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Drove the 3.0. It left me wanting horsepower... Great motor, just prefer the ecoboost/gas motor for my use case (shuttling kids in the burbs/ski trips/waiting in it running to keep warm/cool). I don't like idling a diesel for long periods.
What is the difference in price between the gas and the duramax?
Looks like a $1000 to $7000 option depending on trim line.
Yep I get that and it doesn’t fit everyone’s use case, we have a different use case that involves putting a bunch of miles on every year. We live 20 miles from the nearest Walmart and 60 from the nearest Taco Bell if that puts things in perspective.
Yeah GMs packages are strange, for instance on the AT4 ticking the Duramax box automatically adds option packages that it doesn’t do on other trims which makes it a lot more expensive option. On a High Country it’s a $600 premium over the 6.2 but on a Premier it’s $5k cheaper than the 6.2. GM things…
Given the initial cost of the engine, the maintenance of it and other operating costs. Is it cost effective?
The maintenance cost difference is minor on the 3.0 vs gasser, not like the bigger diesels. Again the actual cost of the engine varies on trim so hard to give a good answer there, but it’s nothing like $12k cost in the heavy duty pickups. Averaging 4-6mpg better so far than the Expedition. So in our use case it works out in our favor, but again it’s not right for everyone. To clarify I love the 3.5 EcoBoost, just not the Expedition that came with it in our case.
