AnswerID: 285400 Submitted: Sunday, Feb 03, 2008 at 17:31
wigger
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No Doug, this is all part of the great con that diesel is the way to go.This one costs $4000 more than the 2.7v6 petrol and wouldn't be much better at towing because of its small size.
The 2.7 uses 10.8l per 100kms. the 1.9 uses 7.6
Work on 20k kms per year and petrol $1.30, diesel $1.40.
The gross saving is $680 per year, deduct the financing cost of the extra $4000 at 8%, and you have a net saving of $360 per year. It's over 11 years before you even break even!!!!!!!
Factor in higher
servicing costs, esp for a CRD and it would be
25 years. Would you still have it?
People are being conned into buying diesels on the grounds of saving fuel costs and being 'greener' and this is a typical case.
Sure they have their place for 'big towing' (I use one) but with cars and light"SUVS", pay anymore than $2000 extra and you need brain therapy.
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FollowupID: 550351 Submitted:
Sunday, Feb 03, 2008 at 22:03
wigger posted:
Agree with you skinnydog. Buy them for safety reasons or fuel availability or any other good reason but NOT to save money if the price of diesel is significantly higher to start with. The latest diesel advertising to sell small motors is a con and I think that some of these buyers are going to be surprised to see how much more it costs them to keep a diesel
on the road. Doesn't matter that the engines may last twice as long. Most of these people will have got rid of them long before this and got something more trendy. With the small stuff, the price differentials on selling are disproportionately lower so you don't recover much of the initial extra cost. (Most of this is for Doug's consumption!!!!)
PS Did you call me a bean counter?
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FollowupID: 550793 Submitted:
Tuesday, Feb 05, 2008 at 16:56
wigger posted:
Tks Skd, J
Just had a quick look at W A , diesel $1.52 petro $1.41
but that's obviously not Pt H so different prices for you.
Here on NSW /Qld border 91 is 1.27 and diesel $1.40 but there's some funny border subsidization of NSW prices because of its proximity to what used to be cheaper Qld prices. A 13c difference is hard to recover for all the reasons I gave Doug.
What can you tell me about the deliveries ex
Newman to CSR well 23 regarding price and probability of it actually still being there when you arrive. Have you done it?
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