F150 Ecoboost vs F250 Diesel mileage
I have been pulling my equipment trailer for my business with an F150 3.5 Ecoboost for 3 years now and averaging about 8.7mpg on 87 octane. I got rear-ended last week and the Ecoboost will be in the ...
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librty02 wrote:
The cost difference between 87 gasoline and diesel fuel is the closest it's ever been in the last 15 years in my area with 87 around 3.12 and diesel at 3.69. Gasoline prices have risen alot the past 3 months here from 2.5 to the 3.12 it is today while diesel fuel cost has not changed at all. When 87 was 2.50 per gallon diesel was 3.69 per gallon and that is the norm for the past 15 years here. That over a dollar a gallon more for the diesel fuel could never be made up in mpg difference.
Your tax is $0.31 higher than in TN but that doesn't come close to accounting for the price difference. Gas a mile from my house is $2.39/gal. Pennsylvania has the highest fuel taxes in the nation. Don't you feel special?
State Gasoline tax Diesel tax
Pennsylvania 57.6 74.1
It has been my observation that diesel prices are much more stable than gasoline for some reason so you have to watch the long term trends.
