Folks who buy these damn things for fuel economy are buying them for the wrong reason. You aren't supposed to "keep your foot out of it." Diesels need to be worked and worked hard for best results, wind 'em up, beat the **** out of them. Puttering around town trying to beat the fuel pumps just promotes deposit build up in the engine and its emissions components.

Buy the diesel pickups because you need the power and torque. Buy a Volkswagen diesel if you need the fuel mileage.

 

MPG? Towing Capacity? Screw that, gimmie that 4.4 Diesel and a custom tune cranked up something crazy!

 

i donts ee the mule

 

I think I will be one of the 1st to get the diesel for a few reasons
I tow with my current F-150 and its ok but would like it to be more responsive.
and plainly I like diesels period.

 

When you go to buy that truck in a year or two, and you look at the price of diesel fuel, you wont feel that same way anymore.

 

OK Mr. Crystal Ball, what are the PowerBall numbers for Saturday night since you appear to be able to tell the future!

 

U sure don't need a crystal ball to see what diesel fuel is going to do in northern wa. state it is $5 a gal. as we speak and if u have seen the pricing on the 09 f-150 plat. u can just imagine what a diesel will be, my crystal ball tells me the deisel f-150 is dead before it even gets here

 

I don't know. If history tells us anything, it's that every bubble will burst. The recent gas 'fiasco', for lack of a better term, shows all the signs of other financial bubbles we've experiences over the past few decades. I wouldn't be at all surprised to see prices plummet by the end of the year. But, I wouldn't be surprised to see prices stay about where they are, either. Who knows...

 

I agree that one shouldn't buy one of these vehicles if gas mileage is of primary concern. The higher cost of the diesel engine will take a while to re-coup based on fuel mileage.

I would say the same thing about a current hybrid vehicle (i.e. Toyota Prius, Ford Escape Hybrid, etc). They get really good gas mileage, but they will take much of the life of the vehicle to cross the break-even point of cost effectiveness.

Most people don't keep a vehicle long enough to make these things cost effective. Just buy what you want.

I generally keep vehicles for at least ten years (currently a 97 F-150, bought new), so the diesel would provide the longevity, towing ability, ...and yes gas mileage is a part of the equation. So the break-even point would make sense, though it is not my primary reason for likely choosing the diesel. I have been hoping for a diesel F-150 for some time, but don't want or need a super duty. So I will just buy what I want.

 

Anyone have any ideas on what the MPGS might be on this rig..Diesel fuel could be over $7.00 by the time this truck lands.

 

If it has a DPF and a cat? 15 MPG. Maybe 16.

 

Analysts have already said that it may take a year and a half or two, but we will have a surplus of gasoline again, and prices will be down in the two dollar rangeall over again. Hmmmmm. I will still be the first one in line for the F-150 diesel, though.

 

I sure don't know what analysts u have been listening too but I have heard just the opposite it will never be back down to $2

 

What ever the price of diesel will be gas will be right there with it at least here in the PNW, actually diesel as far as I know has always been slightly more expensive but its really not the price its the diesel I love them engines.

 

Why!? A diesel truck can get 30+ MPG if they wanted to... Look at the Toyota Hilux Diesel.. it gets 30+ MPG..

Why make a F-150 Diesel that can pull a house down? If someone needed that kind of pulling power.. buy a Super Duty..

It makes me scratch my head when a Chevy Duramax 2500 gets better MPG (20+) then my F-150...

Diesel on the F-150 should be Fords "Hybrid" killer.. the V8 already out pulls the competition.. why just add another engine to the mix to pull close to the same but with a 20% better fuel economy? If the cost would remain the same then ok.. but I bet they toss in a nice little price premium that cancels out all fuel cost savings...

One more thing.. Just a thought...

I think its real a JOKE that a 80,000lb Mack Tractor Trailer gets 6MPG loaded... and my F-150 is only getting about twice that..... But I knew that before I bought it... and I still wanted it... but something is just not right with that thought...