Do diesels make financial sense?

troubledwaters wrote:

ShinerBock wrote:

goducks10 wrote:


I was never concerned one bit about recouping any extra cost with the Cummins. Heck I burn way more fuel with my 6.4 vs 6.7 but it's a heck of a lot easier to live with on a DD basis for my short trips all winter. 6 years in a diesel was enough for me.

And constant short trips is a solid reason for not buying a diesel, however, citing "financial sense" as a reason when you would happily spend more on a 6.4L over a 5.7L than you would with a Cummins diesel over a 5.7L is not. I am not saying this to you per say, but rather to everyone who keeps bringing up "financial sense" as a reason they didn't buy a diesel as if they have some inferiority complex and feel the need to justify their purchase decisions because deep down they want one.

The guy with all the spreadsheets, charts and figures to justify his decision is accusing the other guys of having an inferiority complex. You're pretty good at talking the talk, .....

That is not an inferiority complex with false assumptions like some gas owners in this thread seem to have, and more like making my point complex. You kept saying diesel wasn't cheaper so I proved my point that it varies from person to person with actual numbers. I am a senior analyst; spreadsheets, charts, and figures is what I do. It probably took me less time to make that chart than the time it took most people to read the link that the OP posted. Heck, it probably even took less time to make than the time it took you to look for the Vicentric link you used to prove your point.