Current Diesel Prices - Page 2 - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

SD Blue · #16 03-19-2008, 12:12 AM

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Originally Posted by vstech

there at last count are 12 diesel price threads now on the board... it may be best to just look for those and peruse the replies... 4.80 was the highest I have seen... not locally though.

Yes and every one of them is nothing but a bunch of political eruptions taking up good forum space.

jaschanks · #17 03-19-2008, 12:40 AM

$4.09 here in eastern ohio.

Hatterasguy · #18 03-19-2008, 12:53 AM

Nah its killing any hopes of getting diesel cars for awhile. My broker is finaly trading in her SDL after almost 21 years of ownership. She was thinking about an E320CDI, but kind of wants a 4matic wagon, and as she said your not saving much anymore because diesel is so much more than gas. So the SDL will probably be replaced by an E350 4matic wagon.

pawoSD · #19 03-19-2008, 01:31 AM

Depending on the mpg's it still saves to drive a diesel....

I figured a 130 mile trip in the Rav4 would cost us about $24 at current gas prices and the things atrocious mileage....the same trip in my car at the same speed, nets a cost of about $19.50....and its much more comfortable/safer. Thats even with diesel costing 70-80 cents more per gallon!

turbobenz · #20 03-19-2008, 03:11 AM

I dont even consider gasoline cars. If diesel is 4.15 a gallon, then Im paying that. There is no *****ing becuase there is nothing better than driving a 1980's mercedes benz diesel. These are the cars I know, the cars that have already saved my life once, and the cars I enjoy. If i have to pay 50 cents more to do that then I will

Ara T. · #21 03-19-2008, 03:35 AM

Mods, make a goddamn diesel price sticky!

Turbobenz, if you think nothing is better than driving a 1980's Mercedes, you haven't driven enough cars!

turbobenz · #22 03-19-2008, 04:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Ara T.

Mods, make a goddamn diesel price sticky!

Turbobenz, if you think nothing is better than driving a 1980's Mercedes, you haven't driven enough cars!

Im sure theres funner cars, cars with nicer suspension and all that crap, but I just really like these old german diesels. Theres just about nothing I dont like about them!

#23 03-19-2008, 09:20 AM

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Originally Posted by turbobenz

Im sure theres funner cars, cars with nicer suspension and all that crap, but I just really like these old german diesels. Theres just about nothing I dont like about them!

He's very young.

bustedbenz · #24 03-19-2008, 09:37 AM

I've got my misgivings about mine from time to time.... wondering which button is waiting to start a dash fire when I press it, fighting with the climate control or the cruise control or this or that or the other.... but I really do still enjoy the thing. I wish I trusted it just a little more.... but I too would rather be driving it with all its faults than most of everything else that's out there on the road. Definitely would rather OWN it than anything else out there.

Hatterasguy · #25 03-19-2008, 04:55 PM

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Originally Posted by turbobenz

Im sure theres funner cars, cars with nicer suspension and all that crap, but I just really like these old german diesels. Theres just about nothing I dont like about them!

I thought that way to, until I drove a Porsche 911 cab and a CLK550, and an S600, and a Corvette, and a 330CI...and that super charged Range Rover Sport, their are a lot of better driving cars out their. The V8 in the CLK is soooooooooo nice. The exhuast note is pure bliss over 4k rpm.

Get out a bit, go test drive an Audi RS4, yeah that will fix ya. Listen to that sweet, sweet V8 bark at 8k rpm.

hobbitss · #26 03-19-2008, 06:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Hatterasguy

I thought that way to, until I drove a Porsche 911 cab and a CLK550, and an S600, and a Corvette, and a 330CI...and that super charged Range Rover Sport, their are a lot of better driving cars out their. The V8 in the CLK is soooooooooo nice. The exhuast note is pure bliss over 4k rpm.

Get out a bit, go test drive an Audi RS4, yeah that will fix ya. Listen to that sweet, sweet V8 bark at 8k rpm.

The RS4, Nice, but overly expensive... Cruising home one night last summer one of them wanted to race my autocross Wind-up Toy... $65,000+ against $3,000, I just wanted to enjoy the night drive home, the warm air and the sound of the engine.... For 65K I could build a dream machine and have lots of change left over to play with....

Hatterasguy · #27 03-19-2008, 06:54 PM

Not the same, its not all about speed.

jbach36 · #28 03-19-2008, 10:02 PM

The winter is basically over, at least here in Atlanta. Diesel prices should be dropping any day now. What is up with this $3.99/gallon crap??? I just paid $25 for 1/2 tank of fuel.

jeff

jbach36 · #29 03-19-2008, 10:06 PM

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Originally Posted by HuskyMan

Diesel is running from $3.71 to (just saw it today) $3.90 a gallon in my area. It appears that diesel owners are being "punished" and I have read that Independent truckers are losing money everyday on long hauls. This will have the net effect of running the independent truckers out of business. Mercedes-Benz and Volkswagen seem to be the only two car companies that are committed to diesel technology. From the few Dodge Cummins, Ford PowerStroke and Chevrolet Duramax drivers' I have spoken with, this $3.90/gallon diesel is KILLING them. anyone have any diesel price updates for where you live?

The people doing long hauls typically work with frieght companies to find loads for their trips back. Also, it would seem like the big truckers would start up a co-op of some kind, to make their own biodiesel, and have the stuff in key areas of the country where there's a lot of truck traffic. They could probably produce it AND make money at $2.50/gallon.

jeff

R Leo · #30 03-19-2008, 11:20 PM

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Originally Posted by pawoSD

Supposedly a "Towing Equipped" Dually Sprinter has a towing capacity of just over 12,000lbs with a 4.10 rear end. Think that'd get better mileage pulling your dozer?

I cannot see how a Sprinter could possibly do that job. This particular PSD is chipped, and on the dyno made just at 485ft/lbs of torque. I've been loaded on a couple of hills in central Texas where it took all it could do to make 50 mph. Also, I'm leasing this unit on a per mile use. The up front cost of a Sprinter would wreck my bottom line.

I just suck it up and pay Shell their tribute every month.