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I see your point but it would be helpful if people even generalized their trade-in values as good or bad or even great. Especially when people are trading in expensive trucks, it absolutely is part of the equation. The same with financing especially if there is a lot of money financed. I...

This thread is helpful but sometimes frustrating when people use it to just brag about their deal. Without details about trade-in and financing, if applicable for both, it's just not a complete picture and can be misleading. If you are agreeing to a trade-in value or financing deal that favors...

You make some good points here. The extra cost for diesel around me is much more than 30 cents. Combined with the added maintenance costs of an EPA regulated diesel engine and it makes less sense financially. I'd say most modern diesel buyers are doing so because they want the towing advantages...

NVH is an example of why engineers leave horsepower in the exhaust system. Especially with MDS producing non-V8 sounds in our trucks. Drone is hard to eliminate without restricting power and with many trucks seeing towing duty, any drone gets annoying fast. This would be a similar explanation...

I mostly agree with PM-Performance and would also say that most modifications that increase performance (i.e. more power) would do so at the expense of MPG.

For just engine reliability I would choose the Hemi over an EcoBoost. If you're concerned about MPG though, you likely shouldn't consider the Hemi. That leaves you with a first-gen FCA hybrid system. For your goal of keeping this truck for around 8 years, I think you would be better suited with...

I think you picked the right truck the first time with the 2.7 Ford. If you don't care about how the truck looks and more care about MPG, reliability, and rust, the Ford is better than the Ram at all three. If you care more about ride quality, interior, and value, go for the Ram.

I understand your pain and I also fear that other components are wearing prematurely from this vibration. One depressing piece of information is that you can easily find reports of this same vibration in the 4th gen trucks. Despite this problem being around for years, there is, seemingly, no...

When I experienced the vibration in my second 1500, I took it to a tire shop. They did the road force balancing and found 2 tires out of balance. They did mention that truck tires are harder to road force balance than smaller tires. It did not seem like an excuse and made sense to me. They also...

Just now. A few thoughts. I think this is a Classic model and obviously a 4WD. I have had two 5th gen 2WDs with the vibration. The biggest problem with this vibration issue is there has to be an acceptable level of vibration. How is this defined and measured? Until that is public, FCA dealers...

Right, but it's already a challenge to get FCA dealerships to acknowledge the vibration exists and isn't normal on a stock truck. In this situation, I would recommend returning the truck to stock. I'm aware of the MMA, but complaining about a vibration issue when you've modified the suspension...

https://www.autoblog.com/2020/12/21/ram-trx-suspension-deep-dive/

I just went to Discount and they found two tires out of balance. My truck has 150 miles. One wheel they easily re-balanced and the other they re-balanced but said the tire was problematic and if I continued to experience vibrations return and they would replace the tire for free by working with...

How much did this cost? I just bought my second 5th gen ram over the weekend and again have the vibration. The first truck was fixed by replacing the wheels and tires. I'm hesitant to go to the dealer and deal with them. Discount Tire has always been kind and helpful to me. I wonder if there is...

Roughly how much more is a comparable 21 vs a leftover 20 right now?

Thank you for the awesome reply!

I'm looking to buy and am curious about what discount to expect if the dealer agrees to sell an extended warranty or accessories at cost. How can these numbers be verified?

This is a fun and interesting story and no doubt true. However, the 99% of other times a salesman is saying the dealership is losing money on a deal is not believable to me.

Are you able to return your truck back to stock for the warranty work or lemon law case? It's a frustrating situation but you can't expect a warranty or lemon law to cover modifications. I fixed my vibration issue by changing out the wheels and tires (at my expense) to another set of Ram...

Frustrating. Before I got my truck fixed (by replacing wheels and tires) I too dreaded highway trips. The vibration was hard for me to ignore.