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Originally Posted by obgod3
I dont know anyone that gets the sticker MPG with their Diesel rigs, most are below the specs (consider our altitude), and as another person said it takes a long time to re-coup but if your just looking for a better feel at the pump go for it. I think Diesel will continue to outpace Gas and thats not a good sign for the Diesel crowd, I know a lot of folks parking them right now.
I average 15 in my truck and I promise in the Diesel it will be 18 at best on average if that.
167K miles is a long time and things change faster than that. Thats 7500 gallons of fuel, wow!
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As far as i know all the diesels offered are in Heavy Duty trucks and are not required to have a estimated mpg figure. The powerstroke doesn't have a mpg figure and my lmm duramax (traded for the tundra) sure as hell didn't come with a mpg estimation. what you get for mpg is what you get in a HD diesel. now that being said, i got 18-21 highway and 16 city in the lmm. that was driving it like every light was a drag race.
if you don't haul descent sized loads daily than stick to the spark ignition (gasser). i get 7-9 mpg hauling my enclosed snowmobile trailer in the winter. a diesel runs the same loaded or not so it should get at least 13 mpg under load.