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On Sep 17, 2013, at 9:30 PM, Andrew Strasfogel <astrasfo...@gmail.com> wrote: > Diesel is cheaper here, believe it or not, at $3.89. > > Andrew in D.C. > > > On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 7:04 PM, Richard Hattaway > <rhatta...@rocketmail.com>wrote: > >> True, but we're talking about Ford F-250's. There is not a significant >> mileage difference between the gas and the diesel versions. Mine gets 14 >> towing the boat, 15 on the road. A diesel gets 20. >> >> I was going to be out $4K up front. Maintenance on an F-250 Diesel is >> very expensive. At the 2001 price, I was just not interested in spending >> the extra 4K$. Plus I didn't want the cost of the huge air filter or the >> dual big batteries. >> >> So right now, using 3.45 for gas, 3.90 for diesel, pretty accurate where I >> am, and 66K miles, and 15 mpg for gas and 20 mpg for diesel, I get that I >> would have spent $2310 less in fuel now than I have. However, I had to >> spend 4K$ for the ability to save that money. >> >> I realize that it's not an amazing amount of money I'm saving 12 years >> later, but I've had absolutely no issues with the truck, gas works fine, >> I've pulled a 300TD from Atlanta to here, etc etc. >> >> Now if you want to look at little cars, I am thinking about either a new >> Jetta TDI or a new Prius. I am back to thinking about gas vs diesel, and >> your numbers have more validity. I've rented both cars, and find they are >> very similiar as far as utility is concerned. Now I have to make the >> decision about gas and diesel again. >> >> ________________________________ >> From: Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com> >> To: Diesel List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> >> Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2013 6:37 PM >> Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Truck for Jamie >> >> >> So far north of gas? >> >> I got my aunt with this the other day, they have a diesel Passat and a >> gasser Volvo. We talked it out and if you aim low on the Passat and say >> 40mpg and say 30mpg on the Volvo which is probably slightly optimistic that >> gives the Passat a 33% advantage right? >> >> If gas is $3.65 and diesel is $4 (and thats a bad spread, its not as bad >> here) thats 35 cents difference or around 9%. So my contention is that you >> spend an extra 9 cents to save 33. You don't have to hit me twice with a >> stick... >> >> -Curt >> >> Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2013 15:19:24 -0700 (PDT) >> From: Richard Hattaway <rhatta...@rocketmail.com> >> To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> >> Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Truck for Jamie >> Message-ID: >> <1379456364.48504.yahoomail...@web161001.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 >> >> I have a 2001 F-250. ?Got it new, love it. ?Diesel was 4K$ more at the >> time, and it just wasn't worth it, even though fuel was cheaper then. ?If >> you tow all the time for a living, then a diesel is a good thing. ?If >> you're buying a utility truck to go to the lake, pick up lawn stuff, and in >> general haul stuff around but not for a living, then gas is great. ?Now >> that the cost of diesel is so far north of gas, I am convinced my lil ole >> F-250 gasser was a good choice. >> >> Now I got 66K miles on it. ?It will still be here when the crematorium is >> messing with me (c: >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
