re: 1/2 ton diesel engines

There's been a whole lot of studies done by a whole lot of fleet operators on 3/4 tons. For those guys who sell to auction at 200k miles the cost ends up being a wash if you average out over many thousand vehicles. You pay more for the diesel, pay more for repairs, and recoup more at sale. The gasser is cheaper to buy, cheaper to repair, worthless at sale.

On any two particular vehicles the diesel comes out far ahead *IF* it has no failures. If it does have a major failure (HPFP for example) you'll pay 10k to fix it and lose your arse.

So moral of the story is take very good care of your diesel. Odds are itll last longer than your desire to own it. There is always some element of a dice role with a common rail diesel engine though that doesn't exist with a port injected gas engine.

If money is the main concern, always observe what the fleet counts are buying. They have this figured out to the dime.