Grounded!

ksss wrote:
Perhaps it was divine intervention. Perhaps He wants you to correct your past mistake and visit your GM dealer while your Ram is in the hospital. I think He wants you in a Duramax! The Lord works in mysterious ways.

I actually like all of the offerings of the HD pickups from the big three. I had two Ford diesels with the 7.3 but when I saw that the later models had to have the cab removed to do even moderate work to the engine, it was a deal breaker. Also in doing comparison shopping, my comparably equipped Ram was about $11,000 less than a similarly equipped Ford or GM pickup.

I grew up a Chevy guy and still have the '65 Chevy BelAir that mom bought new and in which I got my driver's license. I also have owned 5 Suburbans over the years and moved to a used 7.3 diesel Ford Excursion when they started downsizing the Suburbans. I must confess that I never really liked Dodge trucks, but my best friend who has two law enforcement retirements keeps busy escorting pharmaceutical shipments and their escort vehicles are pickup trucks. He told me that the Ram is the toughest one to get because everyone grabs them first. I expressed my surprise that anyone would have picked the Ram first, but he said that they, by far, had the nicest cab interior and drove the best. Then my brother bought a Ram 1500 for his daily driver and loves it. I then started looking seriously at the Ram and doing some research on the Cummins engine and really liked what I saw. And our local dealer, Freedom Dodge, Jeep, Ram has really taken great care of me the past 4 years I have owned the vehicle.

While I certainly don't have anything against the Chevy/GMC pickups, I'm thoroughly happy with my Ram. I just wish that it had the ability to jump out of the way when a tree starts falling toward it. :)