mkirsch wrote:
agesilaus wrote:
Initial costs are higher but you'll recover that when you sell the vehicle.
This is also a myth. If you hypothetically spend $8000 more for a diesel up front, you will NOT get $8000 more at resale time. You will get a proportionally reduced amount based on the overall value of the vehicle.
If you figure in the maintenance if done by the book it will be real close. Sure the cost of a service for a diesel is a little more than it's gas counterpart but by the book intervals the diesel will go longer in between services not to mention full savings. In the long run they cost no different to operate.