Lifelong Chevy Guy with a 2019 1500 Limited

[Gman]

Howdy folks! I've been poking around in these forums for a bit, but just took possession of a 2018 Limited (details in my sig). In 2015 I traded in my 2003 Chevy Tahoe on a 2016 Mercedes Benz GL 450. I've never been in love with that vehicle and wanted to get back into a truck platform. The interior of the 2019 RAM convinced us that we didn't need an SUV.

If you'd asked me 2 years ago if I'd have an FCA product in my driveway today, I'd be willing to bet money that I wouldn't.

...but I do. I've only put a few miles on her tonight, but I'm hoping that this becomes a happy long-term relationship. This is the most excited I've been about a vehicle for quite some time.

 

[devildodge]

Welcome. Ram seems to have really hit the mark with Chevy fans. And they sure did smitten people with the limited. Hope the truck treats you well.

Thanks for joining us

 

[Gman]

Now that I'm seeing that Green Car Journal has awarded the 2019 RAM 1500 the Green Truck of the Year award, I'm having a full-blown identity crisis.

 

[alwi228]

Now that I'm seeing that Green Car Journal has awarded the 2019 RAM 1500 the Green Truck of the Year award, I'm having a full-blown identity crisis.

Congrats on the truck man! Yeah, Ram is certainly sitting at the top right now. I’m generally a Ford fan but the ram was the easiest decision I’ve ever made

 

[syddog 2000]

Great, welcome to the club. been a Chevy /GM convert, also Ford diesel, convert for years and have never looked back. This one is the best ever, IMO. Good luck!

 

[go-ram]

Now that I'm seeing that Green Car Journal has awarded the 2019 RAM 1500 the Green Truck of the Year award, I'm having a full-blown identity crisis.

I wondered about that award myself, thinking that Ram would just as soon have received the award quietly and not gotten any press for it ;-) Still, it's always a good thing to (a) save a bit of fuel, and (b) emit less a bit less poison into the air we breath.

I consider it as not being a tree-hugger type, rather I think of it as taking that much more personal responsibility for my own actions in this world. Being brought up by ultra-responsible parents, we were always told "if you made the mess, you clean it up", and of course we soon learned it was much smarter to avoid making a mess in the first place than it was to have to clean it up.

So just consider that your new eTorque truck is part of Ram & the trucking community just quietly doing their part as sensible, personally-responsible conservatives, living up to our own personal-responsibility agendas for common-sense practices like clean air and clean water, and not calling attention to ourselves as the greenies must do in order to validate themselves.

 

[Gman]

Figured I'd post up a pic. Ran it through a quick wash after the winter driving yesterday.