Big Three road tests
Found this review on line, of the three heavy duty pickups.
Forum Discussion
Mich,
What does a hundred foot lbs of torque amount to? That's what the Ford and the Ram had on the Duramax. The Ford even had more HP. I understand about weight. But I would think a hundred foot lbs would make up for a bit of weight difference.
The fuel mileage for the Ram and Ford empty is a long way off of what I have read before. Yes it seems the DMAX usually has the advantage in MPG. The DMAX numbers in this test seem proper. But the Ram and Ford don't. And this is a area in which the driver could make a great deal of difference
Then the comparing of the 2nd class Ram to the top of the line Duramax and Ford doesn't seem correct to me. As I said, why not run the Ram against the 6.6 dmax in the van? Is the difference in the van and Ram too obvious?
As said by others 1/4 mile means nothing. Running up hill tests in traffic means nothing. I recall another test where the ram lost. But it was loaded to max capacity which was thousands of pounds greater than the Ford or the Dmax. They justified this because they were rated to do that work and none of them were overloaded..
Well, no mention was made of the fact that the Ram got 30,000 pounds to the top of the hill in one trip. To get the same weight up, the others would need two trips. As a business person that would be a huge added expense.
The one way trip was about 8 minutes for the Ford and Dmax, the ram in neighborhood of being the slowest by 60 seconds or so. Lets say the Ram took 12 minutes. The other trucks, would take a minimum of 21 minutes to make the same haul. And that isn't counting turn around time.
I am not pointing fingers at this article in a vacuum.
I just think these tests have gotten out of hand. We are customers no matter what brand we drive. And if we see something that doesn't look right. We should call these testers on the value of their product.
I have said this in another post. I came back to posting here because I was interested in buying a vehicle in the next year or so. I feel as if I am more confused now than before.
Afraid to buy anything because I can hear me whisper to myself. "I told you so". :o
:)
What does a hundred foot lbs of torque amount to? That's what the Ford and the Ram had on the Duramax. The Ford even had more HP. I understand about weight. But I would think a hundred foot lbs would make up for a bit of weight difference.
The fuel mileage for the Ram and Ford empty is a long way off of what I have read before. Yes it seems the DMAX usually has the advantage in MPG. The DMAX numbers in this test seem proper. But the Ram and Ford don't. And this is a area in which the driver could make a great deal of difference
Then the comparing of the 2nd class Ram to the top of the line Duramax and Ford doesn't seem correct to me. As I said, why not run the Ram against the 6.6 dmax in the van? Is the difference in the van and Ram too obvious?
As said by others 1/4 mile means nothing. Running up hill tests in traffic means nothing. I recall another test where the ram lost. But it was loaded to max capacity which was thousands of pounds greater than the Ford or the Dmax. They justified this because they were rated to do that work and none of them were overloaded..
Well, no mention was made of the fact that the Ram got 30,000 pounds to the top of the hill in one trip. To get the same weight up, the others would need two trips. As a business person that would be a huge added expense.
The one way trip was about 8 minutes for the Ford and Dmax, the ram in neighborhood of being the slowest by 60 seconds or so. Lets say the Ram took 12 minutes. The other trucks, would take a minimum of 21 minutes to make the same haul. And that isn't counting turn around time.
I am not pointing fingers at this article in a vacuum.
I just think these tests have gotten out of hand. We are customers no matter what brand we drive. And if we see something that doesn't look right. We should call these testers on the value of their product.
I have said this in another post. I came back to posting here because I was interested in buying a vehicle in the next year or so. I feel as if I am more confused now than before.
Afraid to buy anything because I can hear me whisper to myself. "I told you so". :o
:)
