Predicament... Should i get an F150???
03-22-2014, 10:38 AM
#31
Senior Member
I did the same thing you're considering last year. I miss my diesel dearly and can't bear to watch a nice Superduty pass me by on the highway to this day. Believe me, you will miss it. I do like my new ride and find I'm not exhausted anymore after I wash it! I stuck with the all black theme and went from an 06' Harley Davidson F250 to a 2013 FX4 with the 5.0 and 6.5 bed. Much nicer interior, only a minor loss of bed space and plenty of power to tow my boat. I did the 5 Star tune and love it. Good luck with your decision. My old ride below.....
03-22-2014, 11:20 AM
#32
Ok so I've been thinkin lately. The price of diesel here is 4.55/gallon and gas is about 3.69. I get around 12-13mpg as its all short trips. I've been thinkin about sellin my 07 F250 lariat outlaw 6.0 and gettin an f150 with either a 5.0 or ecoboost (want the turbos for the same diesel-like feel). I don't need a diesel at all, for what I tow occasionally (three quads and my trailer, my dads muscle cars, or hauling wood to my camp, etc; nothing over 10k) I can easily do it with a 150, and this is my daily driver and my commute is shorter now (about 15 mins to work). Diesel is way more to maintain and fill up. F150 rides much nicer and is nicer and more comfortable on the inside.
I love the power on tap and sound diesels have (man the 6oh turbo and straight pipe is heavenly), but idk if its worth the extra costs.
What are some opinions?? Has anyone gone from a diesel to an F150, and what did you think?
I love the power on tap and sound diesels have (man the 6oh turbo and straight pipe is heavenly), but idk if its worth the extra costs.
What are some opinions?? Has anyone gone from a diesel to an F150, and what did you think?
03-22-2014, 10:46 PM
#33
~Chillin on a Dirt Road~
Thread Starter
Tim, I recently did what you are thinking about for the same reasons. I sold my 2011 F250 SD with the 6.7 Turbo diesel because I got rid of my 5th wheel and don't tow heavy anymore. The Diesel with 13 quarts of oil wouldn't even get warm on most of my running to town trips. Being retired living on a fixed income, I didn't want payments. I found a nice 2011 F150 Limited with 56K for a little less than I sold mine for. The cost of maintenance is a lot less and I can still tow something if I decide to. I'm glad I made the move.
03-23-2014, 09:55 AM
#34
(Then of course I traded the Focus for an F-150 that gets...
Ahhh, but my happiness quotient is 
)Anyway, as to the question of to diesel or not to diesel, trying to choose between them is like trying to choose between brunettes and blondes. They're both very awesome, but in different ways. In a perfect world, a man should have both, and get to enjoy romping and stomping on both. Different torque curves, different sounds going through the gears, raw *** vs. vroom vroom high rev power.
Not having either, I went for the gas engine, because a diesel was just more than I wanted to spend. If I already had the diesel, it would be hard to figure how much I'd lose by switching to gas, but I would definitely save a lot of routine maintenance. Every time you change the oil in a Powerstroke it's three gallons of oil and an expensive filter. You have to keep the fuel doped up in the winter to avoid changing fuel filters on the side of the road when it's below freezing. Diesel is more expensive, etc.
You could probably about break even, but no, you won't ever break even.
1. I buy all my gas at Exxon now, because they are screwing me less than everybody else. A random sampling of two recent BOLs from each supplier shows Exxon putting 10.034% and 10.11% ethanol in their gas, BP shows 10.19% and 10.25%, Marathon shows 10.16% and 10.23%.
They all label this as "not more than 10% ethanol" and they're all lying. God bless America.
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