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Originally Posted by NICKG
that is becasue americans in general can't see the forrest from the trees...seriously that cannot do the simple math where diesel is 25% more but gives 35% better mileage..and much higher resale and reliability.
It boils down to stupidity(ignorance)
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Exactly! Man, you hit it on the head. Even with the higher cost of diesel, the benefits are three-fold.
1) Still better mileage than equivalent sized gasoline engines.
2) Still more power than equivalent sized gasoline engines.
3) Less emissions because of the efficiency of diesels. And, with the urea ammonia-spray system in place on larger diesel engines (little four cylinders don't require it), the diesels RIGHT NOW PRODUCE ZERO EMISSIONS.
As for resale value - two year old Mercedes ML 320 CDIs are selling for the same price as brand new models. I checked Autotrader.com on that one.
Chevy Duramax pickups, only a year old, have been going for roughly the same price as the Mercedes.
There's definitely some value in these vehicles.