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From What a heard it's the oil filter which is $50-60 dollars. Probably find one on ebay for 40 dollars. The oil is 10-12 dollars a quart 10.5 quartz needed for ram 1500 .
I disagree with this statement..I have seldom ever seen that to be true. Most will assume you bought a Diesel for heavy towing and thats hard on everything with exception of the Radio Hahaha 2ndly Very FEW Americans know how to care for a Diesel and I would sure be VERY skeptical of buying a used diesel from most of you.. Diesel fuel right now is running 40-70 cents a gallon more than gas. That means your average fill up could cost you $20 more for a diesel engine . The cost per mile Gas v Diesel puts "most" gas engines ahead of diesels. Oil changes on diesels cost more as well.
My statement isn't based on opinion. It is based on fact. Are you disagreeing based on opinion or on fact?
A Ram 1500 gas burner costs less than a Ram 1500 diesel burner when it leaves the lot. Diesels are very good at retaining that premium through the depreciation cycle.
Excellent condition 2014 Ram Diesel private party 29,811. Kelley Blue Book
Excellent condtion 2014 Ram Hemi private party 26,445 Kelley Blue Book
That is a 3,336 difference between diesel and gas. I know KBB isn't the end all here but the value added by the diesel option does not evaporate because diesel costs more.
From What a heard it's the oil filter which is $50-60 dollars. Probably find one on ebay for 40 dollars. The oil is 10-12 dollars a quart 10.5 quartz needed for ram 1500 .
The oil change interval is 10000 miles. That should help defer some of the cost of the oil change.
The ecodiesel is not a cummins so I would not compare it to a cummins. If you drive a lot of highway or pull trailers I would go with the ecodiesel if you drive %90 empty would go with gas engine.
Unless you do a buttload of miles a year, gas is better. Besides maintenance costs will be lower. The hemi is a rock-solid heart of gold.
Agreed Gasser in the 1/2-ton Ram and Cummins Diesel in 3/4-1-ton HD Ram does dodge offer the 6.4 Hemi in the 1500 for 2015 or is the 6.4L Gasser limited to their HD line/Power Wagon?
I'd go with the diesel - it's a no brainer to me and I've researched the hell out of this. Really the only drawback to diesel is the noise it makes; in drive-thru situations - sometimes hard to be heard over it (so you may want to turn off the engine when you order). Other than that, your vehicle value will depreciate more slowly, will get better fuel economy, will have an engine that will last a lot longer, and will have more power.
Engine/Vehicle maintenance is going to be about the same gasoline to diesel in my experience... both will need parts replaced/repaired etc... par for the course (diesel engine oil changes use more oil fyi - that's where some people say the higher expense is... but gasoline engines have other components needing replacement/repair that can make up for that cost pretty easily).
If my Jeep was available with a diesel option I would have bought it in a heartbeat. An extra $5k is nothing if you are planning long-term and will drive your vehicle until it dies (or if you keep it in nice condition and sell 5 or so years down the line as used diesel vehicles sell pretty quickly). I regularly see old diesel vehicles on the road 20-30 years after they were manufactured (even in the rust belt) and rarely see gasoline powered cars achieving that.
At .40cents per gallon fuel price premium it is true that the mileage benefits of diesel are somewhat nullified; but for all intents and purposes, I still see diesel engines as a better buy because they are simply stronger/seem to last longer potentially than the frame of whatever vehicle they are mounted to!
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