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Perrysburg Dodgeboy wrote:
Well I didn't pay $10,000 more for the diesel option in either my 2004 Ram 2500 or this 2015 Ram 1500. My 2004 diesel pickup sold for $18,500 a full $10,000 more than a hemi pickup.

I was fill up today and a guy pulled up with a 2009 Dura-Max that was in near perfect condition and he asked how I liked my Ecodiesel. As we talked he said he was thinking about ordering a 2016 GM but that the dealers would not even give him low wholesale for is currant truck. When I told him what I got for my 2004 less than a year ago he said well it looks like I'm going to have to sell it myself. If you trade vehicles in you are going to take a huge hit every single time.

A note diesel in my area is the same or less at some stations than gas right now. So that even makes it more beneficial to own a diesel.

Out of warranty cost for a diesel should be lower than for a gas engine. No tune ups, $645 for my DD 1998 Avenger and that was with my employee discount mind you. The only thing that will put a hurt to you is if you have to replace a injection pump, but it's not like we are seeing these things dropping like flies. Gas injectors fail just like diesel if not maintained. So

Don

I got $18k for my 05 Super Duty with 170k miles on a trade in. Now I wish I would have kept that truck for farm/ranch duty.

Gas injectors do not fail like diesel injectors. Our 05 cummins had 5 injectors fail and were replaced in two separate events along with the 6th injector being replaced to be proactive since the truck was in the shop. This happened with the truck using nothing but MOPAR filters too. In all the years of fuel injected gas engines I never replaced a single injector.

Since I purchased my 05 Super Duty diesel has been more expensive than gas to a tune of $0.60 for the most part and current diesel prices being ~$0.30 more than gas. Expect diesel prices to increase even more than gas during winter months.

You wont drive your current truck enough miles to get your ROI back for the diesel option. Throw in a out of warranty repair on your diesel engine or exhaust system (remember the DPF has a limited life span) and your ROI will be in the red big time.