2014 Ultimate 1 Ton Challenge results

waynec1957 wrote:

4x4ord wrote:

waynec1957 wrote:
Personally... I think this discussion proves what we all already know. Most people, with a few exceptions, drive what they like. The only Ford I've ever owned was an old Econoline van. Ford's are just not my thing. I don't like the way the new trucks look and their noisier than they have to be.

I had a 94' 1500 Dodge Ram. Bought it because (1) the GM dealer PO'ed me the day I went to buy a new truck and I liked the new Dodge body style. But it had a HUGE blind spot on the passenger side windshield post, it never rode as good as my GM trucks, and the transmission went out of it at less than 10k miles. On the new ones, the tow mirrors coming at you remind me of Bullwinkle moose. And Rams are also noisier than they have to be.

Other than those things, I wouldn't be afraid to hook up with anyone of them and do what this test did. Performance wise, there's not a nickel's difference between the three. The rest of it, IMHO, is brand loyalty and personal preference.

If you have actually came close to a new Ford that was running you likely assumed it was shut off. They are extremely quiet. While both cruising and under full acceleration the Ford interior is quieter than a Lexus sedan.

I've never been in the cab of a new Dodge or Ford, so I don't know what they're like inside. But I don't always drive with my windows rolled up and when I set next to either one at a stop light I can't hear my Duramax running over them. And if you're standing behind my Duramax, the only way you know it's running is the heat coming from the exhaust.

Again..it's a Preference thing, and maybe a perception thing. I read in another thread where someone said the Ram is the only truck left that sounds like a truck. But as far as performance, I don't think there's a nickel's difference between any of them.

Your likely pulling along side older trucks. The Duramax is quiet, it might even be a little quieter than the new Cummins but when I pull the Ford up along side my brothers Duramax so we can talk through the windows I am only half joking when I tell him to "shut that rattle can off so we can hear each other." :)