Turtle n Peeps wrote:
RangerGress wrote:
Hybridhunter wrote:
wilber1 wrote:
Yup again. My vehicle with 2.0 L turbo, DI, gas, 220 hp is EPA rated at 23 mpg combined. Same vehicle, same transmission with 3.0 L TDI, 240 hp is rated at 27 mpg combined.
And the engine option is how many thousand more?
And diesel is what, 15% more expensive?
At least on your vehicle you aren't buying a power loss.
Diesel prices tend to vary more then gas prices so you have to shop a little harder. When I had a gas V8 I towed with 91 octane, which is mid-grade in GA, because of the tow tune in the programmer. The purpose of the tow tune wasn't performance mind you, it was to prevent the tranny from shifting too much. The price delta between mid-grade and diesel, once you've shopped around, runs 10-15cents in the SE. Call it 4%.
My Ecodiesel is primarily a tow vehicle so towing mpg is a big deal. It's a big heavy enclosed trailer so it's a serious load. The EcoD gets almost double the towing mpg that my '06 Ford 150 did. Sure, the EcoD cost ~$2500 more than a V8, but I put on enough towing miles that the break-even at double mpg is pretty darn fast.
Your F150 got 6 to 7 MPG towing? :E
I got under 8mpg towing a 24' ~7600lb enclosed trailer at 64mph. I refer to the "under 8mpg" as 7.5mpg. I was quite surprised by that, but there was just no getting around the fact that the aero drag of the enclosed trailer had pushed the Ford 5.4l outside of it's comfort zone and it was having to work hard.. The next tow vehicle was an 2000 F-250 diesel which got 13-13.5mpg under the same conditions, but when employed in DD mode it was punishing. The EcoD gets 13.5-14. So my "almost double" is a reference to 7.5 vs. 14mpg.
