I sure hope I did the right thing! (Update)
Well, over the weekend the DW and I pulled the trigger on a (new to us) 2012 Ford Certified F-250 CC 4x4 with the 6.2 gas. Traded in my 05 model with the 6.0 PSD. The reasons were just to obvious to i...
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I'm a gasoline person...seriously considered diesel around 99-2K, but after boning up
on it...decided to dodge the SMOG freight train coming down the tracks
Now that GDICI has proven it self beyond just a curiosity, I'm waiting for that
As for the price differential between gasoline and diesel...and folks who might
purchase based on 'that spot in time'...might regret it down the road. As what
that will be is a mystery to everyone...one can go by the general trend over
a looooong period of time and that trend is a raising of prices for both and all
forms of energy...except for renewable/alternate
When I started driving...regular gasoline was IIRC $0.24/gallon. Also remember
when it broke a buck and everyone was screaming the end of the world was at hand...
PS...the HP/Torque 'discussion' will never end...have even had to
tell a couple of my engineers to get back to work because they were
'discussing' HP/Torque (OBTW...silicone, so in the micron world)
HP does NOT exist without the other. The issue or out of context
that I always see is that the engine type, architecture, etc are not
considered...so out of context
An F1 engine doesn't have the torque many of our trucks do and has
similar HP numbers...but out of context as their RPMs are in the
13,000 or more with TINY displacement
Can't wait for this to turn into power at the drive axle and how my
1996 GMT400 7.4L Sub has over ~11,000 of torque on it's drive axles...
on it...decided to dodge the SMOG freight train coming down the tracks
Now that GDICI has proven it self beyond just a curiosity, I'm waiting for that
As for the price differential between gasoline and diesel...and folks who might
purchase based on 'that spot in time'...might regret it down the road. As what
that will be is a mystery to everyone...one can go by the general trend over
a looooong period of time and that trend is a raising of prices for both and all
forms of energy...except for renewable/alternate
When I started driving...regular gasoline was IIRC $0.24/gallon. Also remember
when it broke a buck and everyone was screaming the end of the world was at hand...
PS...the HP/Torque 'discussion' will never end...have even had to
tell a couple of my engineers to get back to work because they were
'discussing' HP/Torque (OBTW...silicone, so in the micron world)
HP does NOT exist without the other. The issue or out of context
that I always see is that the engine type, architecture, etc are not
considered...so out of context
An F1 engine doesn't have the torque many of our trucks do and has
similar HP numbers...but out of context as their RPMs are in the
13,000 or more with TINY displacement
Can't wait for this to turn into power at the drive axle and how my
1996 GMT400 7.4L Sub has over ~11,000 of torque on it's drive axles...
