I knew you would show back up....I drive one because I can,
plain and simple. I don't like taking a 1/2 mile to pass a
damn FEMA hauler draggin a bowed axle piece of crap BIG TEX
trailer down the road. My gas pickups wouldn't tow up to my
expectations, so I wouldn't aggrivate myself any longer.
However, my every day driver is a gas pickup (company) and
so is the wifes. The less I drive the 3/4 ton, the less it
cost me. At this point with 30K miles on my wifes Envoy and
the same on the diesel, The gas maintenance is roughly $300
and my truck is $600. Where are the savings?

Hey, I
own both so show it to me dude.

As far as you four banger debate goes, I believe that the
difference in purchase price figured out to running 380 hrs
or so to break even buying a four stroke. So about 4-5 years
of operation, more than that for most people.