Buying my Hemi WAS a good idea
When I first became a diesel owner (2003 or 2004), diesel was almost always 10-15% cheaper than regular unleaded where I live. Then came ULSD, and the economy moved on. Diesel became the same price...
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ib516 wrote:N-Trouble wrote:
Yawn...
You don't buy a diesel to save money. You buy a diesel because you want/need the pulling power and the overall towing experience. PERIOD...
IF THAT is what makes you feel better about your purchase, then great. But the whole gas/diesel which is going to save me $$ argument/justification is all nonsense.
How do you know what I buy my vehicles for? Just wondering.
...because I actually DID buy my previous diesels to save money. Diesel fuel used to be cheaper than unleaded where I live; and the diesel trucks used to get significantly better mpg than the gassers offered back then. Now we have a tq and hp war going on between the big 3 diesels, and the emissions garbage bolted to them make them all far less reliable and efficient than they used to be. The gasser I have now also has MDS (4 cyl mode) that it can and does drop into when hwy cruising.
Considering my truck only tows a trailer 2 months of the year, and even then it's part time, the towing performance is not nearly as important to me as overall ownership experience, and the lack of check engine lights caused by a relatively short commute in cold weather.
You can't apply your situation, reasoning, or usage to everyone.
Pre-emissions (2007) when diesel options were 5-6k premium, diesel was cheaper, and diesel trucks got better mileage there was an argument for cost savings. Those days have long been gone. If anyone is buying a diesel today solely based on the belief they are saving money is simply fooling themselves.
