Guess you missed the part where the diesel cost roughly 8-10k more than an equivalent gasser, and then it cost more for maintenance, insurance, repairs, and fuel. The math simply does not work out in a modern diesels favor. The fleet manger for my agency ran the numbers out to 300k and the 6.2 gas was far cheaper to operate per mile than the 6.7 powerstroke. Will the powerstroke pull better, yes... Will it cost thousands more over its life time to operate...also yes.
The problem is that you, like many others on here, haven't actually done the math to prove that out. If you actually breakdown the annual maintenance for diesel (not the catastrophic breakdown stories that some like to talk about), you're looking at spending a few hundred extra dollars per year at the most...arguably the difference will be less if you resort to DIY maintenance.
Diesel fuel costs more in some areas, less in others. The periodic maintenance costs can be higher, but they arguably enable the vehicle to last much longer than the average gasoline vehicle (especially under true working conditions). What makes sense for you, might not make sense for someone else....
So the bottom line is:
- No one here has a mental deficiency.
- There are no widespread fallacies on this topic, rather just different points of view.
- The Tundra is one of the few gasoline trucks I'd consider owning for the long term...what it lacks in technological innovation, it more than makes up for with reliability and robustness.
There, I brought the thread back on topic...