time for a diesel?

valhalla360 wrote:

Lantley wrote:
A screaming (hi Revving) engine. Does not produce a relaxing drive.
Don't get me wrong I understand that how the gas engine makes its power.
I still don't want to listen to it scream for the entire drive.
In time the noise wears me out....LOL

Unless you are strictly driving in mountains, not a big deal. Most of the time our old V10 cruises a little over 2000 rpm. Can't hear it over wind and tire noise.

While you need to build some rpm, you don't need to red line it. Rarely take it over 3500rpm and have no problem keeping up with the semis. With the new more powerful engines mated to the 10 speed, it should be even better.

Of course this presumes you aren't trying to pull 16k or something silly. North of 14k 15k the extra power of the diesel starts making sense but that isn't what the OP described.

Unless your going downhill I doubt your V-10 stays at 2000 RPMS simply because diesels are generally in the 1500 2000 RPM range not gassers.
I do agree the gap is closing somewhat with the coming of 10 speed trannies and the 7.3 Ford gasser.
Nevertheless diesels have massive amounts of low end torque that improve your towing performance and experience even if your towing an 8K trailer.
We tend to focus on performance factors like RPMS and torque, but on a more basic level it's about the experience.
A diesel provides a much more relaxing, comfortable drive. In the end that is what you are paying for when you choose to go diesel