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Thinking of new pickup.
"Secular Humourist" wrote in message m... On 9/29/10 8:00 AM, BAR wrote: In articleavmdnUed1_nRGD_RnZ2dnUVZ_jednZ2d@giganews. com, says... 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. My mechanic told that you really need to fill up with the 93 octane gas to overcome all of the crap they put into fuel these days to make it more fuel friendly. 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! Toyota sells diesel-powered pickup trucks in Europe. There have been rumors that it would also sell them in the USA. -- Republicans are the Party of No: No Leaders / No Ideas / No Morals Every manufacturer sells diesel powered cars and trucks outside the USA. Including the Ford focus. 60-80 mpg. But the EPA says they are too dirty to sell here. How much difference is the pollution per mile? Can not be much different when you are getting 2-3x the milage. |
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Thinking of new pickup.
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says... "Secular Humourist" wrote in message m... On 9/29/10 8:00 AM, BAR wrote: In articleavmdnUed1_nRGD_RnZ2dnUVZ_jednZ2d@giganews. com, says... 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. My mechanic told that you really need to fill up with the 93 octane gas to overcome all of the crap they put into fuel these days to make it more fuel friendly. 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! Toyota sells diesel-powered pickup trucks in Europe. There have been rumors that it would also sell them in the USA. -- Republicans are the Party of No: No Leaders / No Ideas / No Morals Every manufacturer sells diesel powered cars and trucks outside the USA. Including the Ford focus. 60-80 mpg. But the EPA says they are too dirty to sell here. How much difference is the pollution per mile? Can not be much different when you are getting 2-3x the milage. This has been my issue with the oxygenated gasoline we have to by in the DC area every October 15 to March 15. You get 15 to 20 percent less mileage. What is the point. You still have to burn the same amount of gasoline to go the same distance. And, the law was requiring MTBE as the oxygenator in gas until they found out it was bad. Way to go government make us pay more for fuel and destroy the environment by force of law. |
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