Dodge trucks - am i missing something

Whoooa! The guy that owns that truck, is the guy that does my cnc plasma cutting. That particular truck is at 8" over stock now.

 

lulz

 

There's no way to make an assessment on the quality of the new ones right now. They're still new. Everything is nice when it's new. We'll need to wait 5+ years and 60k+ miles before we can really tell if Chrysler has really improved their quality.

 

Oh don't you burst the air out of my potato chip bag.

 

I had a brand new 2500 Cummins back in 2008. My company owned it but it was my personal truck and no one drove it but me! That thing was a freaking beast. I bought a 94 yota 4x4 after I changed jobs and had to give up the Ram. Then after having the 94 for a couple of years and fixing broken stuff on a 16 year old truck that only got 14 mpg I bought my 2011 5 lug Taco. Not a huge fan of the 1500 Ram but the 2500 Cummins is bad ass. I've driven plenty of Power Strokes and just love the Cummins so much more.

 

~62x,xxx miles on a '07 Mega Cab with the 6.7 diesel and 6-speed manual trans. Only work done on it is a new bed side after getting a little close to a tree, a clutch somewhere around 400,000, timing belts all at 100,000. Where's the problem with Dodge? The gas engines are worthless pieces of crap engine I'll agree to that.

 

Entirely a subjective call but I think the ram is the best looking truck out there. It's just overkill for me. Was seriously considering it before getting the taco a few months ago. Imo, ram reliability issues are a bit overblown. They used to have a bad rap and were considered to be plagued with issues. They have come pretty far in the past 5 years, however, in terms of Jd reliablity ratings. If I wanted a fullsize and would make use of it, it would probably be a ram.

 

Plus you know Toyota totally copied Ram with the current body style Tundra.

 

We've had 5 Dakotas between my brother, myself, and my dad. Minimal problems. 3 of them were kept for 125K plus miles. They have been as reliable as the Toyotas we've had, actually. No body issues that I've noticed.

I know of one 94 Ram with well over 200K on it. It's had the usual things done to it that you'd have with any work truck that's been beat on for almost 20 years, but the engine is still original, and it sounds great (flowmasters).

Are the 2002-2012 era Rams a different story?

My friend who is a Ford diesel specialist likes to say the the only thing wrong with a Cummins is that it's surrounded by a Dodge. Of course, he also owned a Dodge with a service body on it that he used in his business, so who knows what he really meant by that.

 

He meant the components fail before the motor.

 

Probably. I'm sure a 200K mile Dodge is a little loose all around. After 400K well maintained miles, a Cummins will have just about finished rattling the rest of the truck apart. Then again, after 400K miles I'm sure a Tacoma would be a bit loose as well.

 

Just trade your Taco in already.

 

Hate Dodge

Love Cummins.

 

I loved my Dodge. Had it been paid off I wouldnt have gotten rid of it. But I had 2 diesels, the other being a 01 powerstroke that was paid off. So I traded the Dodge on the Tacoma. I had a steering box replaced under warranty at about 30k. I put ujoints in it at about 92k. That was it. Had gobs of power and got better mileage than my Tacoma. And all I had to do was level it, and 35s fit with 0 rubbing.

 

I never understood the point at trying to get a group of people on a specified site to go against other brand names. I guess more of the "I need to find people who also dislike the other companies" type effect.

My allegiance is with Toyota but I am not shy to admit the new Dodge Ram design is probably one of the best lookin full-size trucks out there (so long as fenders and trim and everything is color-matched) but I would never buy one. Old rams looked to me like they had a pig snout with the grille design. My dad said they look like a catfish. Number 2 spot is the Tundra. Ford doesn't impress and the dealership around here is awful. Sometimes I base what i like on how the dealerships run in my area.

 

This is true, but in most cases it back fires. Currently my family owns 3 yota's and we love them, no rattles, problems nothing. Tundra, Taco, Highlander FTW

 

4 wheels, runs and drives. With a good price and decent reviews, I'll buy it. Not partial to the brand that gets me there, I'm partial to getting there in one piece.

 

That's nothing but bull. If it were true, I'd be driving a Freightliner Cascadia, not a Tacoma...