aevus
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Brand new 1st time owner of both a truck and a RAM. Just picked my 1500 BigHorn on Monday after having driven the amazing 5th gen Rams back in October 2018 for the first time, at which time I was thoroughly impressed with the truck’s capabilities, comfort, quality and interior. Coming from a ‘17 5 Series, it’s a big jump in drive height and feel.
I got my ‘19 1500 BigHorn with a few options including the LED lightning package and parking sensors and cameras and other small goodies. It is bright red (my apologies for not knowing the colors name) with chrome bumpers and grill. I wanted either a red one or a gray one with certain options and after 3 weeks of looking here in Houston, I finally found two equipped exactly the same (both had the extra option of sidesteps which I hadn’t included) and I thought it looked better red with the chrome than grey which was the other color I was interested in.
Anyways, if you made it through all that, I appreciate it and I am definitely looking forward to owning this truck for a while. So far I am loving it! It’s amazingly comfy and spacey and smooth. And I love the look both outside and inside. FCA definitely stepped their game up so much that imho they set the new standard for the other two and everyone else that’s in this tough pickup truck market.
One last thing that I’ve noticed twice and it’s bothered me a bit...sometimes when I slow down to a stop and not fully stop the truck, kind of a rolling stop; and I accelerate again, the transmission downshifts abruptly to match the engine. It’s a small jerk that’s a tad noticeable and doesn’t feel very good. I was wondering if anybody here had a same experience. If it gets worse I’ll definitely talk to the dealership.
EDIT: I forgot to ask! Does anybody else thing the led drl’s are a bit dim? I wish I could put in brighter led’s so it looks a bit brighter like the drl’s nowadays.
Thanks for reading!
Regards,
Aevus.
I got my ‘19 1500 BigHorn with a few options including the LED lightning package and parking sensors and cameras and other small goodies. It is bright red (my apologies for not knowing the colors name) with chrome bumpers and grill. I wanted either a red one or a gray one with certain options and after 3 weeks of looking here in Houston, I finally found two equipped exactly the same (both had the extra option of sidesteps which I hadn’t included) and I thought it looked better red with the chrome than grey which was the other color I was interested in.
Anyways, if you made it through all that, I appreciate it and I am definitely looking forward to owning this truck for a while. So far I am loving it! It’s amazingly comfy and spacey and smooth. And I love the look both outside and inside. FCA definitely stepped their game up so much that imho they set the new standard for the other two and everyone else that’s in this tough pickup truck market.
One last thing that I’ve noticed twice and it’s bothered me a bit...sometimes when I slow down to a stop and not fully stop the truck, kind of a rolling stop; and I accelerate again, the transmission downshifts abruptly to match the engine. It’s a small jerk that’s a tad noticeable and doesn’t feel very good. I was wondering if anybody here had a same experience. If it gets worse I’ll definitely talk to the dealership.
EDIT: I forgot to ask! Does anybody else thing the led drl’s are a bit dim? I wish I could put in brighter led’s so it looks a bit brighter like the drl’s nowadays.
Thanks for reading!
Regards,
Aevus.
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