Reminder - Cost of Ownership of Gas vs Diesel

[Clay45]

Sounds like the study based its overall cost calculations on the resale value of the vehicle at the end of 5 years. This is not a good comparison unless you sell and replace your vehicle every 5 years. I would think the diesel would offer more real life savings by comparing total costs of owning/operating the trucks until the wheels fall off.

Of course the study wouldn't be over yet.

 

[buickanddeere]

Just price a set of common rail injectors, a set of glow plugs and a particulate filter. Have to save a lot of money on 20+% more expensive diesel to pay for the repairs.

 

[RalphVa]

Our Benz 240D was the cheapest car we ever owned. Kept it for 25 years after buying it used at 1 year on showroom floor. Kept it so long because we kept waiting for Benz to bring over their C class diesel with stick shift. They still haven't. Finally got disgusted and bought a 2010 VW Jetta TDI in late 2009.

This is the most capable car I've ever owned or driven. Yeah, there are probably a lot of cars with a lot of hp out there that are just as capable, but this one has just the right amount of hp and torque to be what I call very capable. It'll go from Virginia to Columbus, OH over the Virginia and WVa mountains without your knowing they are there and give you 44-45 mpg (49 mpg going south or east on our interstates here). The 2015 Jetta TDIs are rated now at 46 mpg EPA vs. this one's 40. Not sure what they've done to get this higher level, but the hp is a tad higher, too.

You never know you're driving a diesel until you go to fill up and occasionally when it's going through a burnoff cycle on the soot collector when you stop it in the garage. Otherwise, you'd swear you were driving a small V8.

Ralph

 

[WM75Guy]

You're going to use 8333 gallons of gas to drive 100,000 miles at 12mpg.
You're going to use 5555 gallons of diesel to drive 100,000 miles at 18mpg.
You'll spend $23,165.00 on gas and $19,720 on diesel at $2.67 and $3.55 respectively
and
You'll spend $24,999.00 on gas and $22,164 on diesel at $3.00 and $3.99 respectively.
That's a difference of between $3445 and $2835.
You'd have to drive at least 200,000 miles just to pay for the cost of the diesel engine option.

196,000 miles on my 03 GMC. 4000 more and I am in the black!!! :cool2:

My wife and I both drive diesel pickups. The way I see it some people buy what they can afford. Some can afford to buy what they want. Just because your gasser was right for you does not mean my diesels are wrong for me. Everybody's situation is different. As long as my wife and I are happy with the purchase is what matters.

By the way paid $3.25 for diesel yesterday, gas was $2.95. Used my grocery points to get $.40/gallon discount.

 

[MossRoad]

196,000 miles on my 03 GMC. 4000 more and I am in the black!!! :cool2:

My wife and I both drive diesel pickups. The way I see it some people buy what they can afford. Some can afford to buy what they want. Just because your gasser was right for you does not mean my diesels are wrong for me. Everybody's situation is different. As long as my wife and I are happy with the purchase is what matters.

By the way paid $3.25 for diesel yesterday, gas was $2.95. Used my grocery points to get $.40/gallon discount.

I never said anything about not buying what you want. Most folks don't NEED half the things they have; they enjoy them. I'm no different. Heck, I have a '93 Suburban that's a piece of crud. But I enjoy driving it. My point is, very few people can justify the cost of a diesel optioned pickup truck through fuel savings alone as it will rarely pay off, if ever.

 

[buickanddeere]

The point is when somebody pulls up in their diesel pickup and tells you they are driving a diesel because it "saves money".

 

[MikePA]

The point is when somebody pulls up in their diesel pickup and tells you they are driving a diesel because it "saves money".

If they think it does, good for them. No one has ever pulled up next to me and said this, and if they did, I'd never view it as my responsibility to ask for proof.

 

[buickanddeere]

Coffee shop at work used to be notorious for such tales. I started to sketch out the numbers and there were a few red faces and sputtering.

 

[MikePA]

Coffee shop at work used to be notorious for such tales. I started to sketch out the numbers and there were a few red faces and sputtering.

Must have been some pleasant meals at your table.

 

[murphy1244]

Must have been some pleasant meals at your table.

:laughing: