Diesel vs gas......................

wnjj wrote:

jevanb wrote:

8.1 Van wrote:

Taco wrote:
You know all the diesel heads like to say that once you go diesel you never go back. It seems that a LOT of people have gone back over the last few years.

I had a 8.1 also in the 3/4 CC and boy was it thirsty 8 city, 12 hwy, towing 7. now with my diesel I see 15-18 city and 22-23 hwy, towing 12.5k 5er =12.5mpg all day even in the hills. if I wanted to sell my truck right now I could get 21-25k. And I paid 35k OTD back in july 2006, and it had a total of 140miles , try that in a same year, same option with the 8.1L now

I just ran my 2005 8.1L through KBB. Granted it's super low miles and in perfect shape but with excellent condition, KBB says $27.7k. I paid $29.6 in 2005. I know KBB can be off but there aren't many around to shop craiglist, etc. for pricing.

If I put in 100k miles it changes to $19.2k which still isn't awful.

^^ my truck has 101k and 0 flaws, father in laws has the same truck as me (2006 LT3, LBZ) with 63k and when he sold private party 3 months ago he got 28k, I dont see anybody paying 27.7k for a 2005 gas truck even if it had 50k miles. realistically 8-12k