The calculations are 15-20 years to make up for the cost-savings on gas, so if you're going for diesel "for better mileage," you're doing it wrong.The diesel costs more, tows less, and is slower.
Prove me wrong.
What ”calculations”? What mileage difference used for the assumption? What was the cost basis for diesel vs gasoline at the pump where this was made up? 15-20 years sounds laughable.The calculations are 15-20 years to make up for the cost-savings on gas, so if you're going for diesel "for better mileage," you're doing it wrong.
https://www.motortrend.com/reviews/2021-jeep-gladiator-ecodiesel-first-drive-review/What ”calculations”? What mileage difference used for the assumption? What was the cost basis for diesel vs gasoline at the pump where this was made up? 15-20 years sounds laughable.
At 15,000 miles/year that works out to 20 years. Maybe you can do the math to prove them wrong.Do the math with fuel prices and economy, and you'll see the value proposition works out to be about the same as the diesel Wrangler's, meaning you'll need to drive your EcoDiesel Gladiator more than 300,000 miles to save enough money on fuel to offset the $4,000 cost of the engine
You are correct.The diesel costs more, tows less, and is slower.
Prove me wrong.
Motortrend is using 2.60 for regular vs 3.06 for diesel. Not all of us live in a place where gas is the cheaper fuel. Here, diesel is about 40 cents a gallon less.https://www.motortrend.com/reviews/2021-jeep-gladiator-ecodiesel-first-drive-review/
At 15,000 miles/year that works out to 20 years. Maybe you can do the math to prove them wrong.
I don't know, the more I think about it the more I believe the EcoDiesel is superior to the Hemi. The Hemi makes significantly less torque and gets 50% less fuel economy.Its to bad they didn’t offer the 5.7hemi in the gladiator!
It's about $2.99 for regular and diesel around here. A 3.6L pentastar wasn't even in the equation for me as I had it in my 2014 JKUR and it sucked. So I probably would have gone with a vehicle that required 93 octane and that's going for $3.59-$3.99 around here.Motortrend is using 2.60 for regular vs 3.06 for diesel. Not all of us live in a place where gas is the cheaper fuel. Here, diesel is about 40 cents a gallon less.
A Mohave seems like an ideal fit for those of us in the Southwest.Mostly hunting and trail driving in the desert and forest in AZ. Not really doing much extreme rock crawling. I have a lot of upgrades into this one and would hate to start all over again but if the diesel is worth it I will. Mainly o hate not having 7-8 gear on the freeway with really bad fuel economy.
With primarily highway, and if you drive at 65 mph, you will easily see an average of 27+ mpg with EcoDiesel. MPG drops significantly at 70+ mph.Oh and payback on the diesel would be about two years for me. I drive primarily highway and 30,000 miles per year. I already have the automatic and average a little over 15 mpg. The Diesel would most likely get closer to 25 mpg.