Diesel vs gas......................
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 diese...
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This is actually an easy one. The only bad choice between diesel and gas is to not choose at all. Like most things in life, all we can do is whatever research we feel comfortable with, and based on our own unique circumstances, make a choice and live with it. This topic seems to create a bit of anomosity among folks. The reality is that we're talking about tow vehicles because we've chosen to join the RV community, and to spend time recreating with our friends and familes in a very healthy way. To get analysis paralysis and not make a decision for fear of making a bad choice would keep you from countless hours of enjoyment. It's like the guy that saves his whole life for the perfect fishing boat, only to die before he can afford it. The worst action is no action.
People can get really rude with each other over this, and some of it doesn't seem so good natured. I prefer diesel, but if you own a gas rig I'd rather applaud you for doing something and getting out there as opposed to berating you for making a different decision than I did. There are too many factors to consider to think we ever completely understand another persons decision about this. Would one of you diesel guys want to make a gas guy that bought a gas rig because he couldn't afford the diesel feel bad about what he bought? Would a gas guy want to make a diesel fan feel bad, not knowing that he bought the diesel because his father was a big fan of diesels and always talked them up?
We're lucky that there are so many good choices to be had with regard to a tow vehicle today. We can move loads that not long ago wouldn't have been possible except with a large commercial truck. We can travel safer and more comfortably. We're lucky that RV'ers are generally such a helpful group of folks, willing to help you out when you need a hand. Maybe the guy that held the flashlight for you at 3am while you made a repair has a different powerplant in his tow vehicle. It doesn't matter though, you're both out there for very similar reasons. It really shouldn't matter if he used synthetic oil or dead dino's, or what type of fuel he's burning, or what type or year of RV he has. I see folks all the time in rigs that cost astronomical sums of money, I don't think they're having any more fun that my family and I though. Heck, some of them are pushing 100 and probably saved for years to buy that thing, while younger folks are out doing it. Doesn't matter.
It's a shame that we all tend to impose our own views on others, and criticize others for coming to different conclusions. I don't care if you pull a hill faster than I do and suck my headlights out as you go past. Just bring me a beer when I'm at the campsite putting my headlights back in.
People can get really rude with each other over this, and some of it doesn't seem so good natured. I prefer diesel, but if you own a gas rig I'd rather applaud you for doing something and getting out there as opposed to berating you for making a different decision than I did. There are too many factors to consider to think we ever completely understand another persons decision about this. Would one of you diesel guys want to make a gas guy that bought a gas rig because he couldn't afford the diesel feel bad about what he bought? Would a gas guy want to make a diesel fan feel bad, not knowing that he bought the diesel because his father was a big fan of diesels and always talked them up?
We're lucky that there are so many good choices to be had with regard to a tow vehicle today. We can move loads that not long ago wouldn't have been possible except with a large commercial truck. We can travel safer and more comfortably. We're lucky that RV'ers are generally such a helpful group of folks, willing to help you out when you need a hand. Maybe the guy that held the flashlight for you at 3am while you made a repair has a different powerplant in his tow vehicle. It doesn't matter though, you're both out there for very similar reasons. It really shouldn't matter if he used synthetic oil or dead dino's, or what type of fuel he's burning, or what type or year of RV he has. I see folks all the time in rigs that cost astronomical sums of money, I don't think they're having any more fun that my family and I though. Heck, some of them are pushing 100 and probably saved for years to buy that thing, while younger folks are out doing it. Doesn't matter.
It's a shame that we all tend to impose our own views on others, and criticize others for coming to different conclusions. I don't care if you pull a hill faster than I do and suck my headlights out as you go past. Just bring me a beer when I'm at the campsite putting my headlights back in.
