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Not a truck story, but had a Chrysler 300M for awhile. Fun car to drive, but the engine spun a bearing at 80K miles. Engine swap and $4000 later, the wife got the Chrysler in the divorce. One of the best examples of Karma to ever happen was the transaxle failure. Daddy paid for that R&R. Following the replacement, she backed out into traffic and some guy in a pickup hit it square on the rear wheel, totaling the car. She hadn't renewed the insurance policy. You know...stupid ex- husband should pay for things like that...
"I didn't realize we had so many snipers in this country." by J23
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Sheesh!
Just got off the phone with my buddy in GA. His 2018 RAM 2500 transmission just schit the bed with 45k on it.
I had talked to him Monday and told him about my tranny taking a dump. He called me today and called me a dick for jinxing him😂
“Life is life and fun is fun, but it's all so quiet when the goldfish die.”
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Yep I am sure no Chebys and Fords have had any of these issues...............They all will have some issues. Like a Remington bolt coming off....it happens but rarely.
If you find yourself in a hole....quit digging
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I'm thinking about buying another house. There's a 2013 Dodge 1500 in the garage, that comes with the deal, with low miles and they think that is a selling point. I see it as problems...
I try to stick with the basics, they do so well. Nothing fancy mind you, just plain jane will get it done with style. You want to see an animal drop right now? Shoot him in the ear hole. BSA MAGA
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I have an '08 with the Cummins and manual Transmission. The clutch started slipping at about 80k. The shop highly recommended going with a single mass flywheel. The dual mass has it's problems. I don't pretend to know what a dual mass really does but it certainly has it's distractors. I have an '09 deleted Mega-cab Cummins with a single mass. I love it.
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We know the price of everything and the value of nothing.
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I had an 06 Megacab 5.9 manual that needed nothing in 225K miles other than U-Joints. I did upgrade the clutch after I added some power, the next was a 2014 Megacab with a 6.7 manual that I upgraded the clutch in after deleting it and adding power, that truck also needed a turbo actuator at 200K, I traded that truck in on a 2020 HO with the Aisin last year. So for the 2020 is dead stock with 40K miles on it so far and it's so good as is I don't plan on doing much else than driving it. I have pulled a 24ft GN with a 45HP tractor and attachments, a 20ft enclosed and a 42ft toy hauler around with all of them. I always hear about the bad ones and believe they are out there, but I am very impressed with them as working/pulling trucks. Even stock they all would get down the road much faster than I'd feel comfortable towing.
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My two Dodges, 2004 is one of the better vehicles I’ve owned
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Still driving a 2001 RAM1500, rebuilt the transmission, just bought my 5th SET of Bridgestone Duelers.............
Truck has 330,000 miles, 5.2L gas..........
It was a 'bare bones' model $16,995.... I think it's likely worth $4500 today, I got my moneys' worth....
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"...A man's rights rest in three boxes: the ballot box, the jury box and the cartridge box..." Frederick Douglass, 1867
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Biggest [bleep] heap I ever owned was a '06 Silverado
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_______________________________________________________ An 8 dollar driveway boy living in a T-111 shack
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92 Dodge 250 over 300,000. Still going strong
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92 Dodge 250 over 300,000. Still going strong
Cummins?
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spotshooter: I bought myself a new Dodge Cummins diesel 4x4 extended cab 5 speed standard transmission truck back in 1996 - it has worked virtually flawlessly ever since. NOT ONE mechanical problem of any kind! I would buy another in a minute. SUPER dependable, gets great mileage 22 - 23 MPG and has torque to spare. I have 140,000 miles on it and my Elk Hunting partner has a 1994 Dodge Cummins diesel that has 360,000 miles and never once had a wrench to his engine! Any vehicle can have a glitch or a "broken part" - I am NOT saying Dodge trucks are flawless but I have owned MANY other trucks since my first back in 1968 and the Dodge proves up wonderfully to me. Blanket condemnations seldom have merit - I have found. Best of luck to you with your next truck. Hold into the wind VarmintGuy
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My next door area has a Chrysler plant. Every fat retard w bad ink drives a friggin Dodge truck. My hunting buddy just bought a new one, told him to hit the buffet and tattoo shop.
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funny how folks experiences with trucks differ. me, excellent luck with 94 f150, 02, 04 & 05 silverado and my current 15 f250. the 05 ram 1500 was the biggest POS i ever owned, including '70's cars. it was ready for the junk yard by 2014 with less than 100k on it. unreal how it fell apart, body, tranny, electrical, etc.
My diploma is a DD214
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They're very popular with the Yellowstone ranch... .. How can you argue with that?
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I was a chevy guy forever. I bought a 2012 Ram 2500 hemi and it has been the best truck I have ever owned. I would for sure buy another.
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Had my dodge transition built fo my 02 Dodge 2 years ago. I have only put about 3 k miles on it It been back to the shop 3 times. Seems the engendering on the dodge tranny is really suspect on o rigs and Seals and such it just stops shifting. 2 years and still haven’t been able to trust this truck No before you say it’s the tranny guys fault. Not the case He has built several Chevy trannys for my son and I And always flawless. Last dodge I’ll ever have
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Dodge trucks are pretty decent but they have their issues just like any other brand. I've owned 2, an 04 and currently own a 2010 which has the 5.7 Hemi and had I known about the exhaust manifold bolts breaking on these truck as being an issue I might have passed on it. And Dodge/Ram still hasn't been able to figure out how to fix it as their newer trucks are just as bad.
That's ok, I'll ass shoot a dink.
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After over a hundred years of making cars it amazes me they can’t figure out some basics like attaching exsost manifolds
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