Don't know the answer to your question but interesting that it is different here. I'm in Canada - right in the middle in Winnipeg. Right now, diesel and regular gas are very close to the same price. I paid 1.104 for a litre of regular gas yesterday. The pump price is shown as 113.9 but they discount - no idea why- just silliness. Diesel, is about 1.11 I think. I don't drive the old 300D in the winter so I have not filled it since October. I paid .949 for diesel pretty well all of last summer. Gas was more variable and I paid from about .989 to 1.179 for regular gas last summer. Wonder what they will be this summer. I make a 350 mile round trip to the cottage about 10 to 12 times each summer so I'm going to the poor house buying fuel in the summer. In winter I don't go too far from home so the mileage may be lower but the miles are too. I've only put about 4K kilometers on my truck since the last trip to Ontario in mid October and that is with the help of my elder son who has taken the truck to his inlaws an hour out of Winnipeg at least a couple of times since Christmas.
If you are not up on metric - there are about 3.78 litres in a US gallon and a kilometer is about .62 miles. I'll let you do the math. Randy -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of LarryT Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2008 4:29 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] Performance Diesel Mercedes Howdy - I know diesel prices are tied to the cost of oil but for a while the price of diesel was approaching more traditional price structures i.e., diesel was close to or less then regular gas - at least that's the way I remember it. Now, diesel is more expensive than Hi-Test & has been for a number of years now -- once that was blamed on only 2 - IIRC - refineries producing diesel and the supply was limited. I know there are refineries down for maintanence, weather, emergencies, etc., but I don;t recall that being the case now. Is low diesel production because of limited refinery availability still the problem? Or are there other reasons for diesel to be higher than premium? TIA - Larry T (66 MGB, 74 911, 91 300D) www.youroil.net for Oil Analysis and Weber Parts Test Results http://members.rennlist.com/oil PORSCHE POSTERS! youroil.net Weber Carb Info http://members.rennlist.com/webercarbs ----- Original Message ----- From: "R A Bennell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2008 7:06 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Performance Diesel Mercedes >I think I was happier when most people had not discovered diesel, and >bio-diesel and WVO etc. I'd like more diesel > but I don't want it to be too popular. > Remember when it was inexpensive to run a diesel? > > Randy > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Christopher McCann > Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2008 3:11 PM > To: Mercedes Discussion List > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Performance Diesel Mercedes > > > It's interesting what the Finns have done/can do, but personally, I fall > into the "performance measured with > odometer" (and mpg-o-meter) camp. > > Chris > > P.S. Second thought, when a diesel can win the 24 hour LeMans, that only > helps the "diesel cause" in general...even > if they needed two trannys to do it. > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
