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:GoPackGo wrote:
But you should recoup a lot of that on the back end when you sell or trade.
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,
You have a diesel engine that runs like new still in an old worn out truck even if you take care of it. The reason one buys a diesel is pulling power ... it never will have anything to do with resale value or operating expenses. Or, recovering that expense when you sell it. Can't...makes no sense.
Not sure about that, current asking price for 2nd gen Rams 98.5 to 2002 5.9 in good shapes is $12,000 to $20,000, no you don't get it all back, but a very high percentage comes back in resale, just like 4X4.
It seems that most feel that early Ram are the worst frame and body on the road, well at 270,000 miles this body and frame are doing just fine. I am getting the drivers seat rebuilt this week, as it is a little soft on the out side and the edge seam is starting to let go.
I got a diesel for pulling power, and fuel economy, the two Ford 460's never did better than 10 mpg, and closer to 8 in town. My Cummins pulls way better, and I get 100% better mileage. Yes going from 7 mpg to 14 mpg is a 100% improvement in mileage.
the other thing is a diesel isn't a gasser, they need to be driven differently. Many that come to diesel from gas mash the throttle and complain about poor acceleration. I have always rolled into the throttle, yep still a little turbo lag, then the boost kicks in and it takes off!!
