"Chuck Gould" wrote
If it were just about "math", you'd buy the cheapest version of the
same Japanese makes you like and enjoy about the same length of
service with fewer "gizmos" crapping out during the life of the
car......that was my point.

It appears I have mad skilz in the math department:
http://home.comcast.net/~blizzard3/b...ages/truck.jpg
(and all along I thought I was just a cheap *******)