new chevy's get near 20 mpg!!! old chevy diesels are problematic and underpowered, at best...
? )), but not rebuildable... no sleeves! ford 6.0 said to be junk...
dodge cumming might be best choice motor (( Internal Combustion Engine ? )) wise???
mpg wise new chevy...
Turbotexas wrote:
wHat kind of diesel you have that only gets 10 mpg?
I'm looking at buying a used diesel to pull the toyhauler with!
nickRNR wrote:
Yeah, I am just pulling your chain. Home ownership sucks some times. Endless projects, maintainance, yard work, paint, the list can go on as long as you can imagine. I am in the same boat as far as the racing bit goes, I need quite a bit of stuff to be "race legal," working on window nets through turbotaxes, would need a fire suit, harness, not to mention entry fees, the list goes on. I was contemplating driving out to AZ for some of the races, but it is around 350 miles depending on which track and that is a lot for me to do, heavy fuel cost pulling the toy hauler, diesel is at $4.09/gal here, my truck gets about 10mpg if I drive conservatively (55mph and slow on the hills). It is a high cost for me. But one day I will do it.
Here is my thoughts on your idea, I would wait to see what the price of diesel does with this middle east thing, back before and during the gulf war 1 I owned a diesel blazer diesel fuel was always cheaper than gas before the war, during and after the war diesel was more than gas their was time during the war where diesel went so high it was more cost effective to drive my gas blazer than the diesel so I parked it and drove the gas, you also have to factor in maintenance and repair cost on the diesel will be at least 2x more than your current gas truck, not sure if insurance cost will go up that much, once you crunch the numbers you might find out 6mpg in current truck is a deal.
Their is nothing cheap about owning a diesel truck or car so many hidden cost and extra maintenance cost, my diesel experience GREAT I bought mine for 2500.00 when it was still worth 6400.00 this was back when a diesel truck or blazer was a joke and they could not give them away, I put over 100k miles on it and probably no more than 500 bux into maintenance and repairs I got real lucky, I have many friends with diesels they bought them when the economy was good and they were the craze and the majority are money pits I doubt I will see many buy a second one time will tell.
If I had a toy hauler like yours and was going to put more than 8k tow miles on it a year I would be buying a used diesel truck but I would not be putting more than 2-3k non towing miles on it a year to keep the value up and to extend its life.
Come on LOTTO I want one of them new Chevy 1 ton 4x4 crew cab dualys with the 760 ft lbs torque
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