Motor Trend 2015 Truck of the Year

goducks10 wrote:
Can't use fuel prices as a barometer. Fuel taxes vary by state as well as location. Out here in the west reg is 2.85 and diesel is 3.20 where I live. Those that are paying .60-.80 more for diesel are probably paying less for reg than others. There's no apples to apples comparison for fuel prices.

Using the current fuel price as a determining factor won't really pan out. You need to decide if you really need a diesel period. No one can forecast what fuel prices will be from month to month.

Ever since I bought my CTD reg prices have risen each summer to the point where they were actually higher than diesel fuel. In the winter reg drops and diesel has usually stayed up. This winter is different. Which backs up my point. It's not worth buy based on current prices.

There's a difference between the diesel versus gas debate in the half tons versus the heavy duty trucks. In the half ton world it's mostly a numbers game - the EcoDiesel doesn't perform better. In the heavy duty world, there are numbers to consider, but there's also a big towing performance difference so you can fall back on that as a justification for going one way or the other.

And I get that prices fluctuate and you can't really count on anything in the future. Right now we seem to be in a pattern where gas runs up close to (or slightly above) diesel in the summer, but drops a bunch more in the winter. Who knows what the future holds, though.