RavensEyeOffroad
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Ive driven my mojave 5,789 miles (it had some when I bought it, total 6113 miles) and I have logged every tank of gas through the FillUp app.
My avg statistics are as follows:
15.6 mpg
5789 miles driven, 827 per month
385.85 gallons of gas purchased, 55 per month.
$974 total cost, $139 per month
average fuel price (was) $2.53 per gallon.
Now for fun I am trying to see if a diesel would work out better.
I obviously dont know what my mpg average would be but lets presume, based on everyone else 27 mpg
5789 miles / 27 mpg= 214.41 gallons. Diesel is the same price as gas here (at least currently) but lets say it was .10 higher (which seems typical). 214.41 * 2.63 = $563.90 spent on fuel
Jeep claims DEF every 10k but Ive read people needing it alot sooner I'll guess 2.5 gallons of DEF is $10, it needs 5.1 right so lets just say $20, lets say I had to do it twice for $40.
And lastly one oil change, they are what $140 (on the high side)?
563.90 + $40 def + $140 oil change = 743.9.
the diesel is a $4k option (I dont count the transmission because both autos are $2k)
974 (cost of just gas total) - $744 (projected diesel cost, def and oil change) = $230 difference
It would take just over 17 months for $230 to pay for the 4k diesel option.
My truck is paid off and I am looking pretty hard at a lesser trim base model diesel. I dont drive all that much, in fact I wouldnt have had that many miles if I hadnt drove to indiana once and columbus ohio twice. I have a very small offroad trailer I tow, it is easily forgotten when behind my mojave. (I can pick it up and move it). My biggest wants are tank/fuel range and less of a need to regear if I went bigger tires, also torque is good.
I dont hate the gas/auto its really nice imo but I have to drive like a grandpa just to get any sort of range out of the tank.
Am I crazy? Am I missing something? If I got the trade in numbers to work in my favor I wonder if I could come out ahead at all?
My avg statistics are as follows:
15.6 mpg
5789 miles driven, 827 per month
385.85 gallons of gas purchased, 55 per month.
$974 total cost, $139 per month
average fuel price (was) $2.53 per gallon.
Now for fun I am trying to see if a diesel would work out better.
I obviously dont know what my mpg average would be but lets presume, based on everyone else 27 mpg
5789 miles / 27 mpg= 214.41 gallons. Diesel is the same price as gas here (at least currently) but lets say it was .10 higher (which seems typical). 214.41 * 2.63 = $563.90 spent on fuel
Jeep claims DEF every 10k but Ive read people needing it alot sooner I'll guess 2.5 gallons of DEF is $10, it needs 5.1 right so lets just say $20, lets say I had to do it twice for $40.
And lastly one oil change, they are what $140 (on the high side)?
563.90 + $40 def + $140 oil change = 743.9.
the diesel is a $4k option (I dont count the transmission because both autos are $2k)
974 (cost of just gas total) - $744 (projected diesel cost, def and oil change) = $230 difference
It would take just over 17 months for $230 to pay for the 4k diesel option.
My truck is paid off and I am looking pretty hard at a lesser trim base model diesel. I dont drive all that much, in fact I wouldnt have had that many miles if I hadnt drove to indiana once and columbus ohio twice. I have a very small offroad trailer I tow, it is easily forgotten when behind my mojave. (I can pick it up and move it). My biggest wants are tank/fuel range and less of a need to regear if I went bigger tires, also torque is good.
I dont hate the gas/auto its really nice imo but I have to drive like a grandpa just to get any sort of range out of the tank.
Am I crazy? Am I missing something? If I got the trade in numbers to work in my favor I wonder if I could come out ahead at all?
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