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Originally Posted by ducksface
I think the last time I worked diesel vs gas break evens I came up with 139,000 miles before the premium for diesel is paid for, then you're left with another 139.000 miles to make up pennies per mile to get ahead of the gas initial and ongoing costs. I think the oil change differential might move it all to. 200,000 mile break over.
The allure of diesel used to be less moving parts and fuel injection when carbs were the norm, no distributor, no spark plugs, cheaper fuel.
No gas distributors, no carbs, 200,000 mile spark plugs, gas is often to always less money than diesel... No allure other than torque.
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I have never spent much time trying to determine the break-even point but I think you may not have considered that the trade-in value for a diesel RV should be considerably higher than that for a gas RV and that would also need to be factored in to the break-even point.
In addition much of it depends upon the relative gas and diesel fuel prices and right now gas is much, much less expensive where I live in southern Arizona. I see gas for a little over $2.00 a gallon while diesel is still $2.60.
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