Vehicle change
#41
10-24-2007, 09:39 AM
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Posts: 12,584
RE: Vehicle change
ORIGINAL: stellar_d
Ok please guys lets not kill my hard on for getting a new vehicle here, because this is what its about. I can put a couple statements to bed though.
Heres my experience, I'm not expert but I do know quite a bit, not in numbers and whats on paper but what i've been driving, and who i know have been driving.
My in laws run a used truck wholesale. They have every light pickup you could imagine there, or have had it. Its there or been there. So the handy thing with that is every camping trip or every need for a truck, its there. We always try different stuff because we can. I'll just comment on some of the issues mentioned.
Towing: The dodge does not out perform the GM. We tested this theory. Twice. We had a trailer full of quads and towed it camping several times. The Dodge did very well and was not underpowered by anymeans, but the GM (it was a silverado 2500) just did better, better milage too.
Dependancy: My uncle also worked at a ford dealership, so my parents always had a ford truck at some time. I think they all broke. I've also seen more guys have to get towed to town who drive fords out in the oil patch. Its just what I've seen.
Anyway i'm bored of this already. You can't make statements that somethings the best and expect people to swallow it. Paper means nothing because its real life that matters. If you've owned 4 fords and they all busted bad, then yeah you get to say ford sucks, and no one really gets to argue with you because that hasnt happened.
Get it?
Now back to my drooling over my new truck [sm=yeahsmile.gif][sm=partyparty.gif][sm=massbounce.gif]
Ok please guys lets not kill my hard on for getting a new vehicle here, because this is what its about. I can put a couple statements to bed though.
Heres my experience, I'm not expert but I do know quite a bit, not in numbers and whats on paper but what i've been driving, and who i know have been driving.
My in laws run a used truck wholesale. They have every light pickup you could imagine there, or have had it. Its there or been there. So the handy thing with that is every camping trip or every need for a truck, its there. We always try different stuff because we can. I'll just comment on some of the issues mentioned.
Towing: The dodge does not out perform the GM. We tested this theory. Twice. We had a trailer full of quads and towed it camping several times. The Dodge did very well and was not underpowered by anymeans, but the GM (it was a silverado 2500) just did better, better milage too.
Dependancy: My uncle also worked at a ford dealership, so my parents always had a ford truck at some time. I think they all broke. I've also seen more guys have to get towed to town who drive fords out in the oil patch. Its just what I've seen.
Anyway i'm bored of this already. You can't make statements that somethings the best and expect people to swallow it. Paper means nothing because its real life that matters. If you've owned 4 fords and they all busted bad, then yeah you get to say ford sucks, and no one really gets to argue with you because that hasnt happened.
Get it?
Now back to my drooling over my new truck [sm=yeahsmile.gif][sm=partyparty.gif][sm=massbounce.gif]
just messin man....
#42
10-24-2007, 04:22 PM
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Calgary, Alberta
Posts: 1,980
RE: Vehicle change
ORIGINAL: EMS_0525
Do i get to say kawasaki sucks because of all the problems i have had? just messin man....
Do i get to say kawasaki sucks because of all the problems i have had?
just messin man....
#43
10-24-2007, 04:29 PM
RE: Vehicle change
ORIGINAL: stellar_d
Ok please guys lets not kill my hard on for getting a new vehicle here, because this is what its about. I can put a couple statements to bed though.
Ok please guys lets not kill my hard on for getting a new vehicle here, because this is what its about. I can put a couple statements to bed though.
#44
10-24-2007, 04:35 PM
RE: Vehicle change
ORIGINAL: Dragone#19
Thanks for the comfy feeling there zap. (06 excursion) Any knowns on this?
Thanks for the comfy feeling there zap. (06 excursion) Any knowns on this?
#45
10-24-2007, 04:47 PM
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Kennewick Washington, in the washington desert
Posts: 741
RE: Vehicle change
A guys truck doesn't have to be the fastest, the one with the most torque or have the most power. All it has to do is make you drool when you get in it. My new Dodge 3500may beslower than a Chevy, have less torque than a ford but it fits me better.They did a great job assembling it in Mexico. But my favorite part is now I get to pay 3.70 cents a gallon for diesel here in eastern Washington.
#46
10-24-2007, 05:06 PM
RE: Vehicle change
weird, my Ram was built inMinnesota. My Fusion however tight of build quality it has which is high imo, is assembled down in Hermosillo Mexico at some state of the art assembly plant. Kind of sad that Camry's and Accord's aren't "made" here in the states, but are at least built here while the domestic company car is built out of country. At least I know I'm supporting an American company and the money will stay here. Buy a Camry and the dough jumps the pond faster than you can put the key in and start it up. FWIW, most F150's are built in KC, MO.
#47
10-24-2007, 05:23 PM
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Kennewick Washington, in the washington desert
Posts: 741
RE: Vehicle change
Saltillo is the plant where it was built. Free trade. American jobs gone. I didn't realize when I bought the truck it was made in Mexico.
#48
10-24-2007, 06:04 PM
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Washington
Posts: 21,060
RE: Vehicle change
Do a search on the dreaded I-53 engine in the dodge trucks. I don't remember the years, but the blocks made in Mexico were 6 mm thick instead of 12 and would crack. I checked mine and was relieved to not have one of them. Check it out and if you do I would suggest a trade in the near future.
#49
10-24-2007, 06:20 PM
RE: Vehicle change
yeah, until the recent hemi engine in the Ram, their engines have sucked. Ever drive a hemi in a Ram 1500? It sounds like a Nascar when punched and will throw you back in your seat. It truly is a bad-*** engine, but is also a gas hog.
#50
10-24-2007, 09:43 PM
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Kennewick Washington, in the washington desert
Posts: 741
RE: Vehicle change
I have the new 6.7 cummings. 350 horse and i think 625 torque. Compared to my 96 cummings it's a brute. And you can actually hear the radio going down the road. It's really a nice truck, to bad fuel is going out of sight. Oh well I guess I'll have the only inferno red crystal pearl flower pot on the block.