I have been considering the MKVI Golf TDI, but based on my calculations with current prices of gas/diesel in California, the TDI takes about 10 years to make up the $4500 difference over the Base 2.5.
Obviously, the $4500 isnt all tied up in the engine, but I am driving 20k miles a year and and 10 years before seeing the breakeven is a bit long to warrant the diesel.
The model/calculations I've created show that with higher fuel prices (so long as diesel maintains it's distance from gas) even with diesel being 20 cents more expensive than regular, when I increase all fuel prices by 1 dollar, the time to make up that $4500 drops by half. This is not a farfetched concept, as the more expensive prices in my calculations are about what they were last year when prices spiked.
So, this is a long winded way of asking...
Any idea A.) Where prices are going to go between now and 5 years from now, and B.) If diesel will get more or less expensive compared to gasoline???
Obviously, the $4500 isnt all tied up in the engine, but I am driving 20k miles a year and and 10 years before seeing the breakeven is a bit long to warrant the diesel.
The model/calculations I've created show that with higher fuel prices (so long as diesel maintains it's distance from gas) even with diesel being 20 cents more expensive than regular, when I increase all fuel prices by 1 dollar, the time to make up that $4500 drops by half. This is not a farfetched concept, as the more expensive prices in my calculations are about what they were last year when prices spiked.
So, this is a long winded way of asking...
Any idea A.) Where prices are going to go between now and 5 years from now, and B.) If diesel will get more or less expensive compared to gasoline???