• the_tab_key@lemmy.world
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    4 hours ago

    The baseline tank size for a ram 3500 is 32 gallons. Diesel is $5.74/gal on average in the Midwest. So a full fill up is ~$184/tank. You underestimated that, yikes.

    For more fun, you can also upgrade to a 50 gallon tank, making it $287/tank.

    These get a respectable ~18 mpg, so $0.32 per mile.

    Just throwing money away

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      2 hours ago

      I can’t think of a time past 2000 where driving conventional ICE trucks/big vehicles has been anything other than a money sink.

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      These get a respectable ~18 mpg

      maybe downhill. lucky to see 12-15 after lifting, or even less with towing.

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      I have a Subaru WRX and it requires 91+ octane. It was $5.64/gal for me a couple days ago square in the Midwest. $71 to fill up and my gas light wasn’t even on. Right next to the 91 on the pump was 88 at < $4.50/gal. When I filled up 2 weeks ago it was $5.09 then 2 days later $5.39. Fuck Trump and his admin so hard.

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        Midwest for me too, cost me $71 to fill up my GTI on Saturday. $6.25 a gallon for 93. Guess I should be grateful I can tune back to stock and run 87 if I have to.

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      Fucken hell my 25 year old Tacoma gets better mileage, that’s factoring in uphill mileage loss of going uphill along the 15 towards Vegas.

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        No shit your midsize pickup gets better mileage than a heavy-duty full-size one, even if the latter does have a diesel. Were you surprised??

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          It’s just the fact that my old ass car is getting better mileage than a modern truck. Especially since most of these big fuckass mobiles generally leave the basement less than my basic bitch Tacoma which is just a 2WD drive.