too bad we or several of us can't afford to get a group buy to actually have
a Cummins dealer do diesel repowers with the 3.9BTA for the Dakotas.. Be
nice to have them converted over & have a warranty on it. From the mileage
numbers the diesel Rams get.. I still want to know what a Cummins 4 cylinder
in a Dak would do for mileage numbers. Should be better than 30MPG.
Aaron
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jason Bleazard" <dml@bleazard.net>
To: <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2004 12:30 PM
Subject: Re: DML: Today's gas prices
>
> I went through a similar calculation a few years ago, and I re-visit it
> from time to time whenever the price of gas jumps.
>
> How much (ballpark) are you currently spending on gas monthly for the
> Dakota? Any idea how much it would cost to insure an additional vehicle?
> How about the extra maintenance?
>
> From what I've seen, VW puts a real price premium on their TDI models. I
> figured out I'd be better off getting a used Neon for $5000 CDN. Even so,
> every time I go through this, I realize that even if I could get the car
> for free, the only way it's going to save me any money is if I sell the
> Dak or cancel the insurance on it and put an off-road only "recreational"
> sticker on it. (No idea if they even have anything like that in Ontario,
> just illustrating a point.)
>
> In my case, I'd save about enough on gas with a small car that it would
> pay for its own insurance, and I'd be pretty much back where I started.
> This is even with the expensive over-taxed Canadian gas. Of course, it's
> also with the expensive over-greedy Ontario insurance, so it balances out.
> I currently commute 33 miles round trip per day. The first time I looked
> at this, I was driving more than twice that distance, and the same result
> was true (gas was cheaper at the time, but only by about 30%).
>
> Unless you're willing to flat-out replace the Dak, I'd suggest to be
> really careful about considering all the expenses that go along with an
> additional vehicle. The fuel mileage numbers are tempting, I know. I've
> even tried to use that argument to justify adding a motorcycle to our
> "fleet", but it never works :-).
>
> -- Jason
>
> Jon said:
> >
> > Andy,
> >
> > There's nothing on VW's website about lease options, but given the
trends
> > running in leases today, my calculations put you at right about $210 a
> > month (for 48 months) for a base-model TDI, with $2500 down.
> >
> > -Jon
> > "andy levy" <andy-dml@levyclan.us> wrote in message
> > news:c8e84o$ml1$1@bent.twistedbits.net...
> >>
> >>
> >> The Mobil right by my exit on I-90 was at $2.119/gal tonight. Diesel
> >> was $1.859/gal. Anyone know what I'll pay for a lease on a Golf TDI?
> >> 46 MPG at under $1.90/gal beats 18 MPG @ $2.10/gal.
>
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