"Eisboch" wrote in message
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"Don White" wrote in message
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"Eisboch" wrote in message
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"Reginald P. Smithers III" wrote in message
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Diesels definitely make financial sense is if you are putting lots of
hours on the engines and plan on keeping the boat/car/truck for a long
time. They cost less in fuel and cost substantially less in
maintenance $/hrs of use, but you need the high usage to offset the
initial cost.



Last May I decided I didn't need a big pickup truck anymore so I traded
in a '05 Ford 4x4 Superduty diesel F-350 crew cab for a '07 Ford Ranger
4x4 extended cab with a 4.0L gas engine.

The 325 hp diesel truck weighed over 7,000 lbs and got 17 mpg around
town and 19-20 mpg on the highway.

The Ranger, at about half the weight and with just over 200 hp gets
poorer mileage, in both around town and highway driving.

Eisboch

Yeah but... just think how cool you look sporting around town now. You
did get a red Ranger?


Of course not.

Eisboch


I see... you probably had to colour co-ordinate it to one of your trailers.
;-)