When does it make sense to buy a diesel truck over a gas engine truck.
When does it make sense to buy a diesel truck over a gas engine truck
you tow over 3000 lbs weekly or more.
literally no other time.
When it's a company vehicle and you don't pay for maintenance
God tier mileage but drives like shit
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I was wondering this same thing today. I was looking at the Chevy Colorado and it has a diesel option . MPG is supposedly higher which makes my nipples stiff but I'm not sure if it would be worth it in the long run. I'm not too familiar with diesel engines and I'd hate to get a diesel truck just to find out that it fucking sucks to repair or has a shit ride.
if it was possible to roll coal in gas trucks no
Lots of power and actually use a truck as a truck? Diesel, cummins are pretty sweet engines
Drive around town and take your wife's son jimothy fishing while towing a tiny boat? Gas
OP here, when does it make sense to buy a diesel car over a gas powered car?
only if you live in yurop
If you're buying an 80's Benz or live in Euroland.
Its cheaper, easier, and better for everyone if you pour some gas on the truck and burn it to the ground if you need it for "rolling coal"
When you want to tow thing
Or you just want a v10 and two turbos in an SUV
a lawn tractor with the right gearing could tow that
toe
Always because torks is king.
Petrol engines only make sense in performance cars.
And Civics, Miatas, etc aren't performance cars.
My Honda can do that
When you aren't a 'tard.
In 2006
When you own a business and can write off the repairs and gas and drive lots of highway miles
Or for people who want a proper engine
When you own enough diesel equipment to have a job-site tank filled with off-road diesel.
>no tax
>less than $2/gal in bulk
>can write off as a business expense
Diesels are torque monsters at relatively low HP
Which translates to a lot of driving fun at low RPM
Is it as good as a turbo charged straight six, no
Is it better than a turbo charged straight four, hell yes
Fuck those econoboxes
t. straight five diesel
they are loud
Modern ones aren't
In Europe you buy diesels for the mpg's
But it only works well if you drive more than 20 kilometers each way on your commute + you need long, hard drives on the highways to clear out soot + you probably need to add some kind of additive once in a while, either to the fuel or to the engine,
Volkswagen have a legendary 1,9TDI engine that is basically the greatest engine they ever made, at least the most stable and surviveable
still louder than a petrol engine of the same size
Babymaxs are dope
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Bullshit. If you're using the truck for enthusiast activities, a diesel may also be acceptible. An expeditionary vehicle for long stretches of off road driving may also be best in a Diesel.
it's fine for off road thanks to the torque and shit
- gas cuck
chevys have pretty reliable gas v8s as it is but the duramax should outlast it assuming chevy didnt fuck the new duramaxs up
I tow over 3000lbs weekly with my gas car, fag.
>Hot rod garage
yus
Petrol costs $1.90 a litre here, roughly 5 usd/gallon
pic related, it's the national land transport authority
Oh no, a slightly louder and actually quite enjoyable purr.
Better mpg than the 2.5, better towing than the 3.6? If I towed it would be worth it.
My 2.5 does a 16.5 quarter mile. idk of the diesel will be that fast.
turkey?
UK?
New Zealand, at least we don't have expensive insurance like UK
TXDPS dips tanks pretty much every day here and we are in bumfuck nowhere.
If you're not a poser.
thanks for the awesome brewed chilli sauce ai
Having owned both, trucks were a year apart, one with a 460 and one with a 420
>Gas
Higher redline
More power
But, lol 10mpg highway
>Diesel
17mpg highway
Could run off of filtered waste oils
More mechanical, literally no computer
Heavier duty parts
But, stuff is more spendy for it
These are for 80s Fords btw
a 6.9 on headers sounds so good
Got any vids?