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Location: minocqua, wi. | when comparing gas vs. diesel consider the cost of diesel and after the past winter consider the cost of not being able to use your truck due to cold weather (doesn't happen all that much, but did in spades this past winter). give me all your plug it in stories and all the i ran mine all all winter without a problem stories cuz that's what they would be = stories. i've had a diesel since '97, at around 2008 it started to really cost more to run a diesel and for some reason it's never returned to pre-08 gaps in cost vs. gas.
there are benefits to owning a diesel, but not what they used to be … if you run it forever then it's a good thing but most don't enjoy running vehicles when the body rusting off of them and the motor is still good.
the one guy i know who owns a jeep with the eco-diesel got stranded on his 1000 mile trip with a turbo that puked … sounds like it's a good idea but not built to do the work. |
