bavarian323i
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I posed this elsewhere, but thought i'd be better off its own thread.
If youre not a long-distance fisherman (Comm or otherwise) why would you get a diesel? They are more expensive, cost of fuel is higher, and they are louder. Yes, you'll burn more gas but if you compare a Cummins QSB 380 to a equally powerful gasser the price difference is roughly $20,000....and thats a lot of gas to makeup for your heavy-handed days. Even if you used a Diesel for 1-2000 hours, is that engine really going to maintain its value at a pace that would make the initial cost worth it? Probably not. Am I missing something here? Is the life of a typical gas vs diesel that much worse?
If youre not a long-distance fisherman (Comm or otherwise) why would you get a diesel? They are more expensive, cost of fuel is higher, and they are louder. Yes, you'll burn more gas but if you compare a Cummins QSB 380 to a equally powerful gasser the price difference is roughly $20,000....and thats a lot of gas to makeup for your heavy-handed days. Even if you used a Diesel for 1-2000 hours, is that engine really going to maintain its value at a pace that would make the initial cost worth it? Probably not. Am I missing something here? Is the life of a typical gas vs diesel that much worse?
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