Viperpoker wrote:
It is called the free market. You don’t have to buy the new Chevy with the higher tow rating. You don’t have to buy the 65 inch or 70 inch (wow who needs a 70 inch tv) television. You don’t have to buy a 797 hp Dodge Challenger. You don’t have to buy seats in first class when coach is available. You don’t have to buy Skippy peanut butter when generic is available. But it is nice to have the freedom to choose to do so. And calling people stupid and ridiculous for choosing to do so says a lot about you. You come across as if everyone doesn’t make the same choices you make then they are wrong, stupid, uninformed, ridiculous, etc.
Who did I call stupid? I never chastised anyone for choosing to buy anything? I just said I think this whole tow rating pissing match between the manufacturers is stupid and the R&D time and money that went to getting them there could have probably been better spent elsewhere especially if they keep recalling their truck every other month.
Viperpoker wrote:
For someone that is so concerned with cost, you have a bit of overkill in your truck for a 14,000 lb trailer. Plenty of 2500 or f250 gas models will pull that load, and you could save 10k or so. Don’t understand why you bought a truck with so much extra capacity that you are not using. Oh, right, I forgot, free country, we have choices. We all don’t have to drive Yugo’s.
I don't think you understand what I have been saying. As I said before, I don't mind paying more for better reliability and efficiency because I see that as a benefit. However, I don't see paying more for a tow rating I don't need. If Ram upgrades things like the frame, then the cost is spread amongst all trucks that use that frame so even those who do not need to go from a frame that can tow 30k to 35k will still have to pay for it. Not only that, but the R&D to make a 35k tow rating truck is spread out in the COGS of each unit. I just think that money(which increases the cost of each truck) could have been better spent elsewhere by the Ram instead of chasing a "best in class" title. Again, I really don't think you guys understand how manufacturing and COGM works.
Not sure why you guys don't like that I think this pissing match is pointless and that the money would have been better spent elsewhere by Ram and keep quoting what I am saying with a rebuttal to my opinion.
