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Egor_sRV
Explorer
Nov 20, 2020

Is there any difference in DRIVING a gas class A vs diesel?

I've been toying with the idea of trading in my gas Bounder for a diesel powered coach. Do they ride any smoother (my wife's pet peeve), do they handle much differently on state highways and intersta...
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wolfe10
Explorer
Dec 02, 2020
map40 wrote:
Gas engines now have transmission braking also


Yes modern transmissions in gasoline chassis now have the ability to downshift to give raise engine RPM to produce braking HP.

But, don't confuse it with a transmission brake= transmission retarder which has massively more braking HP.

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