Egon
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Believe the Dodge Dakota is coming out with a preformance type model that has a V10. Should make for happy tire dealers.
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Help buying my first pickup truck if you please?
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Maybe you should keep the Audi and haul it around in the back of your new truck. You know, you get a Super Duty and you have to do stuff like that. Don't know why, you just do !!! /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif
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A couple of changes coming in the 2005 SD are the availability of the TorqShift with the V10 and coil springs up front.
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If I was getting a V-10 I would definitely wait for the torqshift. That is an awesome transmission.
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I have to respectfully completely disagree with your post Dave. In no way am I color blind in anything. When something new comes out I always look at it. With regard to Dodge I had the cummins. Loved the engine, hated the truck. It ate transmissions for lunch and went through brakes as fast as you could get them in. Their automatic still is the poorest diesel transmission on the marktet and is no comparison for the Chevy or the Ford transmissions. The cummins, well there's no debating the superiority of that motor. The rest of the truck is nice but why they do not offer a true crew cab I have no idea. As far as Chevy they make the perfect truck if you like driving a car. Suspension is way too soft for my liking. The allison and motor seem to be doing well though. However, I wouldn't buy the truck because of the Isuzu motor, just my feelings.
Am I colorblind? No way. I look, compare, and shop around just like the next guy. I do my homework and if I thought for my needs Chevy or Dodge would be better I would buy one. I think I can give just as much of an unbiased opinion as anyone.
I have to respectfully completely disagree with your post Dave. In no way am I color blind in anything. When something new comes out I always look at it. With regard to Dodge I had the cummins. Loved the engine, hated the truck. It ate transmissions for lunch and went through brakes as fast as you could get them in. Their automatic still is the poorest diesel transmission on the marktet and is no comparison for the Chevy or the Ford transmissions. The cummins, well there's no debating the superiority of that motor. The rest of the truck is nice but why they do not offer a true crew cab I have no idea. As far as Chevy they make the perfect truck if you like driving a car. Suspension is way too soft for my liking. The allison and motor seem to be doing well though. However, I wouldn't buy the truck because of the Isuzu motor, just my feelings.
Am I colorblind? No way. I look, compare, and shop around just like the next guy. I do my homework and if I thought for my needs Chevy or Dodge would be better I would buy one. I think I can give just as much of an unbiased opinion as anyone.
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</font><font color="blue" class="small">( I wouldn't buy the truck because of the Isuzu motor, just my feelings. )</font>
And that would be one of the reasons I would buy one. /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif Of course my own, family's, and friends' experiences were great with the little 4 cylinder Isuzu diesels in compact cars and pickups, but it was long enough ago that those experiences really aren't applicable to the current GM truck engines. /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif
Besides I used to love the old Joe Isuzu TV commercials. /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
And that would be one of the reasons I would buy one. /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif Of course my own, family's, and friends' experiences were great with the little 4 cylinder Isuzu diesels in compact cars and pickups, but it was long enough ago that those experiences really aren't applicable to the current GM truck engines. /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif
Besides I used to love the old Joe Isuzu TV commercials. /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
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Yes I said that was my opinion Bird. I think it's proving to be a pretty good motor but when you have the history of putting a cummins or an international 100% american made history under the hood and it's just as good as the competition, well I guess it's just a pride thing there. So yea I guess I am a little biased to good old american muscle. /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif
Doc,
I had the impression that you were a Ford & Deere man from reading your posts over the past two years, but I guess not. I had a mispreception of you, but that's a limitation from what little we truly learn about each other in these forums. I apologize.
I don't understand your true quad cab comment. The current 4 door quad cab, had plenty of room to seat my then 325lbs comfortably in the back seat. I'm not sure what makes a "true" quad cab, but I guess it's there's some nuance that I am not been made aware.
Also, do the current trucks have transmission and brake problems? Since I'm a current owner of a Dodge truck, I may need to keep an eye out for those brakes that go bad a quick as you get them in. That's a real safety issue, and there should be a recall. To have brakes go bad in four hours is ridiculous. I have 50 hours on my new truck without a single problem. I guess I'm bucking the trend. Are the transmission problems with the new 48RE transmission, or was it the weaker 47RE or older model? I've looked in the Dodge forums and couldn't find anyone complaining about the 48RE. Like you mentioned with Ford, Dodge continually improves their products.
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Anyway, you shopped around and picked the Ford, and I shopped around and picked the Dodge. If, I didn't want to keep my Lincoln, I would have purchased the Cummins Dodge, but that's another story. I guess it should be obvious we have different needs and perspectives on the vehicles we choose. Bygones?
I had the impression that you were a Ford & Deere man from reading your posts over the past two years, but I guess not. I had a mispreception of you, but that's a limitation from what little we truly learn about each other in these forums. I apologize.
I don't understand your true quad cab comment. The current 4 door quad cab, had plenty of room to seat my then 325lbs comfortably in the back seat. I'm not sure what makes a "true" quad cab, but I guess it's there's some nuance that I am not been made aware.
Also, do the current trucks have transmission and brake problems? Since I'm a current owner of a Dodge truck, I may need to keep an eye out for those brakes that go bad a quick as you get them in. That's a real safety issue, and there should be a recall. To have brakes go bad in four hours is ridiculous. I have 50 hours on my new truck without a single problem. I guess I'm bucking the trend. Are the transmission problems with the new 48RE transmission, or was it the weaker 47RE or older model? I've looked in the Dodge forums and couldn't find anyone complaining about the 48RE. Like you mentioned with Ford, Dodge continually improves their products.
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Anyway, you shopped around and picked the Ford, and I shopped around and picked the Dodge. If, I didn't want to keep my Lincoln, I would have purchased the Cummins Dodge, but that's another story. I guess it should be obvious we have different needs and perspectives on the vehicles we choose. Bygones?
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I want to thank you all for your valuable feedback. I ordered my F 350 with a Triton V10, crew cabs, Lariat package with a 6.75 ft.bed. In the end it came down to 3 factors, " the backseat in the Ford is.large relative to the Dodge. 2) the short bed fits in my garages the 8 ft bed will Not. 3) My Ford dealer priced the car at $4000 below invoice. I am very excited to own my first pickup, and my first American made car!
Now, if I spend more than $1,200 on aftermarket add-ons, Ford will rebate me an additional $1,000. So..... I figure I will get a Line-x bedliner $400. a Weather guard bed toolbox $400 , any suggestions on what other commercially oriented items I should consider? They don't have to be from Ford, I just need reeeipts. Anything useful you would recommend?
Thanks again to all
Larry
Now, if I spend more than $1,200 on aftermarket add-ons, Ford will rebate me an additional $1,000. So..... I figure I will get a Line-x bedliner $400. a Weather guard bed toolbox $400 , any suggestions on what other commercially oriented items I should consider? They don't have to be from Ford, I just need reeeipts. Anything useful you would recommend?
Thanks again to all
Larry