Anybody got $76K they can give me ????

transamz9 wrote:
Sorry, one more thing. Do they think the public is going blind and can't see anymore? What is it with all the automakers putting badges and letters on their vehicles (front and back)so big you can read them from 2 miles out in the fog? If you can't tell what brand it is buy simply looking at it then you are probably one of the type of people that really don't car what it is. It won't be long and they will have emblems on the vehicles that say "TRUCK or SUV or CAR" so us blind people will know what type of vehicle is coming at us. LOL

OK, I'm done.

:) Hi, actually the huge letters are made to imprint your body to identify which brand vehicle ran over you in the cross walk. :B

Chris -------you forgot to mention

I guess some are to young to remember tailgates with large FORD, DODGE AND CHEVROLET stamped and painted on the tailgates.









Chris

cbshoestring wrote:

N-Trouble wrote:

transamz9 wrote:
Sorry, one more thing. Do they think the public is going blind and can't see anymore? What is it with all the automakers putting badges and letters on their vehicles (front and back)so big you can read them from 2 miles out in the fog? If you can't tell what brand it is buy simply looking at it then you are probably one of the type of people that really don't car what it is. It won't be long and they will have emblems on the vehicles that say "TRUCK or SUV or CAR" so us blind people will know what type of vehicle is coming at us. LOL

OK, I'm done.

While I do think Ram makes a good looking truck, they have to be the worst offender here. Especially with those new "RAM" emblems that nearly cover the entire tailgate.

Ram the big offender.... with a single Badge....no truck name,no 150/1500, no super duper claims.....just a single badge. :h






DON'T make me post guady grills.

EDIT: OK, I will do it for those I know will.

ONE UGLY TAILGATE

THIS

boshog wrote:

transamz9 wrote:
You know , personally I'm getting a little tire of all the hype the the truck manufactures are putting out in their ads about their trucks have more available payloads or the most hp or torque or can tow 100 more pounds than any other truck. In reality all of them have more than 99% of the people that buy them would ever need and then some.

It is difficult to argue your point because it is getting ridiculous. But on the positive side, we have exhaust braking, integrated trailer brake controllers, Ford and RAM offer a fifth wheel/goose neck prep package, and RAM offers rear air leveling. There is some effort to add useful features for those of us that tow. Let's hope the offerings broaden in the coming years.

Exhaust braking has been out for 10 years. IBC have been out longer than that. Trucks have gain a 100 hp in ten years. Really hasn't been a need for more hp since they hit 325 hp. People keep bragging about their brand truck has more power or payload or towing and the OEM's are going to continue to get off easy by doing a little tuning and raise the power.

Arcamper wrote:

covetsthesun wrote:

Cummins12V98 wrote:
IMHO that is a GAWD AWFUL grill!!! Besides the grill I love the Limited, my Son has one the interior is really nice his is a 15 so it has the good looking grill. If I bought a Limited the grill would be the first thing to get replaced with the "Barbed Wire" grill.

My truck has the rear air ride and it is VERY nice riding loaded or not. I think these guys writing these articles are just a bunch of desk jockeys that mostly test cars and if they feel a bump in the road or hear a groan from the engine they have a fit!

Is that a dead BAT on that grill???? How did that happen????



cts

That's a new option on the Ram, stealth mode. The bat's radar could not pick it up!

Yes it's a Bat. It happened last summer on our way to Banks Lake. I thought it was really cool looking so I left it on the grill but it disappeared on our way home.

The only RAM IMHO that is overboard is the Limited with the UGLY grill and BIG RAM emblem.

I do like my LongHorn buckles!!!

transamz9 wrote:
You know , personally I'm getting a little tire of all the hype the the truck manufactures are putting out in their ads about their trucks have more available payloads or the most hp or torque or can tow 100 more pounds than any other truck. In reality all of them have more than 99% of the people that buy them would ever need and then some.

It is difficult to argue your point because it is getting ridiculous. But on the positive side, we have exhaust braking, integrated trailer brake controllers, Ford and RAM offer a fifth wheel/goose neck prep package, and RAM offers rear air leveling. There is some effort to add useful features for those of us that tow. Let's hope the offerings broaden in the coming years.

Yep prices have gone up...on all of them. Glad I purchased my retirement truck in 2013..It has all the "new stuff" that came out in '13, plus the Aisin tranny with 4.10 gearing, 385HP/ 850TQ and in Longhorn trim, for about $25K less than $76K:)

N-Trouble wrote:

transamz9 wrote:
Sorry, one more thing. Do they think the public is going blind and can't see anymore? What is it with all the automakers putting badges and letters on their vehicles (front and back)so big you can read them from 2 miles out in the fog? If you can't tell what brand it is buy simply looking at it then you are probably one of the type of people that really don't car what it is. It won't be long and they will have emblems on the vehicles that say "TRUCK or SUV or CAR" so us blind people will know what type of vehicle is coming at us. LOL

OK, I'm done.

While I do think Ram makes a good looking truck, they have to be the worst offender here. Especially with those new "RAM" emblems that nearly cover the entire tailgate.

Ram the big offender.... with a single Badge....no truck name,no 150/1500, no super duper claims.....just a single badge. :h






DON'T make me post guady grills.

EDIT: OK, I will do it for those I know will.

ONE UGLY TAILGATE

transamz9 wrote:
Sorry, one more thing. Do they think the public is going blind and can't see anymore? What is it with all the automakers putting badges and letters on their vehicles (front and back)so big you can read them from 2 miles out in the fog? If you can't tell what brand it is buy simply looking at it then you are probably one of the type of people that really don't car what it is. It won't be long and they will have emblems on the vehicles that say "TRUCK or SUV or CAR" so us blind people will know what type of vehicle is coming at us. LOL

OK, I'm done.

While I do think Ram makes a good looking truck, they have to be the worst offender here. Especially with those new "RAM" emblems that nearly cover the entire tailgate.