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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GoPackGo wrote:
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.
Yeah - I know what you mean -- but in order to get any kind of return on the diesel part of the truck, the rest needs to be in good shape too, and when you add in all the other costs for items that simply wear out over high mileage, it seems like that cost factor will not be as great.
Let's face it, if you get 500K miles on a diesel, the rest of that truck is 500K miles worth of wear and tear. So, that will always be a factor in selling - not many folks will buy a perfect diesel engine in a beat-up worn out truck ... and that kind of wear will happen regardless if we take good care of it ... it just flat wears out ... all the auxiliary parts (window motors, seat motors, A/C - wire harness, etc. is also 500k miles too ... So, we need to consider the whole package, not just the engine.
SO, I still maintain the main reason for a diesel is power, pulling heavy loads, not the resale factor.
