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LOl, I have to admit dropping a diesel into your Festiva sounds awesome, but it doesn't make any sense unless you happen to have one laying around (which I don't).
I once calculated it out because it sounded way cool, but here's how it broke down:
As-is: 11,500 mi a yr @ 44 mpg = 261 gal @ 3.50 = 915.00 yearly outlay
Diesel:11,500 mi a yr @ 60 mpg = 191 gal @ 3.90 = 747.00 yearly outlay
If the swap cost me a thousand bucks, I'd have to drive almost six years (67,000 miles) just to break even. Of course the #'s could be way off one way or the other, but unless a diesel motor and tranny and everything that goes with them happen to fall out the back of a truck, it doesn't work on paper. I'm not sure my car has that many miles left!
I'll stick to my current plan of action (free-to-cheap mods). I'm about a buck fifty into my mods and I already averaged two more miles a gallon on the last tank
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