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From: tjsmedley@watmum.UUCP (Trevor J. Smedley)
Newsgroups: net.auto.tech,net.auto
Subject: Re: Diesel-powered Cars - My dollars worth
Message-ID: <362@watmum.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 16-Jan-86 11:17:31 EST
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Posted: Thu Jan 16 11:17:31 1986
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Reply-To: tjsmedley@watmum.UUCP (Trevor J. Smedley)
Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario
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Summary: 

>From the keys of Steve Henning, AT&T Bell Labs, Reading, PA mhuxl!smh
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>[...]
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>I considered paying a $2000 premium to get a Volvo diesel.  Considering
>I drive a car 120,000 miles and would get 25 mpg of gas versus 40 mpg of
>diesel, a diesel would save me 1,800 gallons or about $1,800.  Thus a net
>loss of $200.  Needless to say I didn't go the diesel route.

Do you really think that gas will cost $1.00 a gallon for the entire
120,000 miles? I'd guess at an average price of $2-$4 or even more for
that period of time. Gas already costs at least $2/gal in most of the
world. And *very* much more in some places.

Trevor J. Smedley                    University of Waterloo

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