Cummins mpg vs 225 Slant 6 mpg

I read the post and wasn't going to comment

Then went back and re read the original question

I have a 95 with a Cummins and love the truck

The question most ask is how you are going to drive it.

That would be my question too.

I have had several diesels, 1981 Olds 98, 1983 Elcamino and my cummins

Many people I know had diesels and nothing but trouble out of them. My Olds had about 200,000 miles on it when I sold it. It was tired, but still ran and got decent mileage. It got drove a LOT. My Elcamino had 240,000 miles on it and the engine had NEVER been out of it. The original owner put 140,000 miles on it in 5 years. He started it in the morning and drove it all over the state to check on job sites.

My Dodge has 148,000 miles and for the most part when it gets started it runs long enough to get warm not just short trips to the store and never getting it hot.

The biggest problem most people have with diesels is the lack of use. Start and stop short distance, never getting the engine warm.

So my question for you as a daily driver, how will you drive it? Short trips to the store, or are you going to drive 15-20 miles one way at speed before shutting the truck off?

Since it is a cummins in a 1/2 ton, who did the mod and how did they do it?

In my opinion if the slant 6 truck is a good truck and not a bastard put together and you are going to have to depend on it, I would probably choose it.

A hot rodded old truck is just that. You will be working on it more than driving it. You are wanting a DAILY DRIVER, that means DEPENDABLITY! right?

So pick the one you think will be the most dependable and then try and figure how much you want to work on it and the expensive it will be to drive. COST is more than gas mileage, the maintenance, repairs and fuel must be looked at.

So it really is your choice, mine would be the one that will get the job done that is needed.

My next truck will be a gas truck, I just cannot justify the diesel. Love it, but just don't need it.