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Originally Posted by edpontiac91
Yeah, that makes sense! Throw in a dmax and pay $5.00 a gal. for diesel fuel(that's just today's price)
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Diesel is *only* about $4.20 - $4.50 / gallon, and the mileage increase would be huge. Of course, the cost of the D-Max and the swap mean that it would take a while to break even.
My brother laughs when people say things to him like "Bet you wish you didn't get that diesel truck now, huh?", and then their jaws hit the floor when he tells them his '05 Dodge Ram 3500 crew cab, 8' bed, behemoth of a truck is getting 23-24mpg on the highway (18-19 around town) without him even trying. Try getting half of that in the same truck with any of the gas motors they offer (which all have way less power).
Diesel may be more expensive than it should be just like gas, but the increase in mileage in most cases more than makes up for the higher fuel cost.
- Justin