[Vwdiesel] diesel prices

[LBaird119 at aol.com]

  Ok, I come up with ~ $2.70 being about 15% higher than $2.35.  Sucks
yes, price should be less than reg yes.  BUT (and lets just keep this 
between us smarter and better looking folk) if your gas Jetta is making 
32mpg, you're breaking even at about 37mpg.  That should be about 
right for highway miles on a gasser and everyone but me makes better 
mileage than that with their Jetta.  ;-)  Thing is, the diesel is kinda like 
a hybrid in that it makes as good or sometimes better mileage in town 
as on the highway.  The gasser doesn't so your mileage differential is 
even better if you drive mostly city miles.
  Take a full size pickup, say it gets 14mpg gas then anything over 16mpg 
is better.  Put a load on it and the drop in mileage is far less on the 
diesel than the gas.
  We're still ahead but not like we should be.  :-P
     Loren


In a message dated 2/24/2006 10:53:13 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
hwy9fergs at comcast.net writes:

> Regular $2.35  Mid grade $2.45   Premium  $2.55             Diesel  $2.69 
> !!!!!!!!!???????   34 cents a gal more than regular?   Some 13% !  Would 
> someone tell me just what the bleep is going on???????  I thought it was supposed 
> to be cheaper to produce diesel fuel.  Why hasn't this thing equalized out by 
> now??  Is this going to be more or less a permanent situation?   We go to a 
> substantial amount of trouble (and expense) to drive these little diesel 
> cars, only to realize there is little or no fuel savings (at this point) over 
> driving a regular gas Jetta (equivalent vehicle).