Diesel paying off now
Filed Under (General) by cranst on 20-05-2007
This year I purchased my first diesel, a Jetta to be exact, and I did so to gain fuel efficiency. The Jetta TDI compared to it’s gasoline counterpart is head and shoulders better in the fuel arena. The standard engine gets about 32 MPG highway, while my TDI gets 42 MPG with combination of highway and city miles. In fact, when I did my research a year ago, I found that as long as diesel prices do not exceed gasoline prices by $0.80 per gallon, my TDI would be more efficient than the gasoline version. The point of this story is to now point out that gasoline has moved above the price of diesel in my area. At the station I frequent, gasoline is now $2.99 while diesel remains at $2.75 per gallon. I found another Kroger in Cypress, Texas that offers diesel for $2.66, E85, and gasoline all at the same station.
I recommend everyone get a diesel powered car.
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Oh, what a difference a year can make. For as long as I can remember, diesel prices remained steady through the summer months a rose in the winter months, during peak heater season. This year, however, no past performance applies. Not only has gasoline shot up for the summer months, diesel has shot well above it. In fact, it is teetering at that $0.80 mark I mentioned in my post.
I still love my diesels ( and those I sold). I cannot foresee buying another gasoline vehicle anytime soon. A properly tuned and modded jetta is a hell of a lot more fun to drive than some boring gasoline car! Diesel Power!