If you could do it again... Gas or Diesel?

[spectre6000]

You're out on the trail at the head of the group. You've got a little distance on the second truck in line due to a challenging obstacle. While you're waiting for them to catch up, you look off into the distance and... A magical wish granting talking yeti emerges! He leans his blurry face down to your ear and whispers....

"Nice truck! I've had my eye on one of those for, you know, scampering about all blurry out here and being hard to photograph. What engine have you got in that thing?"

Bewildered and amazed, you reply.

"Sweet!" The yeti replies, "I'm Stewart." He shoves his blurry appendage in your direction as if to shake your hand; you accept this gesture politely, if a little dazed. You look down to notice he's wearing a surprisingly small pair of ballet slippers. He notices you noticing, and sheepishly but matter of factly states, "Camouflage."

You nod. Obviously. Of course. Big foot would never wear tiny ballet slippers. Makes perfect sense.

He continues. "If you could be granted a magical talking yeti wish, and go back in time to spec your drivetrain again, assuming both gas and diesel were available, which would you choose?"

You ponder this question as if it were of the most existential importance and all of humanity's fate relied upon your answer. There's magical talking yeti magic involved here, so this really counts. After a thoughtful minute has passed, you quickly blurt out...

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[Kevin_D]

There're only three things wrong with diesels...
A) they're smelly
2) they're noisey (although, not so much a modern diesel)
III) they're expensive!

Kevin

 

[Rozik169]

I wish I would of gotten a Mojave instead of my overland but now I have my Frankenstein willys overland lol

 

[Rozik169]

I do love when people look at my overland thinking what is it

 

[Kevin_D]

I wish I would of gotten a Mojave instead of my overland but now I have my Frankenstein willys overland lol

I do love when people look at my overland thinking what is it

And what does that have to do with gas or diesel?

Kevin

 

[CerOf]

There're only three things wrong with diesels...
A) they're smelly
2) they're noisey (although, not so much a modern diesel)
III) they're expensive!

Kevin

I assure you, my diesel doesn’t smell at all.
I’m actually sad, a bit, that it doesn’t. I like the “diesel smell”.

As for sound? At idle, sure. Anything over 20mph, and I sure can’t hear much difference.

 

[Rozik169]

I answered the question that was more of my genie wish

 

[Wageslave]

I would definitely go with the Diesel again if I had to choose again. So much torque, and that engine actually pairs well with the ESS. No delay on restart, like I experienced with the gas models I test drove. The 26-29mpg doesn't hurt my feelings either.

 

[Oilburner]

I wish my diesel was louder.

PS: I voted 'Gas, Diesel' but it's actually 'Had Gas but Have Diesel Now' lol

 

[FutureOdin]

Had a gas, before the diesel came out, ended up trading it in 6 months later for the diesel. Definitely made the right decision.

If I was worried about cost of maintenance, I would have purchased a Honda, not a Jeep...

 

[Orange01z28]

I wish I would of gotten a Mojave instead of my overland but now I have my Frankenstein willys overland lol

Yup, that's my only regret.

Next time

 

[RavensEyeOffroad]

I bought a gasser because mojave was available and checked most of my need boxes.
My wife and I often "gas up" on the same ticket at Kroger using those fuel points so a diesel just wouldnt work for me.
That said if I had it to do over I would take another look at a diesel, the range is just so good.

 

[marcwithac]

You'll find out soon which drivetrain owners are the most vocal..cough...diesel

 

[XJADDICTION]

I’ve had plenty of diesel trucks, and all 7.3L non DEF. love that motor and if I needed Diesel power I would buy another full sized Ford with the 7.3L.

The diesel JT is cool, the torque would be nice, but 3rd gen diesel with the 1st 2 previous gens having issues isn’t proven enough for me. I’ll wait and see how well these new 3rd gens do.

The 3.6L is proven tech, reliable, decent power and mpg (I know some have had issues but I’ve had two now, one with 145,000 miles and one with 36,000 miles no problems). Plenty of friends that have them with zero issues.

 

[TommyGp]

Diesel every damn time. I waited 3+ years from the announcement of the JT until the diesel version was available, and I don't regret it one single bit.

I'll admit I opted for extended warranty coverage and I won't tune this one until that warranty expires, purely based on the issues that the small diesels have with US spec fuel. However, overall drivability, economy and delivery of power is 100% exactly what it should be.

In my opinion, the gas version is adequate and the better choice if you're simply evaluating based on facts and math. But throw some emotion and opinion in the mix and the diesel was the clear winner for me.

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