First drive Ram 1500 diesel

itguy08 wrote:

Perrysburg Dodgeboy wrote:
The GM and Ford venture for a 9 and 10 speed is old news. After Chrysler announced we were going to an 8 speed for RWD LVP and a 9 speed for FWD vehicles Ford and GM had to scramble to save face, late to the party yet again. Yep they added a gear to one up us, but the fact still remains Chrysler was the first to the market place yet again!

Whopdee doo! Ford and GM were 1st with the 6 speeds in the trucks.

Where is Chrysler with innovative powerplants? Oh yeah, that's right not there. Ecodiesel is a response to the leader leading with Ecoboost. Chrysler knew they had nothing to compete and even the "Hemi" gets spanked by the Ecoboost.

Why is Ecodiesel taking so long? First it was 2013, then end of 2013, then 2014 and now later this year? What is it? Why was Ecodiesel's fuel economy initially 30 MPG and now they are backpeddling on that?

Why is the Ram 1500 the truck with the lowest payload of all the 1/2 tons? Even lower than Toyota and Nissan?

Where is Ram on shedding weight for the trucks to improve fuel economy, payload, and performance? Oh yeah, not there.

There's plenty of mud to go all around but there is a reason Ram has always been a distant 3rd.

You must live for these kind of post....I believe it makes your life. Don't know what you would or could do if you didn't have Ram to stomp into the ground...close to a border line obsession type thing with you, or at least it seems that way from all the post I've read of yours when it comes to talking about trucks....What does ITguy mean in your case? "Insolent Troublemaking guy"?

..oh, nothing wrong with "distant 3rd"...lot's of room for improvement and Ram will only move up:), where as your perfect vehicle has no where else to go, it has reached Utopia, or Eden....you decide, you're the one with all the knowledge and answers, no matter how full of hatefulness your post are.