Date:         Fri, 13 Jun 2014 04:03:55 -0700
Reply-To:     Jim Arnott <jrasite@EONI.COM>
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From:         Jim Arnott <jrasite@EONI.COM>
Subject:      Re: 88 GL - Failure to Start - but now it does!! Hip Hip Huzzah!!
Comments: To: OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@COMCAST.NET>
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The data’s all on fuelly.com
Go examine it yourself and draw your own conclusions.

FOR ME: Diesel is about 30% better mileage. Diesel’s cost in NE Oregon is about a 10% premium.

I didn’t say it was scientific. It’s just my observed data. I didn’t track the distance with anything other than the odometer. Gas rig: about $45 to fill every 200 miles. Diesel: about $50 every 300 miles. Each driven over the exact same route. (Daily commute = 15 miles each way. 5% city, the rest 55 mph.)

Visit fuelly.com The emperical data from many is right there. Draw your own conclusions.

For me, the diesel is significantly cheaper to drive.

Jim


On Jun 12, 2014, at 10:00 PM, OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@COMCAST.NET> wrote:

>       Comparing the MPGs of a Westy to that of an AW is In&OfItself a Grossly Unequal Example & then throwing in 66K Mi's to 12K Mi's makes the Comparison
> 
> Absolutely Irrelevant ( unless those miles were all RackedUp during a TimeFrame when the FuelPrices DidNotChange ) ~
> 
>                                                                                                       ORR ~ DeanB
> 
> On 12 Jun , 2014, at 9:06 PM, Jim Arnott wrote:
> 
>> Fuel economy.
>> 
>> Diesel Westy average cost over 66k miles: $0.127/mile
>> ABA gas powered Adventurewagen  average cost over 12k miles: $0.189/mile
>