Except our engines waste some of that, because they don't get 25% better mileage than an equivalent size gasser engine....

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-diesel is not just a fuel, its a way of life-
'15 GLK250 Bluetec 118k - mine - (OC-123,800)
'17 Metris(VITO!) - 37k - wifes (OC-41k)
'09 Sprinter 3500 Winnebago View - 62k (OC - 67k)
'13 ML350 Bluetec - 95k - dad's (OC-98k)
'01 SL500 - 103k(km) - dad's (OC-110,000km)
'16 E400 4matic Sedan - 148k - Brothers (OC-155k)

...$3.79 a gallon here in Media, Pa. I'm gonna have to start trading my kids for fuel!!!

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Chris

85 300 TD Wagon
51 Chevy 3100 Pick up
81 John Deere 2350 - The Workhorse
45 IH Farmall "A"
02 RM250

I can still remember when I first got my car I could do a full fill-up for like $23-26....now its about $60-70! And thats only in 4 years! Thats a 250% increase in fuel costs, but my income has only gone up about 35% since then. (poor college student)

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-diesel is not just a fuel, its a way of life-
'15 GLK250 Bluetec 118k - mine - (OC-123,800)
'17 Metris(VITO!) - 37k - wifes (OC-41k)
'09 Sprinter 3500 Winnebago View - 62k (OC - 67k)
'13 ML350 Bluetec - 95k - dad's (OC-98k)
'01 SL500 - 103k(km) - dad's (OC-110,000km)
'16 E400 4matic Sedan - 148k - Brothers (OC-155k)

the brits are paying 12.86 pounds per litre of petrol...

Now.. thats insanse

$3.86 gal this week for D2 at the station I use in Walnut Creek (Bay Area), CA.

Glad that work pays for it (part of employment contract) and that I don't.

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Terry Allison
N. Calif. & Boca Chica, Panama

09' E320 Bluetec 77k (USA)
09' Hyundai Santa Fe Diesel 48k (S.A.)

Littleton, CO
RUG $2.95 to $3.09
Diesel $3.33 to $3.57

WVO. . .priceless

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Ginny in Denver-ish
78 300SD, 265K (mine)

anyone ever think diesel will ever be less than RUG again?

Boston area:
RUG - $2.99-$3.09
Diesel - $3.59-$3.79

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'85 300D, 'Lance',250k, ... winter beater (100k on franken-Frybrid 3 Valve Kit)
'82 300D, 'Tex', 228k body / 170k engine ... summer car
'83 300TD Cali Wagon 210k, wife's car

The SD took 22+ gallons at $3.55 for a fillup cost of $80. Ouch. I don't even want to think about my conversion van with the 35 gal tank.

Not even close... http://www.petrolprices.com/ shows an average of 104.9 pence per liter (i.e., 1.049 pounds per liter). Still painful though... 3.785 liters to 1 USG and 1.966 pounds to 1 USD => $7.81 / gallon.

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1985 MBZ 300DT
1969 MBZ 220d
1984 MBZ 300TDT
1981 VW Vanagon

12.86 pounds per liter would be about $25 a liter or about $75 a gallon.

1.049 pounds per liter is still insane....thats over $2.25 a liter....so like $7+ a gallon.

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-diesel is not just a fuel, its a way of life-
'15 GLK250 Bluetec 118k - mine - (OC-123,800)
'17 Metris(VITO!) - 37k - wifes (OC-41k)
'09 Sprinter 3500 Winnebago View - 62k (OC - 67k)
'13 ML350 Bluetec - 95k - dad's (OC-98k)
'01 SL500 - 103k(km) - dad's (OC-110,000km)
'16 E400 4matic Sedan - 148k - Brothers (OC-155k)

Nope.

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-diesel is not just a fuel, its a way of life-
'15 GLK250 Bluetec 118k - mine - (OC-123,800)
'17 Metris(VITO!) - 37k - wifes (OC-41k)
'09 Sprinter 3500 Winnebago View - 62k (OC - 67k)
'13 ML350 Bluetec - 95k - dad's (OC-98k)
'01 SL500 - 103k(km) - dad's (OC-110,000km)
'16 E400 4matic Sedan - 148k - Brothers (OC-155k)

I do that every 3-4 days. But around 19 gal. at 3.80+

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Rick & Michele in California
1985 300SD Turbo Deisel
300,000+ miles

1963 Mercury Meteor Stationwagon
1959 Montgomery Ward Silver Pigeon Scooter & matching bicycle
1974 IH Scout 4x4

I paid $3/gal even for commercial B99 biodiesel here in Houston this weekend. I still see signs for dinodiesel at about $3.20, higher if you're closer to downtown.

Cheers, John

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'98 E300TD (W210) | Sold 6/09 with 205k and counting
'04 VW Touareg V10TDI

Decimal displaced as thats about 100.00 per us gallon. Move the decimal and you are around 10.00 per gallon. Bad enough.
Do not let current energy prices distract you from considering what may change over the long haul and how it may afect your family. Change is relentless.
I notice here in Canada that food, insurance and many other things have lept upward reciently. If you are not keeping up think about it.
My choice for now being retired was to increase my income. Not always possible with the general state of industry, buisiness and the economy. If that where not possible I might have had to considered lowering my standard of living.
Downsizing is the buzzword I believe. Must be close to getting harder for many young families. There is no real gain or upside from seeing our assets appreciate either. Just makes more people struggle in my opinion.

Unless there is some giant conspiracy. When the northern heating season has passed it should drop back in comparison to regular gas.
God help us if they have decided to charge us more because in theory or folk lore we get better economy on diesel fuel.
Plus I have to wonder if it may be a strategic move to give the american producers time to enter the diesel car market bigtime.
The differential in fuel costs if large enough might discourage mass purchase of forein diesel cars for awhile. We may be paying to enhance survivability of our industies a little. If the japanese released masses of diesel cars in say a year I think it might finish killing the so called big three. They may be doomed anyways. Remember the japanese will give no absolute accurate date the flood begins. It would kill their gas car sales if I read the market right. People would take a wait and see stance prior to a decision. Talk about paranoia.