Hybridhunter wrote:
wilber1 wrote:
Yup again. My vehicle with 2.0 L turbo, DI, gas, 220 hp is EPA rated at 23 mpg combined. Same vehicle, same transmission with 3.0 L TDI, 240 hp is rated at 27 mpg combined.
And the engine option is how many thousand more?
And diesel is what, 15% more expensive?
At least on your vehicle you aren't buying a power loss.
Bias is fairly predictable based on peoples purchases. That being said, I don't own an Ecoboost...... ;-)
Nope. The conversation, at that stage anyway, was about mileage vs HP, diesels vs gassers.
Costs were not being considered just then.
But you're right, in some parts of the world diesel is more expensive. But not where I live. And the diesel engine is always more expensive to begin with, and there's the ongoing cost. I suspect for many it's more a "life-style" choice thn a financial one.
