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<div dir="auto">My 1993 first generation Cummins gets 19 to 21 MPG. It depends on top speed. The newer diesel trucks cannot match those figures. </div>
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<div dir="auto">Their tailpipe emis<span>sions are cleaner; but they burn more fuel. It would be interesting <span>to see if it offsets the cleaner emissions after all.</span></span></div>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> type3-vwtype3.org <type3-vwtype3.org-bounces@lists.vwtype3.org> on behalf of Keith Park <topnotch@nycap.rr.com><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, October 30, 2023 5:56:41 PM<br>
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<div class="PlainText">Ive heard that the modern diesel trucks have much less gas mileage advantage over their Gas counterparts due to all the smogging stuff they have to have, and the special expensive extra<br>
Juice you have to put in and other nonsense. Gas is getting more efficient too, I drove the 10' Uhaul box truck back from VA with the Square in tow and still got 12.7MPG, and when you think<br>
That just a few decades ago, you couldn’t even get that in a full size car!<br>
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Keith<br>
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Topnotch Restorations<br>
topnotch@nycap.rr.com<br>
<a href="http://www.topnotchresto.com">http://www.topnotchresto.com</a><br>
71 Squareback “Hothe”<br>
65 Notchback “El Baja Rojo”<br>
93 RX7 “Redstur”<br>
13 Subaru Outback "Blendin"<br>
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From: type3-vwtype3.org <type3-vwtype3.org-bounces@lists.vwtype3.org> On Behalf Of Hal Sullivan<br>
Sent: Monday, October 30, 2023 12:21 AM<br>
To: type3@vwtype3.org<br>
Subject: Re: [T3] Back Home<br>
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I've got a 2008 Mercedes ML320 CDI, essentially the same engine as the Sprinter used for over a decade, bought it with an eye towards towing capacity without being a giant domestic pick'em'up truck. Longer range between fill-ups than the gas version is a bonus.
My car is rated 18/24MPG vs the same-year ML350 (gas) at 15/20MPG, and going by the current prices at the nearby Costco where I usually fill up the diesel is slightly cheaper to drive than an otherwise-identical gas version would be. I did the math before
buying it and it still mostly holds up<br>
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Neither one, gas or diesel, is a car I'd particularly want to work on. That's what tow trucks and shops and dealerships are for. :-)<br>
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