F150 vs 250
Considering replacing the old girl - 04 8.1 Yukon XL as her electrical gremlins and module failures are becoming increasingly frequent. Plan 1 had been max payload SCrew with max tow pkg but then saw...
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transamz9 wrote:spoon059 wrote:valhalla360 wrote:
Oddly, we didn't find much difference in resale values once you get to 8-10yrs old when we bought a 2003 a few years back and with diesel typically a bit higher per gallon, most of the savings goes out.
I see the exact opposite where I am. 10 year old high mileage diesel trucks are still commanding a much higher premium than lower mileage gas engine trucks. I was even researching the 6.0 Fords and trying to figure in costs of bulletproofing them, they were still higher than gas engine trucks.
Same here. Every time I get my yearly tax bill on my 2005 Cummins I about pass out. Last three years the taxable value has went up.:M
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I initially planned to buy used but the discounts on used diesels weren't big enough compared to new so I went new instead. The only deals I found on used diesels were the bad Ford years but I didn't really want to deal with those issues, and even with those you're still paying a premium over gas (just not as much, with good reason).
Diesels cost more up front that gassers but in terms of total cost they're no more expensive or perhaps even a little cheaper. Really the cost element is overblown, imo - the difference isn't ultimately material. Now in terms of towing performance or fuel economy there are very material differences once you step up to a diesel.
