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Article #516Re: Diesel-powered Cars - My dollars worth
From: henning
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 1986 01:52
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 1986 01:52
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**** **** From the keys of Steve Henning, AT&T Bell Labs, Reading, PA mhuxl!smh > Why buy a Diesel at all ?? > Pro: > 1) Good Gas Mileage > Con: > 1) You pay a premium to get the D (is this still true ?) > 2) Savings at the pump are almost zero on a per gallon basis > > You are left with the gas mileage savings to amortize the premium > over the car life while you pray the sucker holds together. I considered paying a $2000 premium to get a Volvo diesel. Considering I drive a car 120,000 miles and would get 25 mpg of gas versus 40 mpg of diesel, a diesel would save me 1,800 gallons or about $1,800. Thus a net loss of $200. Needless to say I didn't go the diesel route.
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/17/84; site mhuxl.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!mhuxv!mhuxh!mhuxi!mhuxl!smh From: smh@mhuxl.UUCP (henning) Newsgroups: net.auto.tech,net.auto Subject: Re: Diesel-powered Cars - My dollars worth Message-ID: <482@mhuxl.UUCP> Date: Wed, 15-Jan-86 20:52:37 EST Article-I.D.: mhuxl.482 Posted: Wed Jan 15 20:52:37 1986 Date-Received: Fri, 17-Jan-86 02:56:29 EST References: <1553@ihlpg.UUCP> <2052@akgua.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill Lines: 17