First drive Ram 1500 diesel
1500 Ram diesel Nice review ,I think they like it and clears up some points on why Ram did not use the 5.0 Cummins
Forum Discussion
spoon059 wrote:
Why? If the diesel gets 28 and the hemi gets 18 on the highway and you tow 6 times a year... why not?
15,000 miles a year average 24 mpg is 535 gallons of diesel at $3.75/gallon is $2008/year in fuel prices.
15,000 miles a year average 18 mpg is 833 gallons of gas at $3.30/gallon is $2750/year in fuel prices.
Let's put some real #'s to it comparing another tow rig - the Ecoboost 3.5. Have a 2011 F150 with the EB, 3.73's and Max Tow. Averaging about 16.5 in mixed driving in the 11 degree weather here in PA. Once the weather warms up I suspect I can flirt with 20 MPG.
15000 miles @ 16.5 MPG = 909 gallons of gas
15000 miles @ 23 MPG (Ecodiesel as reported by the journalist in mixed driving) = 652 gallons of Diesel.
Now here's the kicker - the cost of Diesel:
Flying J @ Carlisle, PA : Regular $3.33 Diesel: $4.19
909 gallons of Regular : $3,026.97
652 gallons of Diesel : $2,731.88
So the DIesel saves me $295.09 per year or a payback of roughly 10 years. And that's not including the more expensive Diesel maintenance and hoping a HPFP or something similar doesn't break along the way.
Should I flirt with 20 MPG any savings will be erased. And I'm driving a proven powerplant to boot.
