CTD=10k extra in any trim level.diesel right now in my area is 30 cents more per liter than regular gas.but hey,it retains it's resale as long as you trade it in before the warranty expires.300k on a CTD is still 300k on a worn out truck.only if i needed to tow something reaaaly heavy.as a dd,not a chance.but cue the CTD echo chamber anyways.you guys are always stomping your feet about how dumb us hemi owners are for not swallowing your cool aid.it's getting really old.we hemi guys will just continue eye rolling and humoring you.
It is 10k extra up front. No argument, that's a big pill to swallow for some people. I really didn't have a choice, I needed a truck, mine went down hard (no codes but wouldn't run, turned out to be a MAP sensor after 3 weeks of a Ram engineer looking at it), and because of the Lifetime Maxxcare I had, I was somewhat married to the dealer I went to - I could have had them shop for a Hemi for me, but they had several CTDs on the lot with a lot of options I wanted and in a color I liked. I'd already put 2k on the loaner they had me in, so they did a pretty good deal.
I came from a '17 Power Wagon (6.4 hemi, 6 speed, 4.10 gears) to my '22 CTD (6.7, 6 speed, 3.73 gears). Not much difference between the two trucks, except for the mileage difference. I put over 100k on my Wagon in the 5 years I owned it, getting AT BEST 16 mpg during the summer driving back and forth to work on 55mph roads. In the new truck, I'm putting down around 23mpg on the same trip during the summer (haven't had enough winter to see what it's going to settle in to yet, obviously going to be lower though). That's a SIGNIFICANT difference.
In other words - yes, I daily drive it. We also have trailers and a camper I haul with it for various projects and vacations. The Hemi did all of this fine, the diesel does it better. And is actually cheaper at the pump when you figure fuel cost per mile, even with diesel being around $1/gallon more here.
Will I make up the $10k sticker up front? Maybe, maybe not. Does it really matter to me in the long run? Not really.