Don't Hate Me, Had to do it

Randomly stopped by a Dodge dealership and was impressed with all the buttons. I couldn't help myself, I had to have it. There was 15 minutes there where I was a little broken up about saying goodby to the Tundra, but I got over it and moved on.

I present to you, the king of all 1/2 ton trucks and my new baby, The Ram 1500!






































...just kidding. This is a rental, mine's in the shop. GOTCHA!



















If you read this you have too much time on your hands.

 

Somehow I knew you wouldn't dare post that on this site

 

You sumbitch! I was about to drive up there and slap you upside the head with a tundra manual!!

And yes I do have too much time on my hands! LOL

 

As soon as I read King of half tons, my blood started to boil; I wasn't even going to finish reading before calling you an aunt with c... Good thing I have too much time on my hands!

 

I oddly got really mad and put off when I read, "the king of all 1/2 ton trucks and my new baby, The Ram 1500!"

Glad I did scroll down, or I would have been logging off angry for the night and wondering why!

All is now well in my world.

 

@650h1 Great minds think alike... and better hearts boil together! LoL

 

Not a bad ride, and the new shifter dial is pretty cool. Interior is pretty stylish. But severely sluggish and under-powered. Tundra is still #1 in my books.

Edit: And way too small. Has the same leg room front and back as my Tacoma

 

I was gonna post a meme that had some spirited language but then I saw u were kidding, so your safe

 

I'll check tomorrow, gets decent mileage so it may be a V6

 

Hahaha thought the same thing when I saw your post!

Bahahahahaha @ the Ram being a "serious" competitor. Maybe if all you watch is the fast lane truck YouTube channel; those guys shoot ropes up eachother's backs over the Ram... I think the fat guy with that sweet fanny duster on his top lip lets Chrysler engineers cum inside of him. Anyways, the TRD Pro tundra went against the Ram Rebel (almost 60k purpose built off road truck) and the Ram couldn't even lick the Tundras jock... Anyone driving a truck that comes stock with coil overs in the rear also takes it in the rear...

 

Are you the chubby guy from the fast lane truck?

 

My wife has a RAM 2500, and I have a Tundra. I have to say, I prefer the Ram interior. If we could put that in my Tundra, I would really have the king of all ½ tons.

 

Haven't driven one of the new Rams with an 8 speed, bet it's a significant improvement over the old ones. Out of all the Dodges I've driven, I've only been truly impressed by the 5.9 Cummins my buddy has (but his is chipped and has aftermarket exhaust).

 

Cum bubble in my mouth has been burst. I have driven the Rams, I actually test drove a rebel not too long ago; it was ok, but not for 55k. Also, I don't feel a power difference between the tundra and the ram, even with the 8 speed. The Tundras drivetrain is a lot smoother IMO, and is a tried and true design. Ram is telling their techs to immediately replace 8 speed transmissions that come in with issues, instead of diagnosing and fixing them... Ram was a lot smaller interior wise, and isn't worth shit immediately after you sign paperwork to buy it. Also, TFL guys are a bunch of dbags. Have to basically take anything they say with a grain of salt.

 

Didn't get me. There's no way you'd own that pile of crap.

 

We drove a stocker with the Cummins and it was a dog. You'd think with the advertised torque it would be a neck snapper. Unfortunately they dial in a bunch of torque management which withholds the torque for normal street driving. The good news is, this makes them extremely receptive to tuning, as long as you don't mind a little Black smoke.

 

I find the hood/grille quite obnoxious.

 

My dad had a ram and I have owned a Sierra, most recently a 15 double cab. The Tundra easily blows both of those trucks out of the water.

 

With all the pissing contest and the shitting contest on who can piss and shit more..

I'm sorry but should we roll the tape of crash's that was done, to the ram, and how poorly it did?

 

No it was the 5.3, you can't get the 6.2 in a comparably priced GMC to the tundra. We're talking a 60k truck vs a 40k truck at that point. SC the tundra, you still come out cheaper and have twice the truck...

 

My friends dad has a Silverado with the 6.2L and I was greatly impressed with it. The Ram 6.2L/six speed auto.....bleh. I think the RAM 5.7L hemi out performs the RAM 6.2L as far as a couple of tow tests I've read.

 

Our traction controls suck. They work, but suck. Gas pedal/throttle response way too touchy. I'm used to it now, but at first it was WTF for a few days.

 

Here we go again. Listening to all of the "professional" reviews. They always fail to talk about the reliability, dependability, cost to own, resale value of these new trucks. They go on all about the fancy new fangled trucks with all their wiz-bang shiny buttons, 50 speed trannys....aluminum this or diesel that. What they dont talk about is all the nightmares of recalls, warranty work, broke down on side of road, costly repairs, high insurance cost for aluminum body panels, no resale value...etc.etc.etc.

Ill take my Tundra any day for a general purpose 1/2 ton. Heck Ill even stop to give the big three guys a ride to the next exit!