RAM 1500 EcoDiesel sets new record for MPG

APT wrote:

itguy08 wrote:

Payback period : 11.98 years

Wait 2 months and run that same analysis. Look at the gasoline cost cycle (national average) how it spikes in April and September. Your snapshot is not helpful for long term fuel costs. Neither is a snapshot when gasoline is $4 and diesel is also $4.

So cut it in half and the payback period is 6 years. Still not worth it, IMHO.

And for those that crow about the EPA. It is relevant because it's the same cycle for all so it is at least a good starting point.

I find I get pretty much the EPA average. In my Taurus SHO I'm averaging around 21-22 in the summer and 18-19 in the winter, EPA average is 20. In the F150 I'm at 16.1 - 16.5 so far this winter and the EPA average is 17.

I don't baby it but drive sensibly most of the time. When I want power I push the skinny pedal.