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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Jeff Tow Truck wrote:
I HAD GAS AND GOT TIRED OF THE 7 MPG. SO I WENT LOOKING FOR A DIESEL. NOW THAT I HAVE ONE, I GET 10 1/2 TO 11 MPG. THE GAS HAD MORE POWER BUT THE FUEL ECON. IS BETTER FOR MY WALLET.
GAS IS AROUND 2.05 AND DIESEL IS 2.25 TO 2.30 HERE IN VA. NOW. BACK WHEN I BOUGHT THE DIESEL I THINK I REMEMBER DIESEL WAS CHEAPER THAN GAS?
LOL...I got a 1986 23 foot MH with a carbed 350 gas with a turbo 400 transmission and I get 10-12mpg between at 55-60 mph. A turbo diesel today doesn't show me much at all on fuel savings. I have NEVER got less than 9.0mpg...NEVER...and 9.0 was fighting a headwind.
