Thinking of selling the Duramax and going with gas, mistake?
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Keep the Duramax. Satisfy the 7-year vehicular itch by buying some sort of fun and relatively inexpensive daily driver. Maybe a used Boxster S or something along those lines.
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I have a 2012 F250, the 6.7L diesel is a monster with 800ft/lb of torque, it runs as quiet as a gasser. BUT, the injection system runs at 30,000psi, I got one tank of bad fuel (water so says Ford) and it took out the high pressure fuel pump sending metal thru the system and consequently the entire fuel system to the injectors.
The bill was $11K, FMC won't even talk about warranty repair, my insurance company paid, but most won't cover bad fuel. The new diesels require pristine fuel and have no tolerance for reduced lubricity, they won't just run rough thru bad diesel, they die by it. I'm not the only one, there's an NHTSA study going on.
The bill was $11K, FMC won't even talk about warranty repair, my insurance company paid, but most won't cover bad fuel. The new diesels require pristine fuel and have no tolerance for reduced lubricity, they won't just run rough thru bad diesel, they die by it. I'm not the only one, there's an NHTSA study going on.
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F250 6.7 l is a monster 400 hp with 800 ft-lbs torque. 15 mpg in town and 21 mpg doing 75 on the highway. Trailer is a 26' enclosed and it is 13 mpg at 65 mph. Diesel is about 12 to 15 cents more per gallon here then regular. I would stick with the diesel if I were you unless you are going to up grade.
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I always wanted a real truck. I pull with a 2500 4x4 8.1L suburban. I love that thing but it is no more the new suvs can't tow. I hate the urea p!ss I would have to put into a ford or a chevy diesel. I just bought a 2500 4x4 Ram with cummings diesel...NO UREA! It is fantastic. The torque is amazing. I'm pretty loaded with laramie, megacab, ram boxes, sunroof, Nav, remote start, Jake brake the works and it was under 50 before T&L. It is an amazing machine and when the warrantee is out I can do the deletes for huge HP/Torque increase. But quite frankly what it has is plenty. Contrast to Ford Chevy the Ram rebuild on the motor is 300k miles. You may never get that far but it is nice to know the motor can do it. I looked at all the SUVs (even turbo cayanene and Q7) and Gaser trucks and none could even do what my Suburban does. I thought about the f150 ecoboost and made a deal to buy one then stopped because still people are blowing up engines and trannys in those. The Ecoboost is the only gasser that gets close to a 11K tow capacity and it is always nice to tow with much more than you need. My Ram is my DD and I love that thing.
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8.1 L Suburban 2500 was a pretty fantastic package. Sucks that emissions regulations prevented GM from making it available in the current body style 2500's.
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2011 gmc 3500 Denali with 23k trouble free miles and tows my 24ft enclosed nicely
Half ton whatever and enclosed non trailex trailer is not ideal IMHO
Def fluid is no trouble at all - just top it up at oil changes
Car and driver this month has a truck comparo of the 3/4 ton diesels and GM wins.... Again
All are good options but the duramax Allison combo wins in real world testing even though it does not have the same Hp/tq numbers as ford and dodge
I would not switch to gas - keep your truck
Here is an interesting read from a year ago:
http://news.pickuptrucks.com/2010/11...m_medium=email
Half ton whatever and enclosed non trailex trailer is not ideal IMHO
Def fluid is no trouble at all - just top it up at oil changes
Car and driver this month has a truck comparo of the 3/4 ton diesels and GM wins.... Again
All are good options but the duramax Allison combo wins in real world testing even though it does not have the same Hp/tq numbers as ford and dodge
I would not switch to gas - keep your truck
Here is an interesting read from a year ago:
http://news.pickuptrucks.com/2010/11...m_medium=email
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09 duramax, 79000 miles. zero prob.
keep it.
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The complexities of modern "clean" diesels have ruined the simple low maintenance operation that made diesels so desirable. Now they are high maintenance and of questionable reliability. I had a 05 GM 2500 with the 8.1 which was amazing... a diesel in gas clothing. Now have a 6.0 2012 2500. Fabulous, strong and luxurious...does not have the lazy low end grunt of the 8.1 or a diesel, but just towed to Atlanta, and only in the mountains did I miss the low end torque. Go gas and put the savings into the race car. Maintenance cost savings alone will offset the gas cost.
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Yes, towing gas mileage is horrendous. I had a 2000 Suburban 2500 with a 4.11 gear that got 10 mpg towing a 24 foot lightly loaded (6,000#) enclosed trailer. I replaced it with a 2011 with a 3.73 gear (4.11 NLA) and it gets less than 7 mpg towing the same rig. Fast or slow, tow mode or no, the mileage sucks. I have to give Chevy a call and see if they can reprogram something as this is ridiculous, it would be cheaper to have my car shipped to the track.
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Yes, towing gas mileage is horrendous. I had a 2000 Suburban 2500 with a 4.11 gear that got 10 mpg towing a 24 foot lightly loaded (6,000#) enclosed trailer. I replaced it with a 2011 with a 3.73 gear (4.11 NLA) and it gets less than 7 mpg towing the same rig. Fast or slow, tow mode or no, the mileage sucks. I have to give Chevy a call and see if they can reprogram something as this is ridiculous, it would be cheaper to have my car shipped to the track.