Re: Another Shocking Statement By Marty


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Posted by Todd Wilson on Tuesday, February 03, 2004 at 11:03PM :

In Reply to: Another Shocking Statement By Marty posted by Marty on Tuesday, February 03, 2004 at 12:39PM :

I understand a lot of what you are saying there Marty. Diesels cost more to buy and there are some maintainance items that are there that you wouldnt have with a gas engine.

Diesel fuel is touchy place to place. They are supposed to winterize it but can you really trust the oil companys to do this. So you got to put in some additive in the winter.

In Kansas here diesel and high octane gas are usually about the same or within a few cents.

Norm talked of great savings with fuel using the diesel compared to the gas engine. On paper this looks really good. Maybe in real life it MIGHT be a little more. Over the long haul it probably will if you keep the truck a long time.

I dont personally own a cummins diesel Ram but I have several friends who do and I spent 2 weekends in a 95 1 ton and it didnt get any better MPG then my 95 Ram 360 does. Most of the trucks didnt really do any better over all then my 95 360. There were 2 trucks a friend of mine had (He had 5 Dodges altogether) and they seemed like they out performed the others in both power and MPG. Both 12 valve and 24valve. I have also been around a lot of Cummins Dodges at our Dodge Charger meets pulling enclosed trailers with Chargers in them and they all range from 8-15mpg when towing.

The longevity of the diesel is great. Theres no debate that a diesel engine will go many more miles then a gas engine. But when a diesel breaks down or goes into the shop its gonna be a big bill. Injection pumps and injectors are not cheap. Turbo's are rather expensive. The fuel system including the pumps are expensive. All those items do wear out sooner then the engine itself.

As for people saying the Cummins wear rear tires out faster?!!!!!!!!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

You guys are driving your trucks too hard if you are wearing out your rear tires. No wonder you keep blowing out transmissions. You wear rear tires out by spinning the tires.

If you are working the truck day in and day out. Idling a lot and so forth then the Cummins is probably a good choice. Towing a few times a year then a gas engine might be a better choice for some people.

I think diesels are the future in the pickup trucks. They are doing great on power and emissions and getting good MPG.


Todd




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