Anybody towing with a late model gasser?

jerem0621 wrote:

sacmarata wrote:
Ide say the $10,0000 repair drum has been beat enough. Yes, everyone hears. We get it. Anecdotal evidence says that some guy somewhere somehow had a $10,000 repair not caused by the ma ufacturer but bad fuel. Stand on that mountain you want and throw all yer chips on black while the rest of us look at the perponderance of empirical evidence that supports the FACT that ACROSS THE BOARD diesel is cheaper to own. THATS the entire picture...not heresay about some mystery $10,000 repair.

I am a Business Analyst in my profession.. I am earnestly interested to hear what preponderance of empirical evidence you have that shows ACROSS THE BOARD that diesel is cheaper to own.

Please define the board you are dealing with?

• Are you speaking of owners who kept their diesels for 3,5,7,10,15,20 years?
• Business Owners with fleets
• Data from Farm and Ranch owners
• Data from suburban diesel owners whose trucks are grocery getters 97% of the time

I have never found empirical data showing that diesel is cheaper "across the board" So if it exists please show me.

Links to studies would be great.

Here is a story from Forbes (an authoritative site in academic terms) that really gets into the issue

Forbes

Interesting comment is that in a study of 23 Diesel vehicles only 9 of them proved to have a lower cost of ownership against other vehicles in their class. 8 of these vehicles are consumer models... Mercedes Benz has five of the 8 slots.

Another interesting comment was concerning the F350... the F350 diesel was the ONLY HD truck to make the cut as a cost effective choice. Over five years the F350 Diesel would save a mind boggling $1141.00 over a 6.2 Gas model (no HPFP failure on the consumers dime was calculated though :B)

Thanks!

Jeremiah

This is a towing forum. I don't think any of us bought a diesel because we thought they were cheaper.
I purchased a diesel for the superior towing performance vs. a gasser.
Furthermore the Forbes article claims that on average diesel cost $751.00 more to operate over a 5 year period. That's a meager $150.00 a year. For me that amount is not even worth discussing and certainly would not effect my buying decision.

Maybe the Forbes article applies for cars and commuter scenarios , but for towing the article misses the point.