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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jevanb wrote:
folishly??? I bet you 10 bucks I spend less for my 06 brand new then you paid for you 2012 and I also pull in the mountains of kentucky, wva, va,tenn, and planning to going to montana and then down to phoenix thru the rockies with our 13k 5er, lets see your 6.0 do that, it prob would but I would not want to do it and I also towed my entire house hold goods in 05 from MD to MI and the hills on 70 killed that truck with 7-8k behind it. I made that trip 6 times with that trailer loaded and hated it everytime plus getting 9mpg sucked
You may have spent less for your 06 but I have a truck that is 6 years newer. and in 06 I could have bought a 6.0 gas for less than your truck. I don't really see how it applies. Foolishly speaks to the fact that you got rid of a perfectly good truck which I'm sure you took a loss on to spend a rather large upcharge for another truck. The gm 6.0 will tow 13k if you need it to. Might get a little slow in higher elevations where the diesels turbocharged engine really shines but it will do the job.
Yes 8 mpg sucks but the diesel will never pay for itself in my use in lower fuel costs. The price you pay for the diesel engine will buy lots of fuel. My truck will pull any interstate grade you will find short of the high elevation ones in the rockies at 62 mph at 3800 rpm so at about 60% of redline. I wouldn't call this killing the truck by any means. 20 years ago you could buy a truck with a 3 speed auto and a 4.56 rear and you would turn those kind of rpm for hours straight to go 65 down the interstate. People back then just weren't so scared of rpm.
