Diesel is not cheaper than RUG around here, but it seems to be cheaper than premium unleaded. What is good this time is that the "normal" diesel penalty in price is offset by diesel engine efficiency.

That wasn't the case in 2007 when diesel was 20% or more expensive than RUG. Then everything I was running was diesel and I was looking around for a cheap economical gasser.

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80 300SD (129k mi) 82 240D stick (193k mi)77 240D auto - stick to be (153k mi) 85 380SL (145k mi) 89 BMW 535i 82 Diesel Rabbit Pickup (374k mi) 91 Jetta IDI Diesel (155k mi) 81 VW Rabbit Convertible Diesel 70 Triumph Spitfire Mk III (63kmi)66 Triumph TR4a IRS (90k mi)67 Ford F-100 (??)

Out here on the Outer Banks, RUG is 4.03, diesel is 4.25. Premium is at 4.25. We get screwed out here anyway since this is a tourist destination.

On Edit: Prices shot up 0.10/gal. on RUG yesterday. It's now 4.13. Diesel bumped up 0.03 to 4.28. Bummer. This is why I'm in the process of making biodiesel...

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1987 300DT
2002 Ford F-250 7.3 Crew Cab Short Bed

here in st. louis, RUG is $3.85, diesel is $3.89. plus and premium add 15 cents.

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1985 300d champagne/palomino ~133k
1979 300d dead parts car ~???

And it's finally happened... $4.29 RUG and $4.25 Diesel here in KZoo. I guess we're driving the Benz next trip across the state.

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1983 Benz 240D - 263,060 (Current)
1983 Cadillac DeVille - 130,000 (Scrapped - Stupid HT4100)
1992 Dodge B350 - 150,000 (Sold)
1984 Mazda 626 - 299,997 (Scrapped)

just happened here in charlotte... big drop in diesel price today. this morning it was 4.09 everywhere...
most stations today are down to 3.99, but there is one on S.Tryon a SHELL no less... 3.69 RUG is 3.87
wow.
today many grades of fuel have dropped in price, this is the first time in a LONG time D is less than 87 octane unleaded!
and it's a LOT less...

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John HAUL AWAY, OR CRUSHED CARS!!! HELP ME keep the cars out of the crusher! A/C Thread
"as I ride with my a/c on... I have fond memories of sweaty oily saturdays and spewing R12 into the air. THANKS for all you do!

My drivers:
1987 190D 2.5Turbo
1987 190D 2.5Turbo
1987 190D 2.5-5SPEED!!!

1987 300TD
1987 300TD
1994GMC 2500 6.5Turbo truck... I had to put the ladder somewhere!

Its even around here. At least at some stations. $3.99. That was last Saturday. I have seen them even or diesel a bit lower over the past few months. When gas rose up quickly, diesel lagged a bit or didn't rise.
Tom

East of Charlotte,NC this week reg gas droped from 3.89 to 3.86 but diesel went up from 4.04 to 4.09. Go figure. This is at the station (Shell) I usually use. Most others in the area did the same.

Paul

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84 500 SEL (307,xxx miles)

yeah, the ritzy part of charlotte are slow to change. however, the station near my parents on weddington rd (BP) is pretty close to the lowest in that area (unless you go all the way out to stallings...)

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John HAUL AWAY, OR CRUSHED CARS!!! HELP ME keep the cars out of the crusher! A/C Thread
"as I ride with my a/c on... I have fond memories of sweaty oily saturdays and spewing R12 into the air. THANKS for all you do!

My drivers:
1987 190D 2.5Turbo
1987 190D 2.5Turbo
1987 190D 2.5-5SPEED!!!

1987 300TD
1987 300TD
1994GMC 2500 6.5Turbo truck... I had to put the ladder somewhere!

Diesel has gone down in the past few days in my area as well. Still at the $4 mark but its slowly dropping lower and lower.

Diesel was 3.99 cash / 4.05 when I filled up yesterday! And that was several cents cheaper then RUG!

-J

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1991 350SDL. 230,000 miles (new motor @ 150,000). Blown head gasket

Tesla Model 3. 205,000 miles. Been to 48 states!
Past: A fleet of VW TDIs.... including a V10,a Dieselgate Passat, and 2 ECOdiesels.
2014 Cadillac ELR
2013 Fiat 500E.

Not even close around here. RUG is $4.07 and Diesel is $4.49. And we are definitely NOT a tourist destination1

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2012 Mercedes ML350 Bluetec 91K (hers)
2005 Corvette 55K (fun car)
2002 VW Jetta TDI 231K (mine)
1998 Volvo S70 T5 Turbo 196K (kids)
1994 Ford F150 4WD 249K (firewood hauler)
1983 Mercedes 300D 376K (diesel commuter)

vstech
We are in Stallings and right now the price of rug is 3.83 to 3.89 and diesel is 3.99 to 4.09. The 3.99 is at the Sunoco at Old Monroe & Potters. They will never get any of my money. I have worked on a lot of diesels that got water at that station and they won't take any responsibility.

Paul

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84 500 SEL (307,xxx miles)

heh. potter's sunoco... messy station there.
yeah, the majority of the stations are in the 3.99 range. but in charlotte, on S.Tryon, there's a shell with D2 for 3.69 crazy. up until around 1:00 yesterday, all the stations around me had D for 4.09, and yesterday evening, POOF everything dropped .10 Premium, Plus, and R...
we'll see if it continues or not. even holding the price is OK with me, but I'd LOVE to see the pump below 3 again...

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John HAUL AWAY, OR CRUSHED CARS!!! HELP ME keep the cars out of the crusher! A/C Thread
"as I ride with my a/c on... I have fond memories of sweaty oily saturdays and spewing R12 into the air. THANKS for all you do!

My drivers:
1987 190D 2.5Turbo
1987 190D 2.5Turbo
1987 190D 2.5-5SPEED!!!

1987 300TD
1987 300TD
1994GMC 2500 6.5Turbo truck... I had to put the ladder somewhere!

DIESEL $3.79 per gallon

B & N Mini Mart Sunoco
28651 Plymouth Road, Livonia, MI 48150

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16 gallons, $64 to fill up the 300D

I put 2 gallons in sunday night after I ran out of fuel, then 10 more. The light just turned on and stayed on a mile before the gas station so I went and filled up. So I went 4 days on 9-10 gallons with my usual driving. Which was about 278 miles. The cabriolet would not go 278 miles on 9 or 10 gallons.

I can't wait to see what a full tank yields.