I ordered the Laramie with Level 1 and it does have BSM. I was on pause for a week with MD while they waited to confirm what the differences would be after Ram rebranded Level A to Level 1. I think that was the only change. There were no price changes.
As for motor I went with the regular 5.7. The thread with people’s trucks turning off and throwing no diagnosis code isn’t worth the hassle IMO. Thanks to everyone for their opinions.
You'll be happy regardless of which you pick. My trucks 15 months old and has had zero issues with anything, I'm completely happy and I suspect you too will be very satisfied once it arrives.
The thing you need to remember with forums is that the negative comments will always be posted and make it appear that its a wide spread issue whereas positive comments are rarely posted.
You also have to take into account the people making the comments and their ability to accurately describe the issue, I work in IT and rarely does anyone accurately report a problem they are having to me.
There's a thread with complaints about the auto start/stop and the truck getting muggy because the AC compressor stops, another person stated his previous fords AC didn't shut off during start/stop, ok. Take the complaints with a larger grain of salt