I just got my last new truck bought in Feb. It's a 2022 Ram 3500. I debated about the Diesel option. The upcharge for diesel in this package actually came in at $9600 extra.
So, I did the calcs on the payback period for D engine over gas. As I ran the numbers on calc, I had to mess with the time value of money, as Ram wanted their $9600 right up front today, and I am spending X dollars per year on fuel. Inflation makes a big difference in payback.
I gave each truck a 20 year lifespan, and basically unlimited mileage allowance as gas engines these days will go 300k miles pretty easily, if maintained. The payback period for the up-front $9600 price came out to 13 years, and 8 months with a fairly abundant time value of money. With a conservative time value in the equation the payback was over 18 years. I did include the price of DEF with the Diesel.
So, to own the diesel would payoff between the 13 and 18th year of operation. If we split the difference, it would pay off in 15.5 years. I chose the gas engine. The new gas engine has cyl deactivation and the MPG when not towing is fairly decent. However, I do tow a lot, so very infrequent to have the cyl shutdown oprerating(that little green 'eco' lamp on dash!).
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