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Originally Posted by Cardiff Giant
I'd love to see someone come up with a way to figure out the break even point for the increased cost of diesel fuel/purchase price for the increased mileage.
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[diesel version price] - [gas version price] == [years to break even] * [miles driven per year] * ([price per gallon of gas] / [gas version mpg] - [price per gallon of diesel] / [diesel version mpg])
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[years to break even] == ([diesel version price] - [gas version price]) / ([miles driven per year] * ([price per gallon of gas] / [gas version mpg] - [price per gallon of diesel] / [diesel version mpg]))