First drive Ram 1500 diesel

itguy08 wrote:
As I said before the fuel economy is not that great...

They were getting 22.7 unloaded and 15.4 towing a 3,000 lb Boat! Are you kidding me?

PUT got: 2013 Light Duty Challenge

22.3 unloaded in an Ecoboost F150 and 10.9 towing 8,500 lbs.
21.7 in a Ram Hemi unloded and 10.4 towing 8.500 lbs.

Shwing and a miss....

From the OP's link:
One thing that sets diesels apart from gas engines is the way they seem to shrug off heavy loads. We towed a 3,800 lb. boat with the diesel Ram, and it didn't bog down under the weight the way the gas-powered RAM 1500 does. Properly configured, the 1500 diesel can tow up to 9,200 lbs.

What about economy? Ram did not have final EPA numbers at the time of our test drive, but they said the EcoDiesel will exceed the gas V6's best-in-class rating of 18 MPG city and 25 MPG highway. We'd guess the final figures will be around 20 in town and 28 on the highway, and we saw 24 MPG in mixed city and country driving.

Whether the diesel will save money in the long run is another question. Ram is charging a $4,500 price premium for the diesel engine over the gasoline V6. If our guesstimates about fuel economy are correct, with the diesel delivering 4 MPG better than the gas V6, it would take over two decades for the diesel to pay for itself. The comparison against the 5.7 liter HEMI V8 is a bit more favorable: The diesel is priced $2,850 higher and with a projected improvement of 7 MPG, the payoff would come in just under 5 years. (Our figures are based on national average fuel prices of $3.62/gallon for gasoline and $3.97 for diesel.) No where does it say the VM 3.0 got 22.7 unloaded and 15.4 towing a 3,000 lb Boat!

Your link is for the GAS RAM not the diesel the diesel and before you start pumping up chest thinking your Ego-Boost is all that read this form your link!!!

When trailering at or near maximum towing capacity, the results were a little different. Winning the trailering section of our fuel economy testing was the Chevy Silverado with an impressive 12.6 mpg, and its sibling Sierra was right behind with 12.5. In third and fourth place were the Tundra with 11.8 and the Titan with 11.4. Maybe the biggest surprise here was finding out the fastest trucks in our performance testing were the worst in our trailering mileage drive. At the bottom of the group was the Ram with a dismal 10.4 while towing; the F-150 wasn't much better at 10.9.


Talk about a hater, man dude you must have rally gotten screwed of by a Chrysler dealer at some point in time. Maybe some therapy with a shrink would help you get over it.


Don