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RE: Dodges Marketing Director should be FIRED
The 2009 Ram I saw in Car and Driver had an "as tested payload" of less than 1,000 lbs in the truck shootout. But then most were pretty low, but that stood out for me. Again...this was the one they tested, so I do not know what others have to offer in the catagory.
This is what i found from car and driver and it says 1500# payload.
http://buyersguide.caranddriver.com/dodge/ram-1500/specs
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jody h
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11/25/09 12:51pm |
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RE: Dodges Marketing Director should be FIRED
It looks to me as if they did the right thing. It got everyones attention. Look heres four pages of people talking about it and this is just one out of many forums on the net. I'll say they were very smart.
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jody h
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11/25/09 04:08am |
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RE: New RAM Van
I have to say it looks better then the Ford van.
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jody h
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11/18/09 09:02pm |
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RE: How important is that sticker on the door?
The sticker on DW's Durango lists 15" rims with 235/75 R15 tires and their pressures/weight ratings. Her Durango SLT Plus has 16" 255/60 R16's. So far I don't think anyone's lost any sleep over it. Especially the lowly paid Mexicans that built it and placed the sticker on it. May have been a language barrier. I think down there they call Goodyears Huevos due to the ride. We just make sure we don't open the door when there's any cops around!:B
Same with my truck I have 20" wheels and that sticker has 17" wheels. Never had anyone from motor vehicles or insurance ever want to look at it.
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jody h
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11/11/09 04:04pm |
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RE: My new boat car that I pull COOOOOOL
All this talk about him running a red light. How do you know it didnt turn green before he came to a complete stop?
because if you look at the video, he first of all doesn't come to a complete stop, and it is red as he enters the intersection.
bumpy
If his light turn green before he stopped he don't have to come to a complete stop. Just because the light was red in the other direction don't mean that the other side don't go before his side. We have alot of lights here that work that way. I would say that little white car ran a red light.
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jody h
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10/31/09 01:59pm |
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RE: My new boat car that I pull COOOOOOL
All this talk about him running a red light. How do you know it didnt turn green before he came to a complete stop?
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jody h
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10/31/09 12:49pm |
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RE: Challenger named most appealing midsized sports car
The Challenger just looks too big. Are it's proportions in line with the original? The Camaro and Mustang, IMHO are sized just right to be labled as Pony cars. The Challenger looks for the sake of saving production/engineering money, to simply be a different shell stuck on the same platform as the Charger. I will buy a Mustang in the future but have to admit that the Camaro looks real nice. That is until you sit behind the wheel, I have to give the Mustang credit for a much better interior look and feel
They have a girl at work that has the new Camaro and a friend down the road that has a Challenger. As i havent seen them side by side but they look to be the same size to me. I like all 3 and would not pass a chance to take any one of them. But then I'm not one to bash as many are on here.
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jody h
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10/29/09 01:45pm |
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RE: They are on their way
With the current trucks on the lot, guess you will see even more discounts going around on the current inventory.
I posted last week that I heard an ad on the radio for 20-22K off sticker for the CTD. 2500-3500's.
Up in Canada many Chrysler dealerships lots are almost empty of new cars for many of the models. There are 1 or 2 examples of a few models. There are virtually no new 2500 or 3500's anywhere on any dealer lots. The lots are eerily empty. In a 200 mile radius I can think of only 2 Dodge dealers each with a single new HD truck. Dodge is continuing to loose or HD to other manufacturers with product of their lots. Ford is making it hard for me to wait for the new Dodge HD with their latest offer on a new Superduty.
Come down here there is no shortage here on trucks or cars.
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jody h
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10/25/09 04:04pm |
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RE: Do you search for that elusive "Made in USA" label?
. What do you do when a US comapany is selling products they had made overseas? Made in China does not mean created, designed and owned by China. It simply means they assembled it or made the components while the actual design, marketing and distribution work was still done here. The Chinese or whomever do not make Nike sneakers. They make sneakers for Nike. Same with many of the toys. Fisher Price is not selling Chinese toys, they are selling their product they are having made in China.
And, therein lies the root of some of the issues..... wouldn't it be great if those same companies, Nike, Fisher Price etc., invested their efforts into companies in the USA, employing Americans, growing America, rather than getting this stuff made with slave labor, no real regulations (note how much lead poisoning was in the toys and pet foods awhile back), and making those countries wealthy when this country is becoming poorer and poorer.
They want us to pay top dollar for this stuff while they are employing other countries to build it for us. When we can no longer afford to pay the top dollar for a Nike product, I doubt the Chinese who make pennies a day will buy them at those prices. If they want us to buy it, they should employ us to have the wages to buy it.
Do you know why? Its because everyone of us that plays in the stock market wants to make money. That cant be done here with such high labor so they go to China. So the next time you are so happy about your 401 or your stocks are up you can say i sent all those jobs there.
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jody h
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10/19/09 02:46pm |
General RVing Issues
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RE: would this work
I don't see a problem with it. Everyone said mine wouldn't work and it does just fine and i have the 4.7V8. My 5er don't weigh over 6200# it has no weight in front of the axles. Every thing but the bed and the bath is all in the rear.
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jody h
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10/18/09 09:52pm |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Could this be true, Chinese may buy GM and Chrysler??
Man yall cant come up with something up to date. Thats last years talk.
