Yes and no... Last I checked diesel was $4.05 and gas was $3.70, thats a difference of $0.75, so diesel is 20% more expensive than gas. Diesel fuel has about 30% more energy than gas so you pay 20 to get 30.
In the Dodge pickup the difference is important, people will say "the diesel is $4000 more expensive than the gasser" which is true except thats comparing the diesel which has better performance than the V8 gasser to the V6 gasser. The V8 is $1500 more than the V6 so the diesel is only $2500 more. According to fueleconomy.gov the V8 8spd Dodge 4wd is going to do 17mpg combined while the diesel will do 22mpg. The v8 does require midgrade which evens the field a little bit. Fueleconomy.gov suggests the gasser will require twice the money in gas over 5 years that the diesel does and thus the diesel engine pays for itself in that time. Plus the diesel has more torque and produces its power down low where you want it. Angie has said she'd like a Jetta like mine. I think in reality if we get another Jetta it'll be a gasser. She doesn't really drive enough to make the added fuel economy come out in the end especially since the TDIs really hold their value. Which is one important final point diesels really hold their value, waaaaaay better than gassers... -Curt Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 19:01:53 -0700 From: Bob Rentfro <azbob...@gmail.com> To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Subject: Re: [MBZ] New Diesels available in the US now: Message-ID: <CAKOy=fXsjDsBN8=TOJ6BJotGGPG_scrrmWOdWGu0=ov8g4a...@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Now that diesel is holding solid around 4 dollars a gallon. Buying a diesel is getting harder to monetarily justify. It's kind of ironic we suddenly have more choices. Bob R _______________________________________ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
