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[Hal Sullivan]

The reason I bought a 2008 was to avoid the Bluetec urea-injection 
system that Mercedes started using in '09.  That system is problematic 
and failure-prone by now, and also means you don't even get a cheesy 
"donut" spare tire because that's where they put the DEF tank on the 
diesel models.  Still has a catalytic converter and diesel particulate 
filter in the exhaust, which is nice because I don't have smoke out the 
tailpipes unless it's doing a DPF regen.

My father has a 2017 GMC Canyon with the 2.8 diesel and a DEF system, 
gets 28-29MPG on the highway by itself and still over 20MPG towing the 
car hauler and one of the antique Chevy's.  I don't know if a gas 
version of that truck could tow like that.

On 10/30/23 16:56, Keith Park wrote:
> Ive heard that the modern diesel trucks have much less gas mileage advantage over their Gas counterparts due to all the smogging stuff they have to have, and the special expensive extra
> Juice you have to put in and other nonsense.  Gas is getting more  efficient too, I drove the 10' Uhaul box truck back from VA with the Square in tow and still got 12.7MPG, and when you think
> That just a few decades ago, you couldn’t even get that in a full size car!
>
> Keith
>
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> 13 Subaru Outback "Blendin"
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> I've got a 2008 Mercedes ML320 CDI, essentially the same engine as the Sprinter used for over a decade, bought it with an eye towards towing capacity without being a giant domestic pick'em'up truck.  Longer range between fill-ups than the gas version is a bonus.  My car is rated 18/24MPG vs the same-year ML350 (gas) at 15/20MPG, and going by the current prices at the nearby Costco where I usually fill up the diesel is slightly cheaper to drive than an otherwise-identical gas version would be.  I did the math before buying it and it still mostly holds up
>
> Neither one, gas or diesel, is a car I'd particularly want to work on. That's what tow trucks and shops and dealerships are for. :-)
>
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