2012 Dodge Ram Cummins Diesel thoughts

[94BULLITT]

Dodge does not make trucks anymore, it is now a Ram.

 

[shortthrow50]

I get 11-12 mpg on my 2011 cummins. You would have to really be babying it to get 14 mpg average. Blame it on the giant soot scrubber tank they put in line of the exhaust I guess. Well at least you don't need def

 

[shortthrow50]

Dodge does not make trucks anymore, it is now a Ram.

Not exactly true my friend

 

[Fordman1981]

I do drive for mileage and with my 2012 long bed 6.7 I routinely get 14.5 to 15.5 MPG around town and 17 to 18 on highway

 

[foreman Etexas]

I get 11-12 mpg on my 2011 cummins. You would have to really be babying it to get 14 mpg average. Blame it on the giant soot scrubber tank they put in line of the exhaust I guess. Well at least you don't need def

Normal driving im getting around 13.5mpg average on my 2011 cummins,thats by pencil not the computer...

 

[Bigfoot62]

You should start developing diesel-scented candles, aerosols and such for the people who will need their whiff of the good old days. You could offer it "classic" and "low sulfur", or with "blow-by" or without. . .

Nah, no need. No DEF here. I'll just keep my old diesels.
3 farm tractors
2 Ford 7.3 Super Duty pickups
1 Kenworth with a CAT engine

 

[Bigfoot62]

I don't look at as buying a Dodge. I bought a Cummins with a Dodge wrapped around it:laughing:

That's a good one! :thumbsup:

And, since Ford owns Cummins, that almost makes it a decent truck! I'm just pickin' boys. Besides, if you drive a Dodge, you better get used to it. :laughing:

 

[Bigfoot62]

I have a '96 Dodge 2500 12-valve Cummins that has me worried. I only have 380k miles on it and I'm afraid it's trade-in value isn't gonna be much when I decide to get some other truck. Just because it starts perfectly and gets 22 mi per gallon is no sign that it'll do that at 500k miles. Sure, I haven't ever had to do anything to the engine except replace a leaking valve cover gasket, but it does need a new paint job on the cab roof and hood. Why is it that the original paint can't hold up more than 16 years? How oh how will I ever get my money's worth out of this truck?:confused2:
:laughing:

Jim, if you're trying to get sympathy with that story, it ain't gonna work.
Get yourself a dog.

 

[Code54]

I do drive for mileage and with my 2012 long bed 6.7 I routinely get 14.5 to 15.5 MPG around town and 17 to 18 on highway

That is about what I am getting so far on my 2012. I don't "get on it" much so I am sure that helps. Also seems in my case the computer and my pencil are pretty darn close on the MPH. Been within .5 every time (sometimes the computer is a little high and sometimes a little low)

Funny you said that about Ford owning Cummins, that is such a common misconception now a days. While they do own some shares of the company but nothing even close to a controlling interest from my understanding. Still two entirely separate companies, seems there has been a lot of misinformation on the net about that in the past. Someone got the idea that if one company owns shares of another company in their portfolio they own that company - sort of like you buying 100 shares or Wal-Mart then saying you own it. As for the DEF - I agree - I really wish no one messed with the diesels. Seems there is a LOT of other things are adding pollution that is FAR FAR worse then the small number of diesel trucks. I would think the better mileage the trucks get sure would offset the the pollution.

 

[kenmac]

Besides, if you drive a Dodge, you better get used to it. :laughing:

O' it doesn't bother me. I hear it all the time. don't mess with him he's already pi$$ed off cause he's driving a dodge.I currenty have my 2006 dakota for sale. my friend says, if it wasn't a dodge I would have sold it