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Smart man. Or, the prayers worked.

I bought this one used with 19K on the ODO and now have close to 82K. I have 18,000 left on the warranty, which I doubt I'll need. This is the first vehicle I've had ZERO issuse with. I mean nuttin. I have about a year before I run out of warrany. I'll run out of space in the back seat before that. I'll probably keep it until then and then decide what to get.

Once I sat down and looked and compared apples to oranges, which is what you're doing with Ford/Toyota to the dodge, I'm back on track.

Do it..... I'll take your money.

I sold our '94 extra cab toy truck and replaced it in '06 w/ a 2500 ram quad cab w/ 5.9 cummins. Honestly it was the cummins I bought the truck for. I know folks like to bash the ram trucks, but for a 4X4 truck, I can't complain. Solid axles front and rear, manually shifted transfer case.

I have had a few problems, had a broken hose clamp that resulted in a coolant leak. Simple fix, but incompetent dealership that took 4 trips and 11 days over a month to fix it, and the waterpump crapped out at 50k. After the fun with the warranty work for the hose clamp, I figured it would be less grief to just change the waterpump myself on my own dime.

Yeah, it drives and rides a bit stiff, but it's a truck, and it would be nice if it were a bit quieter, but it's a diesel. The quad cab has plenty of room for a family of 5, and a large dog. All in all I've been happy with it over the past 4 1/2 years and 65k miles. I probably wouldn't buy another one because the dealership managed to pizz me off to the extent that I wouldn't even buy a valve stem cap if they were the only place in the state that sold them.

what's it get?-like 8 mpg

in town my 08 gets about 9mpg on the highway about 17mpg

It would still be in the running if I was looking for a 3/4 ton. I need a full size, but not a 3/4 ton.

I have owned one Dodge truck a 1997 model.
I will not buy another,because the 318 motor kept loosing oil pressure and they couldn't find anything wrong.
I replaced 3 engines,when the third had the first signs of oil pressure problems we traded it off.
I had been using Royal Purple oil and even it didn't help.A mechanic told me they redesigned the 310 engine well they did a crappy job and ruined a good engine design.

Last year, a local kid was hotrodding around in his V8 Dakota. He told me he'd like to run it against my Toyo Crewmax. I agreed and we, on a remote and discreet location, lined up. I gave him the nod and waited until I saw his truck begin to move, then I tromped on the gas. With the advantage of my generosity and less weight he had me off the line and for about the next 150'. After that it was all over for him.

The look on his face when he caught up while I waited briefly for him at the corner stop sign was one of admiration and dismay. We briefly talked about the topics of horsepower and (rural) neighborhood safety.He turned out to be a pretty good kid who never hotrodded through our neighborhood again.

My 5.9 Durango has snacked on a lot of Toys that thought they were trucks.

Don't think you can go wrong with a Dodge truck.

Mopar or no car for me.

I bought a new 05 Dakota and it was a total POS. I had so much front suspension/brake/wheel bearing trouble with the thing that I finally traded it in on a 04 Tundra. In 50k miles I haven't had to do a thing other than fluid and filter changes. The fact that it has more stock ground clearance than any other full size doesn't hurt either.

I've been very pleased with my 2004 Ram 1500 Quad Cab.

'07 3500 4x4 Ram with 105k. Not a single problem, and I haul horses up and down the mountain. You might want to consider a nice used 5.9 Cummins, it might make quite a difference at the pump, even though you said you don't need more than a half ton.

This thread needs a photo.

Nice sneakers.

Got any pictures of trucks?

Taco or Tundra owner?


my mechanic says go Tundra next purchase when replacing my 2nd GMC (am done with GM, gov't gets enough of my money)


but I'm leery ime, the newer Tacos aren't near the same rugged little truck of the late 80's and 90's vintage

color me unimpressed with the changes they've made.

Well, i don't know what to get. the '02 gmc 4x4 5.3 with 250,000 miles still gets 19.5 hwy(18.6 on long trips at 80mph on hwy, 13.5 with 20ft bassboat at 70-75). it had 1 waterpump,a fuel pump, and $1500 tranny job. probably has 30,000 miles on rough ranch roads at 'too fast'. it gets better mileage than my 4.6 toyota which is a pile of class and quality, but it has the darn toyota 4.10 rear end. if it weren't for that, i'd know what to get, but the gmc is the best vehicle i ever owned including mark4's and 5's and corvettes.