2014 Ultimate 1 Ton Challenge results

4x4ord wrote:

ib516 wrote:

Cummins12V98 wrote:

NC Hauler wrote:

4x4ord wrote:
I just read over the scoring sheet a little closer and have to admit there is some stuff that make the results a little off in my mind. For example the Ford was on top the Davis Dam run almost a minute ahead of the Chevy and 1.25 minutes ahead of the Ram. That's like a mile in front and it gained only 10 points?? Then on the subjective scoring Aaron Bragman was very biased toward the Ram. These trucks are not that different ... 65 points for overall value for the Ford and 80 for the more expensive Ram .... give me a break ... I can see him not liking the Ford but for less money you definitely get a little more with Ford ... things like incredible tow mirrors that are both power extend and power fold; genuine leather seats vs synthetic leather in the supplied Ram; a more refined quieter engine :); keypad entry system. I would throw out Aaron's scores and call the results very close but a little less biased:

GMC...2827
Ford...2766
Ram...2706

My Longhorn Ram doesn't have "synthetic leather":h..I KNOW the Laramie Limited doesn't have "synthetic leather" and Mine is genuine leather....the rest I don't really care about:)

Hey give it to the Ford...I picked them to win any way, and had Chevy in 2nd....Ram was last...no matter how they finished....

The leather in our Longhorns is what you would find in the top of the line luxury cars. Now the Laramie that's a different story.

Nope. My Laramie has real leather.

Sorry, I mistakenly thought they tested a Ram Laramie rather than the the Laramie Limited. It could very well be that the Laramie Limited uses genuine leather....it sure is a nice interior. I think whether you're talking Ford, GMC, Ram, Mercedes, or Jaguar most leather interiors use synthetic leather. Some put a scrap of genuine leather in the center of the seat cushion so they can advertise genuine leather seats. For many uses synthetic leather might make sense.

Laramie Limited has genuine leather, just as the Longhorn...and as stated earlier, the Laramie Limited is the heaviest of all the other Rams, but it's loaded with everything one could purchase as an option...personally I thought it would cost more than what it did.