Gas prices making anyone reconsider?

[ktpinnacle]

The vehicle market today has nothing more to do with Covid... It is purely supply and demand, Supply chain, and Chip driven.
Using Covid as a business excuse for any business is getting a little long in the tooth now.....

Sure it does. You don't restart the world's economies and have them running smoothly overnight. The supply chains are still not as they were. China, the source of many chips, is still shutting down in areas due to the return of new variants. But pricing surely is influenced by the desire for dealerships to grab as much cash as they can for the lower volume of vehicles being produced.

 

[avalonandl]

No not considering.

Feb 3 22' Premium 3.99
Aprl 30 Premium 4.79

Naples FL

 

[Will2022]

Diesel price average over $5 around the country and keep going up. Does Diesel engine even worth it anymore? The better mileage you get?

 

[smokey_mountain]

If my math is correct once diesel gets to be >$1.50 spread with Regular, the monetary advantage is no longer obvious, we should remember a tiny amount added for DEF. What remains confusing to me why Diesel is so high, it must be artificial as it is more available, cheaper to manufacture, so it cannot be a production cost or even extra taxes. Perhaps, the profiteering is going on to take advantage of the "COVID special situation" as demand for delivered good is at all time high? Diesel is a fantastic engine and these artificial prices are driving these great GM trucks into extinction, general thinking is that electric would eclipse diesel... I tried BEV vehicles several times and really wanted to make them work. They do not at least those that are in my price range. I need 550 miles of range.

Diesel price average over $5 around the country and keep going up. Does Diesel engine even worth it anymore? The better mileage you get?

 

[todayusay]

But I thought Covid caused the microchip shortage because everyone stayed home and bought all the x-boxes and laptops online, that's what the news told me.

that coupled with at least one major fire at a chip factory...the one in March of last year seems to be the one that really triggered the "chip shortage" for the auto industry

 

[Will2022]

If my math is correct once diesel gets to be >$1.50 spread with Regular, the monetary advantage is no longer obvious, we should remember a tiny amount added for DEF. What remains confusing to me why Diesel is so high, it must be artificial as it is more available, cheaper to manufacture, so it cannot be a production cost or even extra taxes. Perhaps, the profiteering is going on to take advantage of the "COVID special situation" as demand for delivered good is at all time high? Diesel is a fantastic engine and these artificial prices are driving these great GM trucks into extinction, general thinking is that electric would eclipse diesel... I tried BEV vehicles several times and really wanted to make them work. They do not at least those that are in my price range. I need 550 miles of range.

Me too I don’t understand why the diesel price is so high compared to gas. Im in California and just saw the average price over $6 already for diesel. Im having second thought regarding my diesel SUV Order.

 

[Stbentoak]

6.2 = Premium @ 4.79
3.0 = Diesel @ 4.89
Current local prices….

The message is still clear….

 

[BrokerThis]

National diesel average is 5.51 this week

 

[ktpinnacle]

6.2 = Premium @ 4.79
3.0 = Diesel @ 4.89
Current local prices….

The message is still clear….

That's what I see in my area. The fuel costs for a 6.2 or the Duramax are essentially the same. But the mileage advantage remains significant. The 5.3 is another matter.

 

[R32driver]

An article I read yesterday was saying those in the know are predicting diesel to be over $6/gal in most places by summer. Fuel prices always rise in the summer so this seems logical. It’s already $5.50 range lots of places I see locally.

Even with these prices if I were in the market for one of these vehicles today the price of fuel would not sway me one way or the other. As others have said if you can afford to spent $70k or more on a rig you should damn well be able to afford fuel for it