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 08-18-2004, 12:56 Post: 93804
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  5 7 hemi gas mileage

Someone mentioned before (Chief?) that if you "drive barefoot with a pinecone on the accelerator" you will get better milage. That is the bottom line with fuel economy, driving style. Anything can get good or bad milage.

You could work out the math on how long you expect to keep the truck, time and milage, and the fuel savings of the diesel (15 mpg loaded/20mpg empty diesel to 8 mpg loaded/12mpg empty gas) to see if maybe you would be money ahead to just pony up for the diesel now or just to see how long it would take for the diesel to "pay for itself."






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Are you sure you drove one? The new Cummins (not cummings) is as quiet or quieter than either the Ford or Chevy diesel. The older (pre 2003?) Cummins motors were more noisy, but no where near as bad as an older 7.3 or 6.5. Noise, smoke and lack of power are just not factors on any of the newer diesels. Reguardless, that is the most musical and beautiful noise you could ever hear.

I agree the new big block gas motor from Chevy is nearly as much of a gas hog as the V-10 Dodge. They do go like heck though!






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I owned a couple of 6.2 boat anchors (opps I mean motors) and I thought the Cummins was quieter Especially when cold). Maybe I'm just blinded by love? Dunno. Appologies offered if needed.






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On average the milage needed to overcome the fuel cost is about 30-50k miles. The diesel option will take longer. (For my truck it worked out to about 100K) People who buy the diesel pickups usually put many more miles on them using the longer life of the heavier motors to overcome this cost.

I agree about the milage issue, GM seems to have the best gasser truck in that aspect. They easily beat the Dodge and Ferd. (my father-in-law has a 4.7 Chevy, he also gets 20+ MPG)






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Amen, Chief. BTW watch for me on TDR now too...






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