OT, V10 vs. Diesel. I did the math.

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Posted by Jim Branson on Tuesday, August 16, 2005 at 9:26PM :

Thank you for the replies on my last post! A year ago I had to buy a '04 F-350 4x4 PowerChoke. Dodge dealers were not allowed to remove the bed or offer a cab/chassis and I needed an 11 ft. service body on it. This truck has been getting 8 mpg loaded. On my average year of 30k miles it will use 3750 gallons @ $2.59 and will cost $9712.50. The V10 @ 5 mpg will use 6000 gallons @ $2.54 and will cost $15,240 a difference of $5,527.50. With those #'s, the diesel would pay for itself the first year even with the added cost of oil changes. Is this correct or am I missing something? Thanks, Jim.

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Re: OT, V10 vs. Diesel. I did the math. - MoparNorm 9:07AM 08/18/2005

Re: OT, V10 vs. Diesel. I did the math. - Keith in Washington 12:04PM 08/17/2005

Re: OT, V10 vs. Diesel. I did the math. - Todd Wilson 12:32PM 08/17/2005

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