Fuelly mileage of the big three diesels

32vld wrote:


comparing apples to oranges when you mention trim levels. talking in circles.

you cite numbers that apply to trucks that are driven 100,000 miles a year.
so these diesel engine trucks will reach the break even point in 1 year and
in the next 2 years of operation will save them money.

yet you ignore that most campers will drive 200 to 1,000 miles a year camping.
which does not even provide the opportunity to reach the break even point
after 20 years of driving.

todays gasoline engines go 300,000 miles. Chances are after 10 - 20 years
most times it does not pay to rebuild the engine because overall condition
of deterioration of the pickup/suburban to time and normal wear and tear the
truck one would be better to buy a new and better pickup that will have
more power, mpg, payload, towing, braking, handling, ride.

MPG is not the only factor in buying a truck.
30 mpg car or 5 mpg school bus, which is better.

bus holds 60 kids drive a 5 mile route, 5 mpg/60 students delivered.
bus used 5 gallons
30 mph the driving time is 6 minutes

car with driver can fit 3 students
car has to drive that loop 20 times, car drives 100 miles, used 3.33 gallons
car has to drive that 6 minute loop 20 times

Nope, trim level is an options that add value just like 4wd and engines. Whatever you got to tell yourself to make you feel better about your purchase. I guess you better tell all those half ton owners that they wasted their money on the gas engine upgrade because they will never recoupe it back and will likely spend over $5k in lifetime ownership over the base engine. While you are at it, you might want to go tell those Camaro/Mustang/Challenger owners that they wasted their money on a V8 over the V6 excuse they will never get it back even though it raises the value of their car. Heck, why stop there. You might as well go tell everyone who purchased a premium engine over the base engine in every vehicle that they wasted their money.