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Originally Posted by itsals1 (Post 292235)

I've had a 04' GMC Duramax and loved that truck, BUT if you are planning on buying a new truck consider a few things.

1 -How much of the time will it be used as a tow vehicle/daily driver?
= if your not going to be towing with it 60-75% GAS is better.

2 -How many miles do you drive one way to work or will it be used as a contractor (work) truck
=as a daily driver you need to put more miles on/ longer run times because DIESELS LIKE HEAT!

3 -How long do you plan to keep it years/miles?
= consider the amount you pay extra for the diesel engine/trans combo vs. a gas 3/4 / 1 ton? at least $10,000, you can buy alot of gas for that.

4 -Are you buying it just because you and your friends think diesels are cool?
= Yep they are awesome if you plan on using it as a truck, and pull and haul alot, but if you want to save some money up front and over the long haul, I'd buy a gas engine all day long.

Just my $.02

Travis

Not really sure how much I am going to be using it. Once my SS Camaro sells I will have about $17,000 so I still need to do some more hustling before I have enough money to really start getting into the car business. Honestly I just love diesels and they look kick ass, they also hold their value a LOT better than gas trucks.

I am an attention whore, hell we all are. Take a look at what we all drive haha, so of course a big ass diesel truck is a must. I just love the effortless towing of them, my friend has an F150 we used to tow my 73' Camaro home and it didn't really like us too much. I would be using it a little bit for work also towing dead cars around the parking lot along with driving all over Texas for project cars.

But I still have a little while to think about it since I don't have enough to pay cash, which is the only way I will get one. No debt EVER for me, has worked great so far so that's the only way I want to live.

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Originally Posted by itsals1 (Post 292235)

3 -How long do you plan to keep it years/miles?
= consider the amount you pay extra for the diesel engine/trans combo vs. a gas 3/4 / 1 ton? at least $10,000, you can buy alot of gas for that.

That $10,000 (more like $8K) difference is also recovered when it comes time to sell the truck. Diesels definitely sell for quite a bit more than equal gasser trucks.

What is a gasser worth at 100,000 miles? How about a diesel? BIG price difference once you get miles on them.

Something to consider.

I have a 2010 3500 I like it. Great truck, love it, drives better then my last Dodge and previous Fords. All chipped up, tore of all the enviroment crap, new air intake and exhaust. MPG what's that...it's a big truck?

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Originally Posted by wedged (Post 292213)

somehow I always feel some peoples MPG claims regarding diesel trucks to be full of BS.

Thank you!!! I hear a bunch of claims about getting 20+ MPG, but the funny thing is, it's always on the internet. I know lots of people who own diesels - Ford, Chev, Dodge - and nobody even comes close to 20MPG. My '97 Powerstroke gets 17.5 at best when unloaded.