On Sep 29, 11:51*am, Secular Humourist wrote:
On 9/29/10 11:47 AM, wrote:



On Wed, 29 Sep 2010 05:14:26 -0700 (PDT),
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John H wrote:
Trying to decide which to get - between Toyota, Ford, GMC. Toyota doesn't
make a
diesel, but the question becomes, 'Why diesel'? The price of the truck is
about
$8K more than the gasser. The diesels get better mileage, supposedly, but
diesel
also costs more.

Any ideas out there?

Don't buy into that E85 Flex fuel bull**** from Dodge and GMC. *The fuel
economy drops at roughly the same percentage as the fuel savings. *In the
end you just fill up more often.

Diesels last a long, long time and have a ton of torque. *You don't need
the torque unless a 30 footer is in your future!

Depends where you tow, and what you tow. *I drive a crewcab 2004 Chevy
diesel. *I tow a 4400# boat over 9-10,000' passes. *Love the power. *Also
like the mileage. * The newer trucks get a little more mileage as they have
an extra gear in the tranny. *Towing the boat at 65 and with the popup slide
in camper, which adds 1500# to the truck and 8" to the height I get about
13-14.5 mpg. * Driving to Los Angeles and the truck without camper gets
about 19 mpg at 80 mph. *Maintenance is about 2x for oil changes. *The new
Tundra's are nice, and have a 10,000# tow rating, but the mileage sucks when
towing, and about average for any of the trucks when not towing. *My son in
laws older Tundra is still running good at 150k. *But he also does not tow.
Towing and not needing mountain climbing power, I would get a gas rig, as
the difference buys a lot of gas. *The difference is less than $8k as the
extra money normally includes a lot of nice options. *Which ever vehicle you
buy, get the power extension mirrors if towing.

Around my area, there's probably more farmer owned diesel *pickups
than gas.

The construction guys like the diesel pickups too. I imagine there are
plenty on the used market now that they are out of work.

The farmers buy diesel trucks because they have other diesel-powered
equipment on their property and many have a large capacity diesel tank
from which to pump fuel.

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BUT.... Farm Diesel is dyed. Up here, they DO check for that at the
Weigh Scales. If caught in the family truck, she's a stiff fine. It
may also cause you to loose your Farm Tax Exemption.