GM Silverada Beats F250 In Frame Twist Test
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Frame flex matters to the people that do go off-road occasionally. A stiff frame is why I looked really hard at the RAM and decided to ultimately go with it. On my father's 89' F-250, it was annoying having the rear topper rub on the cab (had a rubber gasket). Hit any bump and you got all sorts of squeaky noises. Also a pain when parking on unimproved roads to your favorite fishing spots along a river where you have to park on a burm or partway into a ditch.
As for a statement of frame flex being good for off-roading, maybe you ought to tell that to the rock crawlers, dune buggies and other fully-caged tube-built rigs that run the dunes or rock-hill climbs. Or the rally racers and race car teams or F-1 guys that put tons of effort into stiffening up the chassis so they can better tune a suspension. If RAM hadn't stepped up their game in the suspension and frame departments, I don't know if I'd be driving one today even though it has the big "C" on the side.
I'm sure Ford is well aware of these videos on the web and will be coming out with a reply pretty soon. Otherwise, they would risk falling into irrelevancy. It's time to stop making excuses and time to put-up. This is why the manufacturers are constantly locked in this game of one-upmanship, and we, the consumers, only stand to win (As long as we're not blindly loyal).
As for a statement of frame flex being good for off-roading, maybe you ought to tell that to the rock crawlers, dune buggies and other fully-caged tube-built rigs that run the dunes or rock-hill climbs. Or the rally racers and race car teams or F-1 guys that put tons of effort into stiffening up the chassis so they can better tune a suspension. If RAM hadn't stepped up their game in the suspension and frame departments, I don't know if I'd be driving one today even though it has the big "C" on the side.
I'm sure Ford is well aware of these videos on the web and will be coming out with a reply pretty soon. Otherwise, they would risk falling into irrelevancy. It's time to stop making excuses and time to put-up. This is why the manufacturers are constantly locked in this game of one-upmanship, and we, the consumers, only stand to win (As long as we're not blindly loyal).
