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Originally Posted by Hersbird
The other good thing about this Silverado is the 6.2 gas and 3.0 diesel are both priced the same. About $2500 more than the 5.3 v8 so it should pay for itself much sooner than a $5-6k Cummins upgrade. The good thing on the Cummins you can usually get back almost all that at resale compared to a gas Ram.
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The 6.2L
400HP engine can crack 20-mpg at 60-mph.
The baby diesel let’s say will do 30 under the same conditions.
That’s a difference of 85-gallons in 5k miles.
If gasoline is $2.50 and diesel $3.00, it’s not much of a savings at $125.
15k annual applicable miles, and it’s $3,750 over ten years.
No IRS depreciation, etc, and needing VERY high annual miles it’s just another vehicle badly spec’d for private use.
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