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campingken
Dec 18, 2013Explorer
Me Again,
It was a typo. I meant to write 20%. The last time I bought diesel, about 3 weeks ago, regular was $3.19 and diesel was $3.89. That was a 20+% spread. Our non HO 5.9 diesel gets around 14-15 in town and 19 - 20 on the freeway.
Diesels are great when you are towing heavy however, in my opinion, the modern diesel engine is more complicated, has much more HP and torque than the older ones and the trade off is decreased MPG and increased cost.
It was a typo. I meant to write 20%. The last time I bought diesel, about 3 weeks ago, regular was $3.19 and diesel was $3.89. That was a 20+% spread. Our non HO 5.9 diesel gets around 14-15 in town and 19 - 20 on the freeway.
Diesels are great when you are towing heavy however, in my opinion, the modern diesel engine is more complicated, has much more HP and torque than the older ones and the trade off is decreased MPG and increased cost.
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