$3.19 for diesel and $2.81 for regular unleaded here in the hills of N Calif...roughly 10% higher price for diesel, but I get 40-60% better mileage than with my old gasser (an '01 Subaru that got only 18-20). My 190d avg 33 w/mostly country driving, the TDI gets 48 (still need to take it on a long highway only trip sometime, but 600-700 miles is a long way to get the tank empty ).

Either way, I'm saving $$ AND I am not driving the same dang car as everyone else.

Cathy

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3Diesels
1987 Mercedes 190D 2.5/non turbo/auto
2001 Dodge Ram 2500 Cummins auto
2003 VW Golf TDI 5 speed

Cathy, is your 190D auto a turbo or non turbo....just curious.

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1974 240D 3.0L 4(M) - 250K -OM617.910 + 300D FW + Rajay turbo power!
1977 6.9 3(A) - 84k

non turbo, 2.5, automatic trans. ~170,000 miles.

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3Diesels
1987 Mercedes 190D 2.5/non turbo/auto
2001 Dodge Ram 2500 Cummins auto
2003 VW Golf TDI 5 speed

I love how fuel seems to go up almost a dollar a year. At this rate we will be complaining about $4 a gallon fuel next year.

A small 4cy gas car that gets over 30mpg on cheap regular is starting to look pretty good.

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2016 Corvette Stingray 2LT
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

The brilliant economists on TV tonight have been amazed that the economy is "taking it is stride". Ha. Americans like buying cars and driving them, and will continue to do so; they will simply stop buying/doing everything else. The economy is going to tank if this continues.

I think that the figures they keep quoting are lagging reality.

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86 560SL
With homebrew first gear start!
85 380SL
Daily Driver Project

http://juliepalooza.8m.com/sl/mercedes.htm

Let's see.... Todays front page news in the Oregonian was "Northwest Gas prices zoom to new highs" Cheery news to begin with that gets worse as the graph at the bottom of the page shows diesel prices last august as $2.08. Today's diesel average: $2.74 apparently breaking all records for the state.
On the brighter side of things I just netted two solid sources of WVO, 10 gallons of greasy gold.

Here in Vernon, CT. I am paying about $2.67 a gallon. Before you know it, it will be cheaper to buy Wesson oil from the supermarket. Any idea of what the max ratio one could go with before having issues? I am talking about dumping new off the shelf veggie oil. I am seriously thinking about this. If diesel is running $2.70 in Aug. just imagine what it's going to cost in the winter, especially here in New England. So for winter use, what ratio could I get away with?

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1999 MB SL500 (110,000 mi)
2004 Volvo V70 2.5T (220,000 mi)
2014 Tesla Model S 85 (136,000 mi)
MBCA member

Hattie: at the rate things are going I think we'll be complaining about $4/gal fuel by Thanksgiving. By next year at this time we'll be complaining about 5 or $6/gal fuel

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