hey guys as you know im in search for a new truck i want to switch from a v6 gas truck to a diesel and today i had got some opinions from guys i work with after telling them i went to a dealership looking for a truck and of course the dealership didnt have what i wanted so for ****s and giggles i told them i wanted to know how much a brand new truck would cost me and of course it was way out of my price range so some of the things that were said today was that i dont need a diesel truck because i wont ever use the power or drive it right and that i wont use the 4x4 enough or use it right so i will end up replacing parts on it now all of this made me pretty mad because i know if i had the truck i want i would use it yes it would mostly b a daily driver and then the guy was trying to tell me i wont save anymore money on fuel with a diesel which i thought was bull because i have a v6 with a manual tranny now and i average about 18 mpg with a single cab long bed truck now so if i were to move up to an extended cab long bed with a diesel and 4x4 i would get the same mileage as i do now or better after i do somethings to it so what i want to know is what do you guys think about all of this thanx for your info i value it because you guys are alot smarter about all of this then guys i work with

 

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Anyway...

If you buy a brand new diesel and you don't gut the emissions and run a programmer, you can expect to get 12-15 mpg or so. If you get a truck without emissions crap (5.9 or a modified 6.7) you can expect to get a fair bit higher than that. My last couple of tanks are mixed driving about 50/50 with a romp or two on the throttle every day and I've been getting about 16 mpg combined. I know, however, that I can get as high as about 22-24 while empty and cruising at 60-70 mph. Towing 14k+ I get about 12.

A buddy of mine has a 24 valve 2nd gen with a 5-speed and he usually gets around 20-22 mpg with mixed driving.


Basically, your fuel economy won't go up a whole lot, but power will go up exponentially.

 

well the reason im looking for a diesel truck is because i want to upgrade to extended cab and keep the long bed and get 4x4 and if i get a gas truck ill b spending more on gas and plus that same guy said i need to put additives in a diesel everyday and i am looking for an older truck but not that old or with too many miles on it either

 

Put additives in every day?

Please tell him that someone on the internet called him a moron.

 

well he thinks he knows everything he use to work at regional international and he was like i use to work around diesels all the time and we had a whole row of additives we had to put in the trucks everyday

 

Yeah well my dad was a dentist (still is) and I've been around his dinner time stories my whole life, but that doesn't mean I know anything about dentistry.

 

o i know what your saying im just telling you what the guy said personally i think i will save money in the long run i will b getting around the same mpg or better with a bigger truck how can you beat that

 

now i just need to find a truck im looking for a needle in a hay stack and it is getting frustrating to be honest with you i really dont know how much longer my truck that i have now will stay together parts need to b replaced body is getting to b rusted pretty bad and its not worth putting money into it anymore to be honest i dont even want to spend the money on new tires before the winter thats how bad its getting so not being able to find what im looking for isnt helping at all

 

hey guys im always on ebay looking for trucks and yesterday i found a 03 2500 extended cab long bed 4x4 with a 5 speed and it has just over 45000 miles on it but the problem is that i live in ny and it is in texas and i think the price is too high its at a dealership down there and they want almost 23000 for it and the blue book on it is like 21600 so my question to you guys is what do you think?

 

Get your financing in order and call them up. Just because they're asking $23k doesn't mean you can't call them up and offer $20k (you do have to pay for airfare, hotels and fuel to get it home), and after personal inspection if there's something you don't like about it you still have to get home somehow.

There's a 93 Accord in our inventory right now and the window sticker says somewhere around $5k. Someone might just pay it, but I'm pretty sure he would sell it for half that much if someone offered.