Gas or Diesel?? which is better

I've owned both. IMHO, the "horrible handling and ride" of a gasser, is a silly, and over dramatized claim. The lack of an exhaust brake is also a non-event. If you use the transmission properly, on any of the Ford gas chassis built built in the last 15 years, you can decend the biggest mountains in North America with both feet on the floor. As in cold brakes, and no drama at the bottom of the grade. For me it all came down to cost to own, and operate, and one issue that many successfully ignore, depreciation. I bought a pristine seven year old gasser for a third of what it cost new. It costs a tiny fraction of what my diesel did to maintain, fuel costs are not that different give the cost difference between the fuels, and it already lost a massive amount in depreciation before I bought it. I will drive it until it's nearly worthless. In the four years since I bought it, it ended up costing less that just the horrible depreciation losses suffered by a few friends, who just had to have shiny new rigs, both gas and diesel.