Maybe someone can answer this question in regards to whether a diesel is practical or not. In my area diesel is $4.63 a gallon and gas is $3.99, at least at this writing. If you have to pay extra (hundreds, thousands?) for a diesel and then and extra 60 plus cents a gallon for fuel, is the diesel a viable alternative in the long run?
And does a diesel REALLY deliver the fuel economy it is touted? Two of my neighbors have diesel trucks and they have not been impressed with their mileage. They say that their trucks get MAYBE 5 miles more per gallon than the gas trucks they had before, and (to them) it has not been worth it.
Mike Anderson
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