Diesel vs gas......................
OK folks, there have been a few to many diesel vs gas threads that have shall we say gone to "Hell and a hand basket"! So if all of you would put in you BEST, no flaming reasons for going gas vs diese...
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SWAGGER wrote:
not sure this this been posted but is a recent study from 2013
http://www.dieselforum.org/files/dmfile/20130311_CD_UMTRITCOFinalReport_dd2017.pdf
Overall, the results of our analyses show that diesel vehicles provide owners with a TCO that is less than that of the gas versions of the same vehicles. The estimates of savings for three and five years of ownership vary from a low of $67 in three years to a high of $15,619 in five years, but most of the savings are in the $2,000 to $6,000 range, which also include the extra cost that is usually added to the diesel version of a vehicle.
Clicky
Very interesting given the fact that was the teething years for diesels heaver pollution controls.
So with diesel you get both cost savings and more power even with higher cost of fuel.
Lets not forget we are ending a heavy heating season and in my area diesel held steady at about $3.90, gas got as low as about $2.29. Now Diesel is still steady at $3.90, and gas is at $3.66 a gallon.
Donning Fire suit.
