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Re: Just causing trouble....gas prices
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Diesel here is about 20-25 cents more a gallon than gas, so gas is about 7% cheaper. My V10 F450 gets 30% less fuel economy than my Diesel F450. So it still costs me over 20% more to drive the V10. Needless to say the V10 is parked most of the time!Lloyd
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But you still paid about $4500 more for the right to purchase diesel at more than $.40+ gallon more than gas. I drive the heck out of my v10!! [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
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On the other hand, The 2000 F450 XL diesel I traded for my 05, I paid 42,800 for brand new with all towing equipment. I traded in in march 05, & got 23,000 in trade. I just bought the 03 V10 F450 XL (48,000 new) in june 06, from a dealer, for $20,000. So I lost $19,800 on a 5 year old 7.3, & they lost (the company who traded the V10 in)$30,000 on trade for the 3 year old V10 (the dealer paid $18,000). In this case the V10 lost $10,000 more, in 2 years less! The trucks had 114K(00 PSD) + 123K(03 V10) miles. I bought the V10, because for my intended purpose, I saved 10 grand on what a PSD rollback would've cost me. By the way I seen gas here today at $2.57, diesel at $2.61. So much for the 40+ cents theory. And not to rub it in, but if paying the $4500 up front, gets me $10,000 at the end, ALL my new trucks will be diesels. But I'm smiling all the way to the bank on the 10 grand I saved buying the used gasser! I just wouldn't want to take the big hit from selling a used V10 that I bought new. Lloyd
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