I have an 01 24v and I never worked on a diesel in my life before I bought it. It's way easier to work on with way more the gas counter parts. If you can work on a gas engine, you can work on a diesel. Feel like a broken record on these kind of posts... ya you use more oil, but change it less than half as often. I put in 100hp injectors and an edge comp box, gained a ton of power and increased the fuel economy. Lets see a gasser do that! My truck is like driving a 4wd muscle car I can haul anything with and drive in the snow/mud. I have a 95 360 ram and an 04 hemi ram... so can;t say I wouldn't switch back, but I would never buy a gas ram for doing lots of towing.