pickup versus a diesel pickup.
Yes, I do know that the diesels cost more at oil changes, 13 quarts of oil versus 5 or 6 quarts, and $70 for fuel filters every 20k miles or so.
Talking about reliability and repair cost of big diesels versus big gas motor in pick ups. If, I would have gotten Ford's 6.2 gas motor instead of the 6.7 diesel in my F250. I'm guesstimating since I actual don't have the 6.2 gas motor that the 6.2 gas motor F250 averages around 12 MPG. If that is about right, and if gas and diesel fuel both cost nearly the same, around $3.50 a gallon. The gas powered truck is going to cost you an additional $10.50 in fuel cost every 100 miles that you drive. A additional $105.00 for every 1000 miles that you drive, or an extra $10,500 dollars every 100K miles that you drive the gas powered pickup versus a diesel pickup.
Yes, I do know that the diesels cost more at oil changes, 13 quarts of oil versus 5 or 6 quarts, and $70 for fuel filters every 20k miles or so.
