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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Steak2k1 wrote:Sorry...I guess I did not make myself clear. His truck is a 05 2500HD with a 6.0 GAS engine. Not a Duramax!
bigger E...sorry man but I don't for a minute buy you got better mileage than an 05 duramax did. Aint happening for the most part. I tow 5000 lbs and avg 14.5 mpg on prairie. In the BC montains it drops to about 12.5 mpg. And a Ford does better than that...and an '04 at that..?? Take some pretty strange convincing for me to buy that. I mean yea he might have had his right foot in it..or something was screwy..but overall Nahh.
Now mind you a lot of the guys (DieselPlace.com), will tell ya that their mpg sucks till they hit 25,000+ .. I know both the LBZ and the ('07.5+), New LMM motors - many were/are getting terrible mileage to start. MT Trucks and not towing....Typ avg of 11-13 mpg. After Break-in most will tell ya @ 70mph they are getting 18-19 mpg. Add/subtract whatever mods/toys you want...18-19mpg. Go slower and it goes up, go faster and it goes down.
Pretty much what one might expect when driving a 6000# vehicle.!
I drive one because I can, because I get paid miles (which pretty much pays all the costs and then some), but most of all because I really like this vehicle.!
Stk
