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Originally Posted by kmoose
Cost is the big factor considering diesel power when compared to any gas set up OB or IO. On commercial boats that put 1k+ hours a year on the power it can make financial sense to go with diesel as the amount of fuel used over time will offset the increase in cost. That said, most recreational users will never use the amount of fuel over time to offset the overall cost difference between the two.
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Overall fuel cost is a lot less of a factor for us here in the US than for motors in the Med where a lot of boats come with these small automotive diesels. Regular gas for a car on the motorway is still between $4.50 and $6.50 a gallon in Spain, France, the Netherlands and Italy. As of this spring, low sulphur road diesels was about 78% of the cost of gas on the street in France. That little VW, even with the suprise price increase still went for about two times what a new Yamaha F150 would go for with its controls I suspect. if you were paying those kinds of prices, how long would it take you to make up money if you were burning less than 60% of the fuel at cruise fuel that cost 80% as much?
10-02-2015, 08:08 PM
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