2014 Ultimate Heavy Duty 1 Ton Challenge Video

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FishOnOne wrote:
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LOL that should have been your first post kiddo :B

Don't tell me, another stupid speed test up a hill.
Worthless to me.

RAM

"Exceptionally well on all big distance pulls"

"Strongest most confident and comfortable towing experience"

"Especially liked quality interior"

Sounds like RAM won. :B

I'm a GM owner but sounds a little fishy to me, especially when they say the did some testing at a GM test track. Maybe they agreed to the GMC winning if they got to use the track. Anyway, they need to show the tests instead just doing a condensed version. My personal opinion is they are all good trucks and the differences are not dramatic enough to say one is far better than the others.

JTrac wrote:
I'm a GM owner but sounds a little fishy to me, especially when they say the did some testing at a GM test track. Maybe they agreed to the GMC winning if they got to use the track. Anyway, they need to show the tests instead just doing a condensed version. My personal opinion is they are all good trucks and the differences are not dramatic enough to say one is far better than the others.

This I agree with. Having recently been told by GM customer care that they would not entertain giving me a discount to fix my breaks (ruptured break line on 2005 Duramax - known NHTSA investigation) unless they were forced to under a campaign, I set out to look for a new truck....minus GM. They are all the same, some are refined in areas their competition is not, but they are all good trucks. I can tell you that there is nothing that demands a drastically higher price for the GM. I went with Ford, it had what I wanted when I wanted it and the dealer gave me what I wanted for mine.... With all the HP/Torque numbers being close, it just comes down to how much money are you willing to part with.


Cale

calewjohnson wrote:

JTrac wrote:
I'm a GM owner but sounds a little fishy to me, especially when they say the did some testing at a GM test track. Maybe they agreed to the GMC winning if they got to use the track. Anyway, they need to show the tests instead just doing a condensed version. My personal opinion is they are all good trucks and the differences are not dramatic enough to say one is far better than the others.

This I agree with. Having recently been told by GM customer care that they would not entertain giving me a discount to fix my breaks (ruptured break line on 2005 Duramax - known NHTSA investigation) unless they were forced to under a campaign, I set out to look for a new truck....minus GM. They are all the same, some are refined in areas their competition is not, but they are all good trucks. I can tell you that there is nothing that demands a drastically higher price for the GM. I went with Ford, it had what I wanted when I wanted it and the dealer gave me what I wanted for mine.... With all the HP/Torque numbers being close, it just comes down to how much money are you willing to part with.


Cale

wow that 4.30 rear gear and that engine would pull both a GM and Ram behind your rv and not give it a thought. have you towed yet?

chevman

larry barnhart wrote:

calewjohnson wrote:

JTrac wrote:
I'm a GM owner but sounds a little fishy to me, especially when they say the did some testing at a GM test track. Maybe they agreed to the GMC winning if they got to use the track. Anyway, they need to show the tests instead just doing a condensed version. My personal opinion is they are all good trucks and the differences are not dramatic enough to say one is far better than the others.

This I agree with. Having recently been told by GM customer care that they would not entertain giving me a discount to fix my breaks (ruptured break line on 2005 Duramax - known NHTSA investigation) unless they were forced to under a campaign, I set out to look for a new truck....minus GM. They are all the same, some are refined in areas their competition is not, but they are all good trucks. I can tell you that there is nothing that demands a drastically higher price for the GM. I went with Ford, it had what I wanted when I wanted it and the dealer gave me what I wanted for mine.... With all the HP/Torque numbers being close, it just comes down to how much money are you willing to part with.


Cale

wow that 4.30 rear gear and that engine would pull both a GM and Ram behind your rv and not give it a thought. have you towed yet?

chevman

I have not, but I will be excited when I do though. The fuel mileage is surprisingly better than my 05 Duramax. Unloaded I would get 11`-13 mpg. Last weekend we drove up to Yosemite to tent camp and got 17 mpg (hand calc). We have had the truck for 14 days now and have right at 1500 miles. Boss Lady already has her sights set on a bigger trailer, a 5th wheel this time.

It was really hard for me to get this truck. I am 37 y/o and have owned a GM product since I started driving....I asked GM for parts at cost, that was the only discount I was asking for. Instead, they offered me $1,500 customer loyalty dollars towards the purchase of a new vehicle...nope, not going to happen. It may be a long time before I buy another GM product now.

It did come down to the Ram and Ford. Did a lot of looking...I got the 2015 Ford cheaper than the 2014 Ram with the same options I was interested in (14k GVWR, etc...). The big difference is the Ram can tow 30k and I can tow 27k, who cares, I won't be coming close to those numbers.

Cale

Thanks for posting that Troy. :)

You know I love the comparos no matter who wins!

Got to be a regional thing;comparing apples to apples, in and around this area, Chevy & Ram trucks are usually cheaper with Ford being the most expensive...Just going by what I see in local advertising and traveling the car lot's looking at the trucks and looking on line. Back to 2000, I priced Chevy and Ford., (never even considered a Dodge truck until 2010), but Ford was alway's harder to deal with and more expensive than the Chevy...thus, stayed with Chevy, but in 03, 05, 07, 2010, 12' and 13' gave all three a look at and test drives and again, the Chevy and the Ram were cheaper than the Ford, comparing like trims to like trims, ie Chevy in LTZ, Ford in King Ranch (what I was interested in) and in 2010 Ram Laramie and the Longhorn....Guess things have changed, but prices advertised on the internet or looking at MSRP, are far from the "bottom line", and up till May of 2013', the Ford was the most expensive and the least discounted of the three Again, been "MY" experience within 100 miles of Asheville NC (this hit's TN, SC, NC)....Ford didn't want my money or I could very well be advocating a Ford, but for now, I go with Ram first, Chevy second.