Ford F150 is going Powerstroke Diesel

troubledwaters wrote:

ShinerBock wrote:
...I used $50k versus $42k to point out to the person I was quoting that even if you do calculate the $8k option for the diesel, it still comes out ahead. Use it out of context if you want, I don't care.

I already proved that wrong. Remember the 4% AAR. Why you keep repeating the same trope?

The only thing you proved is what someone could do, not what they actually do. This is the real world we are talking about and it is not like people that go truck shopping have $50k in their bank account and only decide to spend $42k on a truck and invest the rest. Sorry, but real world does work that way for most.

Most people finance their vehicles with a budget limit in mind or a finance limit imposed by the bank. Hence the reason why I stated earlier that most people shop and keep or take away options to stay within a certain budget, not trim level. So for a vast majority of people that do not have $50K in the bank, your theory does not work.

I am going to take a wild guess that when you purchased your truck that you wanted a diesel, but found that it was not in your budget. While justifying your decision for not getting one to yourself, you developed "sour grapes" syndrome taking offence anytime you see evidence when a diesel is a better choice. Just a guess based on what I have seen in others with the same mindset.