Not used to driving / dealing with a Diesel so I hope to get some info from the forums. I am in Colorado where 91 octane is premium and currently Diesel is 65 cents / gallon cheaper than that. I am looking at a Limited, hopefully get a light trailer (600 tongue) in the future. We have a beach house in Texas (1200 miles one way drive) that we visit at least twice a year, my wife plans to got there a few times more often. I drive relatively short distances (15 miles one way to work, although currently still mainly working from home) where as my wife would drive 35 miles one way to take one of the kids to school. I am guessing we'll put roughly 15K - 20K yearly miles on the truck.
Generally I keep my cars for 10 years or more.
Does it make sense both economically and from a reliability point of view to go with Diesel or is it a wash/doesn't really matter. I believe Diesels are more expensive to work on nowadays and even oil changes are expensive; I always thought they were more reliable that might have changed since I drove one back in the early 90's.
Any advice/info is much appreciated.
Generally I keep my cars for 10 years or more.
Does it make sense both economically and from a reliability point of view to go with Diesel or is it a wash/doesn't really matter. I believe Diesels are more expensive to work on nowadays and even oil changes are expensive; I always thought they were more reliable that might have changed since I drove one back in the early 90's.
Any advice/info is much appreciated.