$1.65/gallon.....
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From: Rio Rico, AZ.
I drove from Seattle, Wa. to Missoula, MT before I had to fill up my VW Dasher diesel in 1990 on the way to Jackson, WY for vacation. It had a 1.6 liter engine and a VW Quantum 5speed shoehorned into the car. It did MAYBE 2000 rpm at 60 mph. WHY DID I SELL THAT CAR??!?!?!?! 
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I imagine they will come down some in the summer but I dont see the days of cheap diesel anymore. Im going to assume we are headed toward never seeing cheaper fuel again so im preparing with a high mileage vehicle to get me around town and down the freeway and use the truck only when needed. Plus the last 4 hurricanes we had here in Florida all the gas was gone quickly and only thing left was diesel so it was cool to be able to fill up when everyone else was searching for gas.
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Most of the rest of the world has been paying $3-5 a gallon for fuel for couple decades so I don't think we're as picked on as we could be , however Americans don't usually think economy when it comes to cars, every manufacturer introduced diesel fuel cars in the '80s and no one wanted them, Only volkswagon continued, and then the Super duty craze got going with the cummins.
My wife and I built an appartment at our business figuring it would save us 45 miles a day operating cost that's about $18 a day 26 days a month or about $5600 a year minimum, we started to build the apartment the last time fuel went above $2 and we're glad we did our non business related driving is as low as it can get about now usually about 25 miles a week, we also have a little toyota truck that gets pretty good mileage for erands and we save the truck for when it's really needed,
Did somebody say carpool?
Ron BTW it's $2.40 in colorado
My wife and I built an appartment at our business figuring it would save us 45 miles a day operating cost that's about $18 a day 26 days a month or about $5600 a year minimum, we started to build the apartment the last time fuel went above $2 and we're glad we did our non business related driving is as low as it can get about now usually about 25 miles a week, we also have a little toyota truck that gets pretty good mileage for erands and we save the truck for when it's really needed,
Did somebody say carpool?
Ron BTW it's $2.40 in colorado
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I just did some number crunching today and comparing gas @ $2.09 and diesel @ $2.42 
while a diesel is about 20-30% more efficent it still breaks out even.
There's not much we can do except live with it. I am not rich by far but I will just have to cut corners else where in my budget. I love my truck and there is no way I am getting rid of it
Besides keeping my truck really ticks off those tree hugging hippies. 
while a diesel is about 20-30% more efficent it still breaks out even.There's not much we can do except live with it. I am not rich by far but I will just have to cut corners else where in my budget. I love my truck and there is no way I am getting rid of it
Besides keeping my truck really ticks off those tree hugging hippies.
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Originally Posted by 01f350
I just did some number crunching today and comparing gas @ $2.09 and diesel @ $2.42 while a diesel is about 20-30% more efficent it still breaks out even.
There's not much we can do except live with it. I am not rich by far but I will just have to cut corners else where in my budget. I love my truck and there is no way I am getting rid of it Besides keeping my truck really ticks off those tree hugging hippies.
while a diesel is about 20-30% more efficent it still breaks out even.There's not much we can do except live with it. I am not rich by far but I will just have to cut corners else where in my budget. I love my truck and there is no way I am getting rid of it
Besides keeping my truck really ticks off those tree hugging hippies. 
