Recent content by WXman

You must have missed the part about the Hemi being 21 years old. The clearances were never "tightened" and it's not a modern engine....which is why it's now gone due to emissions requirements it could not meet. I still think a better "buffer" (higher viscosity) for the old fashioned cam lobes...

A $100 oil change at home is "cheap" to you? And with a $10k fuel system, I wouldn't trust a non-OE filter. Nope, just won't do it.

Nobody will ever convince me that the ever changing oil specs on the 5.7 engine didn't have something to do with it. They made those engines for 21 years and only updated it once in 2009, but if you go through all the yearly manuals you see 3 or 4 different oil specs. CLEARLY this was for EPA...

So yesterday I test drove a late build '21 F-150 XLT (built in July so it was almost a '22 model). Keep in mind this is XLT, so equivalent to a Bighorn on a Ram. The one I drove had the 302A "High" package, locking diff, 3.5 EcoBoost, 10-speed, 36 gallon tank, tail gate step, and towing...

So since most owners don't follow the correct maintenance procedures (draining water periodically, staying up on filter changes, etc.) they've gone to requiring a new filter every oil change (which should be happening BEFORE 10,000 miles per the manual)?? Wow... that's going to get pricey...

Don’t own one, but I test drove a 2025 Bighorn and the windshield was not sealed correctly at the factory. Lots of air coming in around the glass. Unknown if this will also be a water leak. Just thought I’d post this as a point of reference in case anybody else sees this problem too.

I noticed last night that the F-150 which claims the #1 spot in "1/2 ton" towing at 14,000 lbs. has a lot of fine print in the towing guide. Apparently, if you do not use a weight distribution hitch you are limited to 5,000 lbs. I probably see 1% or fewer of people out on the roads using...

So TFL compares highway fuel economy of the '25 Ram with the I-6TT against the new Ford and GM with the largest V8s available, and the Ram puts up the worst numbers of the 3. The interesting thing is that people were actually surprised by this. How many years of tiny turbo engines drinking...

So I went and looked at a 2025 and drove it. Just wanted to see what the hype was about. First thing I noticed when I pulled out of the dealership….YEP quality control is non-existent. The one I was driving had 14 miles on the odo and the windshield had not been sealed properly at the plant...

I don't agree. ALL brands of trucks are expensive and financing sucks. Yet, Ram is the ONLY brand showing huge decreases in sales quarter after quarter.

So I went and looked at a 2025 and drove it. Just wanted to see what the hype was about. First thing I noticed when I pulled out of the dealership….YEP quality control is non-existent. The one I was driving had 14 miles on the odo and the windshield had not been sealed properly at the plant...

No, they are dead last, and in 2023 they were the ONLY brand selling pickup trucks in America that saw declining percentages of sales. Everybody else, including Honda and Nissan, showed increases. And for Q1 2024 they had the largest decrease in sales of any brand. Ram trucks are just sitting...

Yeah when you have UAW representatives who are clearly not white collar executives (you can tell by their accent and tone) who are adamant throughout the video about wanting to do a good job, and expressing disgust at how the public views them, and how they are serious about building good...

I just listened to the Butter Da Insider video again, particularly the parts where the UAW representatives speak. It's very eye opening. And that, combined with what we're seeing in reviews online, pretty much assures that I'm not touching a '25. I'm going to wait and see how this shakes out...

Matt Maran got a 2025 to review and it was littered with electrical issues. Then today Butter Da Insider posts a video with credible evidence that UAW and Stellantis are squabbling and trucks are being sabotaged with purposeful quality issues. My goodness... Ram sales went from stellar to the...