This is the problem   Since 2008, more than $275 billion - including $118 billion from the 2021 infrastructure law - has ⁠been shifted from the general fund to pay for road repairs. The highway system was based on users paying for road maintenance and construction, we haven't had a this system for very long. Resulting in Deficit Spending to support Road maintenance. AKA a subsidy   

Fourth power law - Wikipedia   The Reality is that, although measurable, the Actual wear on the roads due to weight isn't as great as people think it is. The difference in your example is ~16 to 1 or 16x the wear of the 3500lbs vehicle. This is insignificant when compared to the Wear caused by medium and large trucks.  Which are over 10,000 times that of a 4,000 lbs vehicle

I was 10 years into a 37 year career......

The real Elephant in the room is that you graduated from high school in 1996...I was 2 years into my recently retired 30 1/2 year career....

Not a single person other than you thought of a motorcycle when reading that 😒

its me or the grille has changed, not the inside but the form of it, check how the hood ends on top of the grille vs the current model, or maybe it is just the camo    

I'm looking for people's hwy mpg experience with 6.7L

Oh now I see it, yeah that's not great. 

Very good..just saw this...534? You must be another old dude😎

Yea, exactly.   Engineers measure road damage using something called the “fourth power law“—a fancy way of saying damage increases exponentially with weight, but only becomes significant when you’re talking about truly heavy vehicles. Your ICE-to-EV passenger car upgrade? Barely a blip on the infrastructure radar.   Picture this: you’re arguing about who ate the last slice of pizza while an entire buffet sits untouched in the next room. That’s essentially the EV weight debate when trucks are involved.   “Load-related damage to pavement and bridges is caused almost exclusively by heavy trucks,” explains Mark Gottlieb, a civil engineer who studies infrastructure wear. “The contribution from autos and light trucks is insignificant. It makes no difference if they are EV or internal combustion.”