Diesel to Gas? Yes/No???
Here’s the situation. I have a 2006 Dodge 2500 4x4, with 5.9 diesel, 193,000 miles. Love the truck, but just not comfortable trusting it on long tours. I recently retired in Feb and just completed a t...
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ScottG wrote:
Don't know where your getting your numbers from but it has been my experience that a used Diesel, even one as old as the one in my signature has retained the full value of the option.
Dealers have offered me 16K sight unseen for my truck. It wouldn't be worth $6K if not for the Cummins. The diesel option on my truck was 5 or 6K.
So yeah, in the real world the Diesel will hold its value enough that the extra upfront cost is a non-issue.
I'm pricing them in the midwest and there is little or no difference between gas/diesel but the OP should check out prices himself in his area.
I guess I should start buying trucks and driving them to your area to sell because 03 diesel trucks are going for a lot less than $16k around here.
