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Replying to: avalon02wh (Dec 09, 2008 4:41 am) So local prices snap shot D2 $2.39 RUG $1.71 PUG $1.99 When RUG to PUG users can somehow mitigate the 20-40% advantage D2 has, then RUG to PUG will be the deal !!! It is firmly entrenched that burning more IS better for the environment than burning less !!!! You are just spouting the party line. Till that time, I am ok with you ignoring the math. So given the differences, diesel burners remain in THE perfect storm. Mine is at 111,000 miles and rolling along. Indeed there is a much larger sizeable population (than diesel- diesel cars being less than 2%) of PUG users that pay more per mile driven. This really is almost totally ignored.
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Replying to: avalon02wh (Dec 09, 2008 4:41 am) Sadly the BMW X5 seems to be slow getting to the USA. Dealer keeps calling for me to put in my order. I told him I wanted to test drive the vehicle before I even think about it much harder. Looks like January before they show up in the showrooms. The diesels are the only Mercedes that are selling well according to the sales man that calls me. Could be sales pitch also. I want at least one of each gas and diesel. Then I am covered when they start rationing gas. This cheap gas will not last forever. Then you will wish you had that diesel to get decent mileage on $4 plus fuel. |
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Replying to: gagrice (Dec 09, 2008 7:55 am)
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Replying to: ruking1 (Dec 09, 2008 8:13 am)
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Replying to: ruking1 (Dec 09, 2008 8:13 am) |
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Replying to: gagrice (Dec 09, 2008 8:32 am) The fact they do not allow bio diesel engineering specifications(to be able to come to market with bio diesel CARS) is further evidence of bio diesel not being a policy player in alternative fuels. It can be almost TOTALLY domestic to being world wide fungible !!!!!! I have seen E85 EPA truck/suv ratings and they consume 25% MORE than EVEN the so called oxygenated RUG to PUG. Using MORE to "use LESS" is NOT a good definition of conservation!!??? It also costs the same or more per gal, so the cost per mile driven is ever higher. Longer term my so called dual fuel take would be EV (250 to 500 mile range with 2 hour recharge time) with a bio diesel secondary. The range would be from 950 to 1200 miles !!! SAVE and process that bacon grease and put solar arrays on your roofs and car roofs!!? ! That secondary alternative fuel would create an outlet demand for alternative fuel from algae and ongoing industrial/food processes. |
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Replying to: ruking1 (Dec 09, 2008 7:38 am) RUG is the real deal for now. RUG is at $1.759 while diesel is $2.864 here. The Math: 41 to 54% always beats 20 to 40%. It is all about the money. 
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Replying to: avalon02wh (Dec 09, 2008 3:10 pm) I can see you are in the burning more is better for the environment camp !!! You have made that case very loud and very clear. 38 mpg gasser is better than 50 mpg diesel !!! The defacto 22 mpg also says so with the current standards  27 mpg. Works for me! I am hedged either way or both ways as the prices always fluctuated especially during the winter. What do you care as you don't drive a diesel anyway!?
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Replying to: avalon02wh (Dec 09, 2008 3:10 pm) |
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Replying to: avalon02wh (Dec 09, 2008 3:10 pm) Again your time frame is so short. It was not that long ago that Diesel was cheaper than gas most of the year. And the difference where you are is extreme. Most vehicles that have both gas and diesel options are getting about 40% better mileage highway. If you are a city only driver maybe a hybrid would be a better choice. In San Diego the percentage of diesel over Gas is the highest it has been as long as I can remember. Gas will go up. The chances of diesel going up at the same percentage is highly unlikely. There is a very large population here that has access to diesel at $2.19 per gallon. While gas is as cheap as $1.59 per gallon. That is 28% higher. Still a better deal for most diesel drivers in So CA. When oil hit its peak diesel was only about 3% higher here than gas. So no time in my memory would a gas vehicle be preferable to a diesel from a mileage standpoint. And for driving, the diesel is head and shoulders above all the gas vehicles I have driven. Your preference for gas is your prerogative. I respect that. It just does not make good sense to me when the diesel option is available. That being the main obstacle to owning a diesel. I cannot see myself ever buying another new gas vehicle. That is my preference after owning both.
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