Re: How does a diesel pickup save money ?

Posted by redforlife on December 20, 2022 at 10:49:51 from (174.210.161.198):

In Reply to: How does a diesel pickup save money ? posted by buickanddeere on December 20, 2022 at 06:03:57:

I worked at a dealership in the later half
of the 90,s. The salesman and owner of the
business, sat down out of bordem one day,
and figured it up. He used the factory mpg
ratings of the new gas and diesel pick-up
engines at the time, and current fuel
prices. Current fuel prices at that time I
believe were alot closer than what we've
been seeing now, but I think gas was
cheaper, but not by much. I think he even
factored in the higher cost of an oil
change of a diesel.
Anyways, it came out to be an un-believable
amount of miles that had to be driven
before the diesel broke over the margin of
paying for the extra expense of itself. It
seemed like the figure ended up being
somewhere in between 2 and 300k miles.
He commented after figuring it up, that the
people buying these new diesels, wouldn't
drive the vehicle long enough for it to
pencil out (meaning they'd trade it before
ever reaching those kind of miles). And
wouldn't get thier extra money back upon
trade because of other people knowing this.
(The last part might not be true today,
because of the number of people today, who
just wants a diesel for makeshift reasons).
But the fuel price part of it, is actually
way worse than it was back then. Fuel
prices today alone, would have to take the
high figured mentioned, up even higher.

Diesels all and all, might be lower
maintenance. But if you have to do any
mechanical work to them at all, it's
generally much much more expensive. And
general upkeep is too. When you replace
batteries, you replace 2 instead of one.
When you replace antifreeze, it holds more.
The exhaust has got to be more expensive to
buy and replace. The list goes on.

Diesels seem to be more common now though.
I looked around for a used truck 8 months
ago. Seemed to be about as many diesels
sitting on used lots as thier were gas
(talking full sized 3/4 ton pick-ups).

I don't get it, though. Is what I am
seeing, and the part that I don't get, is a
super lot of people getting a diesel pick-
up to pull thier camper to the lake 3 times
a year, and using the same truck as a
dailey driver to go to work and back. And
thier commute to work requires nothing more
than a small car. I don't get it. I'd like
to say to those people, happy trails to
throwing your money away. I know, I know,
it's thier money, and I have no right to
saying something like that. But it's
essentially what they are doing.

By the way, I bought a gas in my efforts of
looking for a truck. Never even had a
diesel in mind while I was shopping. I do
pull trailers, yes. But not all that often.
And I personally don't need a diesel just
because of that.

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