Diesel fuel penalty
I knew when I bought my diesel truck that the cost for the truck was going to be $9,000 more and that I would be paying twice as much for maintenance and repairs, but I did not expect to be paying mor...
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Monkey44 wrote - "I find that hard to believe - if you buy a diesel today, at say anywhere from $7k - $9K over a gas version, and you get down around 250K-300K miles or so, you have an older worn out body and seats, and heater, and A/C, and wires, and alternators, and undercarriage, and etc etc... So, what makes anyone imagine a truck of that age will bring $7k or $9k more than a gasser, "
I did not say you would get back 100% of the additional premium that a diesel will cost. I said 'a lot' - and I stand by that statement. Compared to a gas engined truck with 250-300k miles on it (maybe already rebuilt at least once ?), the same truck with a diesel engine will be worth much more.
I did not say you would get back 100% of the additional premium that a diesel will cost. I said 'a lot' - and I stand by that statement. Compared to a gas engined truck with 250-300k miles on it (maybe already rebuilt at least once ?), the same truck with a diesel engine will be worth much more.
