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<blockquote data-quote="squeak12" data-source="post: 750275" data-attributes="member: 12742"><p>Agreed. I am currently in the best of both worlds IMO. I have an LBZ Duramax that I purchased for a very reasonable price compared to a 2010+ gas burner with 300+ HP. I completely agree about the pricing difference on fuel. If there is a 33% premium on diesel compared to gasoline, you should be able to offset that cost with 33% worse fuel mileage and cheaper maintenance to boot. That being said the TQ difference is very noticeable and with my last trailer set up, it was not worth the inconvenience it causes trying to maneuver around on the interstate or in traffic, not to mention braking capacity and GVWR.</p><p></p><p>Generally speaking, if driving and fuel requirements go down globally in the future for many possible reasons, there will be less diesel fuel produced as well which is going to lead to higher diesel prices unless the demand for daily driver diesel trucks goes down along with a push for electric or other alternative OTR trucking solutions. Pretty far out there time wise, but if you are planning on being alive more than another 10-15 years it would be something to consider happening. </p><p></p><p>That being said, I would never buy a new truck or even a used truck for personal use that cost more than about $15k just out of general frugalness. So I guess my gameplan would be against the grain and am hoping for a lot of high performance diesel truck engines being in the junkyards like the LS platform in the next decade or so. Not sure how emissions would affect all of this, probably for the worse seeing how tuners are dealing with all the issues currently.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="squeak12, post: 750275, member: 12742"] Agreed. I am currently in the best of both worlds IMO. I have an LBZ Duramax that I purchased for a very reasonable price compared to a 2010+ gas burner with 300+ HP. I completely agree about the pricing difference on fuel. If there is a 33% premium on diesel compared to gasoline, you should be able to offset that cost with 33% worse fuel mileage and cheaper maintenance to boot. That being said the TQ difference is very noticeable and with my last trailer set up, it was not worth the inconvenience it causes trying to maneuver around on the interstate or in traffic, not to mention braking capacity and GVWR. Generally speaking, if driving and fuel requirements go down globally in the future for many possible reasons, there will be less diesel fuel produced as well which is going to lead to higher diesel prices unless the demand for daily driver diesel trucks goes down along with a push for electric or other alternative OTR trucking solutions. Pretty far out there time wise, but if you are planning on being alive more than another 10-15 years it would be something to consider happening. That being said, I would never buy a new truck or even a used truck for personal use that cost more than about $15k just out of general frugalness. So I guess my gameplan would be against the grain and am hoping for a lot of high performance diesel truck engines being in the junkyards like the LS platform in the next decade or so. Not sure how emissions would affect all of this, probably for the worse seeing how tuners are dealing with all the issues currently. [/QUOTE]
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