Diesel vs gas......................

[blt2ski]

OK folks, there have been a few to many diesel vs gas threads that have shall we say gone to "Hell and a hand basket"! So if all of you would put in you BEST, no flaming reasons for going gas vs diesel, pro and con, I will either leave your thread, or copy and paste pertinant info to the 4 posts of pro and con of diesel or gas. This can include the GM 8.1 vs Dmax or Ford V-8/10 vs PSD etc too.

Be real and honest in you answers, not hear say, flaming etc PLEASE!

If posts are good ones, I will leave, if inflamatory or trolling in nature, they will be deleted! I will get this stick'd to the top for future parusing for those that need this type of info.

Added 6-23-04

We are getting closer to answers I am looking for etc.

Stuff like Ken's - T-Bone posts are good. There are a few others of you that have not posted, some with a 9 point question and answer type to figure out how you went with one or the other. If you are one of those, PLEASE repost in this thread. I may have to look up whom has done this and PM you, but if you think this is you, you now know what to do.

Also, for those of you with $ per gallon for either fuel right now, I would prefer to see a post with ...."in my area, diesel is typically .10 less than unleaded" then explain your numbers. As currently in the Seattle area, diesel and unleaded are any where from 2.05 -2.30 per gallon, with mid test .10 more and premium about .20 more, with equal high low splits. Two weeks ago those prices were upwards of .30 -.40 per gallon more. people were posting $ per gallon that were for me. "I wish" If someone is reading your post a year from now, they may want to know where your paying 1.65, when the price of fuel is over $3 per gallon. Let's keep prices out of it if possible.

Bert and tin tipi, got into a good discusion on the pros and cons of RPM's, drive train etc. I would prefer to NOT see the quote of the other in responding threads, maybe just write a quick wording of re tranny gearing, instead of the whole 40 words or so in that paragragh, so the repsonse is shorter if possible quicker and easier to read etc.

I have deleted some 15+/- posts, that were off topic etc. Please note, I am trying to keep this at the top, as the ONLY gas/diesel thread in this area. So if one is trying to decide, we do not have to go thru this BS any more. As such, I will be deleting ANY future posts close to resembling this type of topic. I may have to change "this" title to a better one, if one has a better sounding title, to be more positive, better claification, let me know here, or in a PM/e-mail, what ever you feel most comfortible with.

Again thank you for all of you that are keeping responses positive, etc.

Also we could use a few more positive reasons to go gas, as many can see I have both gas and diesel, both have a place! Both have positive reasons to buy that fuel, lets keep the threads etc to that purpose only!

Marty

[toddnks]

Well, when I was using gas, I could not go up a mountain with any kind of reasonable speed. Since purchasing my PSD I can.

Granted I moved from a 350, not a 454 or 6.0 or such. I also gained about 10 mpg both loaded and unloaded.

My PSD performed flawlessly for 4000+ miles of the hardest driving I have ever done. No it doesnt get the milage that I hoped it would, but man does it ever have some tourqe.

The fact that I paid from 10 to 25 cents less a gallon and had better milage than ever before combined probably saved me 300+ dollars in the last 2 weeks!

[alaska511]

There is no way to win this....Everybody's situation is different.
For me it's simple, my truck is paid for. It has less than 60K miles, meticulously maintained. Anal service intervals with synthetics will allow it go many, many miles. My truck is lighter than a diesel allowing me to carry more. With the mods I have 320 hp and 440 lb ft of torque, did I mention I'm lighter than a diesel:) I get 9-11 mpg in the mountains of AK fully loaded (10,500 without the trailer). My insurance is cheap. I am a professional diesel tech and am very aware of the benefits of the diesel engine. I just don't want to listen to one on my own time...I see no reason to take a hit on a vehicle I have babied and modified to upgrade to a $45K truck right now, I have other hobbies, a new house and a family to spoil.
Hey blt2ski, this truck came outta Yakima.....

[tgatch]

13.25 mpg high towing
10.29 mpg low towing
An average of 11.46 MPG after towing 2309.6 Miles

Very few gassers if any are going to touch that kind of mileage towing. That and 37% of my total miles have been towing. With that kind of towing miles it just made sense to buy a diesel.

PS. Total towing miles actually equals 2989.5 of 8044.2 total miles. I only used miles where the entire tank was towing, otherwise my average would be much higher, but not a true picture of towing mileage.

[ilovetocamp]

Paying $1.55 a gallon for diesel and getting over 20mpg.