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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