Any Superduty Gas 6.2L User Reports?
6.2L 1/2 tons need not respond. Looking for some real world towing and daily driving experiences and numbers. I'm having a hard time justifying a diesel as a daily driver anymore when I only tow 1...
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I'd say you are on the borderline.
- You are near the upper limits of what the gas engine is rated for. Much bigger and diesel would be the recommendation.
- If you will be in the mountains a lot, the diesel exhaust brake function will be nice but not really neccessary unless you are in the mountains a lot.
- Given current fuel prices, at best the diesel will run about the same cost per mile driven. If you assume they will quickly return to what they were over the last few years, at 30k miles/yr, it will probably be a break even on fuel savings vs up front cost. Push that up to 50k miles and diesel might pay for itself but that depends on gas prices increasing significantly.
I believe the days of diesel longevity playing a part are over. Gas engines are far more reliable than they were 20-30yrs ago and diesel engines are far more complicated.
If you are going used, I would leave my options open and buy the best deal you come across. (which we did, previous truck was diesel and current truck is gas for a what is a slightly lighter 5th wheel)
- You are near the upper limits of what the gas engine is rated for. Much bigger and diesel would be the recommendation.
- If you will be in the mountains a lot, the diesel exhaust brake function will be nice but not really neccessary unless you are in the mountains a lot.
- Given current fuel prices, at best the diesel will run about the same cost per mile driven. If you assume they will quickly return to what they were over the last few years, at 30k miles/yr, it will probably be a break even on fuel savings vs up front cost. Push that up to 50k miles and diesel might pay for itself but that depends on gas prices increasing significantly.
I believe the days of diesel longevity playing a part are over. Gas engines are far more reliable than they were 20-30yrs ago and diesel engines are far more complicated.
If you are going used, I would leave my options open and buy the best deal you come across. (which we did, previous truck was diesel and current truck is gas for a what is a slightly lighter 5th wheel)
