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Thats great news. Uhh, my checkbook will disagree but maybe in 26 or 27’ I will be back in a truck. 🤔💰 Just drove the Buick to Myrtle Beach for a few days. Roads were full of pickups. Police too, and its during the week. SC had at least. 4 radar traps and numerous plain chase cars on the...

Hard to put that genie back in the bottle. Don't think that anyone except oldsters would be willing to go back to the old days of no tech and simple motors/trannies. Anyone want to return to 3 speed auto’s? Didn’t think so. Ahh the old days… My 78’ Ford hi-boy F250 4x with a 390 and 4.10 gears...

True enough (above). I drove 800 miles one way to purchase my 23’ Ltd. It cost $6K less than the local dealers’ Laramie. I gave the local guy a chance to find me a Ltd for even reasonably close to the La price, he couldn’t. Choice #2 was a major city 5.5 hours away in the other direction...

Wonder if a baser level trim “classic” style 5.7 powered 1500 or even mid-sized “dakota” without all the extra complexity of the motors they are building today (twin turbo this and that) could be engineered down to the $30-35K level for the average joe worker who needs a truck to work with and...

That’s fine. Since I’m old and mostly remember the old iron, I fully agree with your statements about old engines. All this new stuff is engineered by very smart people and it has loads of computers, sensors, tight tolerances etc. It’s certainly “not your dads’ engine”. I’m not likely to...

Yep. Roll the dice, thats about all it is.

Ha ha. Maybe all the low seniority folk got a chance to try and put things together. “Wheres this go?” “Dunno, try there…” “Don’t fit.” “Get that mallet, it’ll fit.” “I got all these extra pieces…” “Ehh, no matter, just send it down the line.”

It’s so hard, well, basically impossible (wrong) to tell if you have a Wednesday pm built vehicle or a Monday am/Friday PM built vehicle. Edit: See page 86 of this thread. A poster found it n the door tag! 👍 Forums are full of peeps posting about issues, rarely do they post that everything is...

Just my opinion but most 3rd party warranties are not worth much. Research the reviews of the different companies. YT has some, as well as forum posts. Hows your finances? A lot of folk think you should put the cost in the bank. All insurance is simply you betting you will have a problem and...

I know I’m certainly not an automotive engineer or coolant specialist, I just go by (old) conventional wisdom. I thought we were discussing coolant temps, not oil. I agree that quality synthetic oils can take the temperatures that you stated. What I go by are statements like these (for...

Devils advocating now… So maybe change oil more often if you want lower coolant temps. What’s going to happen when you tow, especially up mountain grades, if you are already running at 220? Nothing good, me thinks. Better have a good tranny cooler as well. From a Jeep Wagoneer forum post dated...

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Wonder what dealers have to pay for their flooplans. How can they keep paying on them when vehicles sit for so long.

The RAM switch sounds “vaguely” reminiscent to what Ford did in the 2012-2015 timeframe. They had the 5.4 or 5.0 v8, then got the 3.5 twin turbo. At first it had teething problems, just like the Hurricane does. Then (eventually) they solved the main issues the motor had. Course it took an engine...

Agree with the above. Simplicity over complexity if all other things are equal or close to. RAM has traded payload for ride quality and for many drivers that was a good swap. It was for me anyway. If I towed close to an 8K TT it would be an F150 3.5 turbo with their (more rare) payload option...

Since you are lifting that much may as well go big as long as they don't rub and require much trimming anywhere. You might be ok at 3.5” though. Guy I work with had a 3” and 35’s, went to a 6” RC and 37’s, looks “balanced”. He's had tire wear problems though, some installers don't get the parts...

Years ago, ahem, decades ago a next door neighbor badly wanted a Caddy sedan de ville. He finally bought one (1972 huge black 4 door), it always had a klink sound on left turns coming from closer to the drivers windshield pillar area. He took it in, they looked and looked, finally removed the...

If you want to sell do it now before the 26’s hit. MY (model year) changes drop value regardless of your low miles. A poster above said his 2025 had been built in May of 24 so its coming soon. I traded off my 23’ last week before I wanted to just because of the MY issue.

Wonder what made you get the error. 🤔