4671 Hybrid
Adventurer
On the asking price, have you made any headway? What I've found to be most effective is the "cash in hand" offer such as, "If I came over right now with $3,000, would you let it go?".
If it's been sitting a while, you might get a deal out of it. I know that's still $500 over your budget but with some creativity (hauling a couple things for Craigslist people) you could turn a quick $200-300 and not be that much over your budget.
On the diesel MPGs, I'm leaning more towards 14.5mpg...maybe 15. Loaded and running a reasonable speed I don't think you'll see 17 very often. That's coming from my general knowledge of diesels, weights, and MPG's, and from my limited knowledge of the FUSO's from what I've read here on Expo (loaded models with low boxes getting 14.5 mpg)
The last point about a diesel is that virtually all diesels can tolerate 1:15 filtered used motor oil to diesel ratio with no modifications or detrimental side effects to the engine. Even if you just use a gallon per tank, that's still $4 you're saving every time you fill up and drops your price to $3.92/gallon on a 30 gallon fillup. Experiment a bit and you could probably increase the savings even more.
If it's been sitting a while, you might get a deal out of it. I know that's still $500 over your budget but with some creativity (hauling a couple things for Craigslist people) you could turn a quick $200-300 and not be that much over your budget.
On the diesel MPGs, I'm leaning more towards 14.5mpg...maybe 15. Loaded and running a reasonable speed I don't think you'll see 17 very often. That's coming from my general knowledge of diesels, weights, and MPG's, and from my limited knowledge of the FUSO's from what I've read here on Expo (loaded models with low boxes getting 14.5 mpg)
The last point about a diesel is that virtually all diesels can tolerate 1:15 filtered used motor oil to diesel ratio with no modifications or detrimental side effects to the engine. Even if you just use a gallon per tank, that's still $4 you're saving every time you fill up and drops your price to $3.92/gallon on a 30 gallon fillup. Experiment a bit and you could probably increase the savings even more.