ShinerBock, you pretty well summed it up but I don't see any mention of the diesel costing around $4,000 more to start with. It seems like that would work out to about $50/month on the pretty common 7 year loan. I just did rough calculations in my head, please forgive me for not being exact. Anyway, that means that I would have to pay an extra $35/month for all of the less capability that you mentioned plus dealing with DEF and smelling like diesel fuel most of the time that I fill up. I wonder if this engine uses a CP4 HPFP or something equivilant? Doesn't take me long to arrive at my conclusion. I like my 3.5.
I have heard that Ford claims the savings will be much better when trailer pulling. Since Ford does not publish economy numbers for trailer pulling I guess that we will have to wait several more months for some independent tests. Maybe then the numbers will work better for diesels.