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jody h
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10/15/09 02:06pm |
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RE: Cudos and thanks
Thats about two miles from me and i never knew it was there.
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jody h
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10/14/09 09:18pm |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Tire covers
I got THESE at Harbor Freight.http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/photos/93700-93799/93715.gif width=400
...at this price ($9.99), I don't mind buying a new set every couple of years. :B
Have had my for two years now. Still doing good.
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jody h
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10/12/09 09:25pm |
General RVing Issues
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RE: MARKS RV & TRUCK SALES... TERRIBLE!!!!
What i want to know is if this salesman said that to you why didn't you go straight to the manger and tell him? That is what i think any normal person would do. Then if the manger didn't do anything they would kiss my business goodby all together. Then i would be on here posting things about them But from what i read here is you didn't care about what the salesman said or he didn't say that at all.
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jody h
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10/11/09 02:30pm |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Tom Raper RV service - AVOID
Why didn't you just ask the service manager to get someone to clean it up? Calling for people to avoid the place over that is a bit much.
Thats what i would have done. I would have look at everything before hooking up and leaving. And when i seen that i would have told them to clean it.
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jody h
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10/10/09 05:16pm |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Hay Capt you missed this one!
Now you people may start to understand how the Big Three got their backside kicked by the Big Three Imports. It goes something like this, the more cars you build the more chance you have to have a problem with one or more of the thousands on parts in your vehicle.
So now that Toyota and Honda are pumping out more cars their quality is going to suffer. Don’t say they fix their problems either as the only reason Toyota is recalling millions of their cars and trucks for the floor mat is because NTSB made them!
It was not voluntary and their fix is to wire tie the floor mat to the seat track! Yep sounds like a good company to me, maybe I’ll sell may Dodge and get me one of them Toyota's with the wire tied floor mat! :Z
You know my Dodge has them same clips to hold the floormat on the driver side.
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jody h
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10/09/09 03:19pm |
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RE: Coleman's great customer service!
Yea i had lost the grease trap on my Road Trip LXE grill. I went online and order one. It was on backorder and after about two weeks i called to find out how much longer it would be and the guy on the phone said he would cancel the order and send me one from there repair shop. Got in in less then a week and they didnt charge me anything.
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jody h
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10/07/09 04:40pm |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Another Toyota blunder....
GEEZ remind me to never post anything about a recall. Seems like LOTS of people would like to either "KILL THE MESSENGER" or "Crown him King". Could it just be that he was wanting to make sure owners knew about the potential problem? It COULD HAPPEN :)
Again i dont see where its a recall its an investigation. I dont think 20 complaints is cause for a recall. It may turn into a recall but right now its not.
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jody h
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10/07/09 10:20am |
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RE: Another Toyota blunder....
At least they admit to it, apologize and make good on it....how many US makers would do that ?
Do any of them really have a choice?
Recalls are ordered by the NTHSA.
Where did they NTHSA call for a recall? Maybe you should read it as all i see is they are doing a investigation not a recall.
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jody h
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10/07/09 07:59am |
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RE: Lowering a Dually
Ryan, I would look at leaving the truck alone and flipping the trailer axles or extending the trailer spring mounts. If the truck is too tall to get in and out of, then add or change the steps or nerf bars. Messing with the truck has too many draw backs.
What is the difference if I modify the truck or the trailer. either way, I am still doing something the manufacturer didn't intend.
I feel that by changing the ride height of the truck (lowering) I am improving the vehicle. it has to be more safe.
I am wondering how to best do this.
I understand that by making adjustments, I am possibly looking for issues.
What are the issues? If done properly, and a wheel alighment to get things straight again, what is the problem. I am towing a 10k pound trailer. Well within the limits of this truck. really not even close to the extreme for what this truck can do/pull/tow/carry.
What ecactly are the issues i may have? I do not know of any that could't be corrected.
Raising the trailer is out of the question. That would make it more difficult to get in and out of.
I agree with plascell, leave the truck alone. You're asking for trouble messing with the truck. First off, you're not going to make it more safe by lowering it. Unless you're on GM's suspension engineering staff then you, or I, have no idea what effect lowering will have on the ride quality or handling of the truck. It was designed to ride at it's current height and as with all things built for sale in the U.S. these days, it was designed to be safe at that height. The time to have figured out that the truck was too tall for you was before you bought it. The difference between modifying the truck and the trailer is that with the truck you're modifying something much more expensive, more complex, more precisely engineered, and which has a much larger effect on the safety of your setup than your trailer. Plus you'll be harming the resale value of your truck, if you care about that. If I were in the market for a used truck I would immediately walk away from a vehicle that had been either lifted or lowered. I'm not interested in purchasing someone's science project. I don't want any significant modifications on any vehicle I purchase. If you want to modify something then do it to the trailer. It'll be much easier to reverse when it comes time to sell and you'll stand a lot less chance of screwing something up. Buy a bigger set of steps for the trailer and some nerf bars for the truck. Screwing around with the suspension setup on a new $$$ pickup is just asking for trouble.
Lowering will make it safer. I would lower the truck before i raise a trailer. The taller the trailer the easier for it to turn over. But i guess thats why race cars and trucks ride up high and not slamed to the ground. Oh wait they are lower to the ground.
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jody h
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10/07/09 05:48am |
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