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You guys are scared of a 265K mile Cummins motor.....???....really...??? Not me....not if it has been taken care of. Keep good maintenance and you'll wear the truck out before you wear that motor out........

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The motor don't scare me, the injectors do, and if you don't notice a minor problem it can cost you an engine. 265,000 is about double when we start seeing injectors go bad.

As for V10 VS cummins my observations
12 mpg VS 18 mpg
$2.18 gal VS $2.83
$18,166 VS $15,722 to drive 100,000 miles $2400 difference, buy one set of injectors and the difference is GONE! And that does not count oil changes $100 ea every 5K $2000 diesel $35ea every 5k $700 V10 and fuel filters are $50 every 20,000 or so adds another $250 over the 100,000 miles. And the real kicker is the premium you pay to buy a diesel, they cost twice as much or even 3 times as a same year V10. The V10 truck would have to be worth absolute zero when you are done to use the "resale is higher" argument. Just looking at fuel cost and buy in you still save money with a v10, if you are not paying $5000 less than a diesel you are paying too much for a V10. The only difference is your engine sound don't say "big rig" and you can't roll "coal" on a prius.

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I had an 89 diesel dually 5 speed I bought brand new, truck got over 26 MPG. When the V10's came out in 94 I had to drive one so I go to the owner and ask to drive the first one they get.

I took it out and it ran great, good power and a nice truck. When I got back he asks me how I liked it. I said it's too quiet and it doesn't stink. I bought a 96 later with the V10. 10 MPG, that's 10, no matter what I did, man did I miss my diesel. If the diesel would have been a club cab I would have kept it. When it was time to get rid of the 96 I got another diesel and have been driving them ever since. As much as I liked the V10 I'll never get another gas truck. The mileage difference when towing is like 6 for the V10 and 14 for the diesel pulling my 30 foot enclosed.