A gasoline Jetta with the 1.4 engine gets ~34mpg mixed, probably better on the highway. So here, with unleaded at $3.99, that's 11.7 cents/mile. The diesel at 42mpg with fuel at $5.19 would be 12.3 cents/mile. So there's no fuel cost savings driving a diesel any more. The higher energy content of the diesel fuel has been factored into the price.
I don't think any marque is offering diesel passenger cars in the USA any more. We can probably thank VW for that. GM killed the passenger diesel engine in the late 1970s/early 1980s, and VW killed whatever recovery there had been with their emissions cheats. I still like my OM617s for their simplicity and reliability but would never buy a new diesel with all the blue tech crap. They cost more, won't save any money on fuel and are more prone to problems. The only sensible reason to buy a new diesel today is in a truck where you need the torque for towing or hauling heavy loads. On Tue, May 3, 2022, at 2:37 PM, Bob Rentfro via Mercedes wrote: > 42 mpg driving from Phoenix to San Diego, average 38.4 mpg driving from > SD to LA and back (stupid, ridiculous traffic (stop and go…mostly stop) > then stupid speed keeping up in traffic (85-90mph). > > AZBob > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On May 3, 2022, at 12:27 PM, mitch--- via Mercedes <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> An oil distributor in Ohio said this a couple of days ago: >> >> >> Diesel prices are straight up street price margin grabs. >> >> Wholesale diesel is $3.89 ish right now. >> >> that’s raw wholesale cost. No taxes - state or fed - added in. No freight or >> margin in. >> >> Just simply raw wholesale cost. >> >> >> Major gas station chains will be cheaper than my wholesale cost. >> >> _______________________________________ >> 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
