Re: OT:Mileage/was TOY: Car and Driver: Ford Explorers

[DRM033@xxxxxxx]

Brien.Blankenship@radisys.com writes:

> Having had both the gas and deisel ( on my 3rd pwr stroke ) engines in
>  these pigs I can't figure out why anyone would go with a gas motor. Even my
>  step dads f450 super duty gets about 11 mpg pulling his 37' fifth wheel.
>  Not just that but the maintenance is far easier and the torque is
>  incredible. I would say anyone looking at these trucks owes it to
>  themselves to drive both before making a decision. Deisel is everywhere.

Here we go again ;-)

Run the numbers and see why some of us choose gas over deisel.

How about $3-4k higher purchase cost?  How about (right now, where I live) 
$.30 HIGHER deisel costs over regular gas?  How about the deisel truck is fas 
noisier and vibrates more at interstate speeds? (where I drive, a LOT)

I broke it down for my uses, and at under 20,000 miles per year, and roughly 
$3000 higher purchase price, and even figuring gas costing $.10 MORE than 
deisel (which it does not here) it would have taken me 7 YEARS to break even 
on the cost in fuel mileage savings with the deisel compared to the gas.

Like I said - sit down and do the math for your uses and deisel is NOT always 
the best answer... 

BTW, you say drive both - have you spent much time beind the V10, or are you 
comparing new deisels to old style gas engines?  Just wondering...

David
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