March 28, 201411 yr Pay raise, title, and added benefits added to the job today. More info in the vapes thread. Awesome day for my household today.Congrats
March 28, 201411 yr Newer ones don't get much better mileage. Plus maintenance costs are more than the gassers and the 10k or so price increase.Yup. That is the damn truth. My pal gets 27 in his old turbo 7.3(I think it's that one)Agreed on the maintenance, but 27 kicks the shit out of 14.JMy dad has a 7.3 and he gets 19 at best His old 7.3 with a lift got 17 at best.Both are 4wd 4doors with chips that helped improved the fuel economy.
March 28, 201411 yr If you've got a 14mpg gasser and a 20mpg diesel, every 5,000 miles you'd save 254$. Now of that 254 take out another lets say 54$ for easy math for the extra money it costs for oil changes of the $$ filter and 14 quarts of oil. So you save 200$ for every 5,000 miles. Now lets say you drive 20,000 miles a year, you save 800$ a year. I don't know about you, but thats a long ass time to save the 5-10k purchase price premium of a gas vs diesel equivalent F-250/2500 truck. Not to mention the additional cost of parts/maintenance. If you need the diesel for towing, by all means get it. Or if you just want it to roll smoke and have a diesel hobby, sure. Mileage? Naaa.
March 28, 201411 yr Pay raise, title, and added benefits added to the job today. More info in the vapes thread. Awesome day for my household today. Sweet!
March 28, 201411 yr If you've got a 14mpg gasser and a 20mpg diesel, every 5,000 miles you'd save 254$. Now of that 254 take out another lets say 54$ for easy math for the extra money it costs for oil changes of the $$ filter and 14 quarts of oil. So you save 200$ for every 5,000 miles. Now lets say you drive 20,000 miles a year, you save 800$ a year. I don't know about you, but thats a long ass time to save the 5-10k purchase price premium of a gas vs diesel equivalent F-250/2500 truck. Not to mention the additional cost of parts/maintenance. If you need the diesel for towing, by all means get it. Or if you just want it to roll smoke and have a diesel hobby, sure. Mileage? Naaa. If diesel was 70% the price of gas like it should be it would sway the argument a different direction. The real question though is why don't we have diesel cars available. Huge savings going from a 25mpg Jetta to a 60mpg
March 28, 201411 yr If you've got a 14mpg gasser and a 20mpg diesel, every 5,000 miles you'd save 254$. Now of that 254 take out another lets say 54$ for easy math for the extra money it costs for oil changes of the $$ filter and 14 quarts of oil. So you save 200$ for every 5,000 miles. Now lets say you drive 20,000 miles a year, you save 800$ a year. I don't know about you, but thats a long ass time to save the 5-10k purchase price premium of a gas vs diesel equivalent F-250/2500 truck. Not to mention the additional cost of parts/maintenance. If you need the diesel for towing, by all means get it. Or if you just want it to roll smoke and have a diesel hobby, sure. Mileage? Naaa.If diesel was 70% the price of gas like it should be it would sway the argument a different direction.The real question though is why don't we have diesel cars available. Huge savings going from a 25mpg Jetta to a 60mpgOr run fry oil, hydraulic fluid or other reminants and really save.I really don't get why the efficient diesel cars aren't here. And why do we pay more for diesel? It doesn't make sense.
March 29, 201411 yr if you weren't sideways you were stuck Only good thing about winter is I get to drive sideways.
March 29, 201411 yr if you weren't sideways you were stuck Only good thing about winter is I get to drive sideways. au contraire
March 29, 201411 yr Its been years since I've drove one, but its hard to not love blasting across snow where there aren't roads.
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