Dargo, welcome back, I have missed you!! Also, your advice is really good. The diesel is nice to have, and I, like most of us have been spoiled by its power. It is nice for pulling. I have had a gas V10 also, a 2001 F250 s/d. I liked the truck, it was fairly quiet and drove great. My neighbor has an Expedition with the same engine and it has about 180,000 miles on it and runs well, so the longevity is certainly there too. They do not pull as well as the diesel, and they do not get the same loaded fuel economy, but with the emissions friendly diesels the gap is closing some. Although the new ones have more stock power than mine did (362 hp v. 310) I feel the economy is close. I got about 14.5 on the highway driving easily, and about 13.5 driving faster. Pulling about 8000#, I would get about 8-9 mpg depending on the amount of hills and speeds. In town, I could get around 12, but I did not live in the same hilly environment as I currently do, so I would take 1 mpg off that number listed for my current conditions. In short, the V10 gets within 2-3 mpg of a NEW PSD in town and 3-4 less unloaded on highway. Loaded, I would say 4 mpg, perhaps 5 would be the average for an equivalent truck. The power certainly is not there when pulling, but it is much less expensive and would do a nice job otherwise. The biggest issue of course is resale. V10 equipped trucks sell VERY slowly here and bring a large percentage less money when they do. Interestingly, though, MY V10 sold pretty quickly and held its value well, so this might be case by case.
John M
