diesel class c
thinking of trading our Class A for one of the smaller Class C diesel models, looking at Tiffin and Winnebago--can I get some comments please
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FunTwoDrv wrote:
OP...When discussing this topic with Sprinter owners, a few subjects seem to come up quite often; Fuel mileage.........
Gary
I’ve had that talk with several Sprinter owners myself. The tone usually changes when you point out how much the engine that gets you such fantastic mileage costs you in the first place.
As with pickups, very, very few people ever keep / drive them enough to get anywhere near getting their purchase price back let lone saving any money.
As an example, at $2.50 / gallon for both gasoline and diesel, a gas RV getting 9 mpg will cost ~$0.28 / mile, a diesel RV getting 20 mpg will cost ~$0.13 / mile. A savings of $0.15 / mile, or about $375 on a 2,500 mile trip.
If the Diesel engine cost only $20,000 you would need to drive 135,000 miles to begin to save anything.
