Ram or Toyota
we're down to a couple of choices that fit our budget a 4 year old Toyota tundra, big v8, 4wd, all the usual bells and whistles, 40,000 miles, $28000 new (demo) ram 1500, hemi, 6 speed 1500, 4wd...
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Perrysburg Dodgeboy wrote:
You guys know that, the 5.0 Cummins engine was designed for the Ram back in 2004 for MY 2007 don't you? ****-Liar requested Cummins build a small V8 diesel for the 1500 Ram but when diesel fuel prices went though the roof they walked away from it. Cummins sued us and the Germans had to pay the RD costs for it. It had been sitting on Cummins shelf for years.
When Fred Diaz (was told to leave) left FCA to go to Nissan, less then a year later Nissan announced they where coming out with a 1500 truck equipped with the 5.0 Cummins. Coincidence, I think not.
I have a friend that has a Cummins equipped Nissan and wishes he never bought it. Besides the thing being a dog it is a fuel hog to boot. He said it is worse then his any of his Ford HD trucks.
Don
7500 total miles with 2000 towing 8000lbs have been completely trouble free. 22mpg highway 18.5 average, 10-13 mpg towing . Add the fact I paid 20k less then a diesel truck from the big three, there’s no failure here.
