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| My guess is he wouldn't be happy with the much higher fuel bill and the increase in maintenance costs by owning a diesel when the vast majority of the time the truck is used to haul kids to soccer practice.
With the EPA restrictions on diesels now there is no benefit to having one from a MPG standpoint and considering the fuel is $.80 a gallon higher, oil changes are nearly double and other "routine" maintenance is much higher you will never recoup the extra cost of BUYING a diesel with any savings from better fuel mileage so the ONLY benefit would be better towing of which someone may spend roughly 10% of their time actually doing.
Save the money, get a half ton. I had a 5.3 with 270K miles on it. Still towed my 19' boat great. The body was starting to rust, but the engine ran perfect.
I never use cruise when towing, this way I can eliminate almost all of the shifting. | |
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