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I'm not surprised. And I wouldn't try towing much more than an empty paper bag with a 1500.

I had my Pete for over 20 years, and still miss it. Of course, it was used for fun, not work. May take a trip to Iowa soon with the 3500, towing my small gooseneck with a car on it. If I drive as usual, those 1,100 miles will be at 10 mpg. But if it was a gasser it'd probably get 5.

I'm also at four years with the 'Cat, which isn't a record, but longer than usual lately. We bought and sold about 10 vehicles in the past year. Anyway, my luck with dealer trades hasn't been great. The 'Cat was one, and after driving 450 miles with the trade to my dealer, then another 100 or...

I like that. Keeps dealers from driving around and then selling what's essentially a used car as new.

Brand new, or with 660 miles? I know that they consider cars that haven't been registered yet "new", but that doesn't roll the odometer back. On that subject, on one of the car buying web sites they asked if the tires were new, used, or worn out. Obviously I put down "used", since they can't...

Okay, now I'm curious. Why is low mileage a hard sell? Been looking at trading in my Challenger GT AWD, but it seems like the dealers are really low balling me. I kind of suspect that they don't like the low mileage (788) and think there's something wrong with it.

Like any engine, they prefer trips long enough to get everything warmed up properly, and diesels tend to not really warm up unless they have to perform actual work. Don't know if the small diesels are the same way, but in Class 8 engines supposedly the rings aren't even meant to seal at idle...

Well, if for some obscure reason you believe the J2807 ratings, a 1/2-ton can tow an awful lot. But then there's real life.

Meatloaf claimed that two out of three ain't bad, but now we're down to one out of two.

I've always wondered why electric vehicles have so many more outside and inside power consuming thingies. Yeah, anything electrical robs power from a real engine, but I'd think it'd be detrimental to an electric vehicle.

Okay, so it looks like crap, but if it would indeed get 500 miles on a charge, it might be enough for a round trip to Costco in real life, which is about 300 miles. How far would it get towing something? That's a completely moot point for us. My girlfriend flat refuses to tow anything with a...

Meanwhile, many are getting 500,000+ problem free miles on their pre-'19 Rams. Don't know about Furds, but it sure looks like those who actually use their Ram diesels for their intended purpose (pulling heavy, as often as possible) have far better luck with their emission systems than those who...

Never did consider that you have all afternoon to play taxi.

For just a few thousand more you could drive a classier Challenger. It has 788 miles on it, and has been broken in correctly. Stickered at 42,880.

Eric, you should buy my GT AWD and use it for the menial driving. It sips regular.

Electricity is clean. Nothing to see there...or to worry about.

No anymore, no. Now customer care does it for you. Okay, that's what they've always done, but the new version with pictures seems to really make people feel better about being fed vague, or downright false, information.

I admire anyone who can drive a twin stick. Especially down a grade and without a Jake Brake. Never had a chance to try, probably never will. It'd probably take me more than 15 minutes to get a modern tractor going. But funny thing...the guy who bought the Pete spent almost that much time...

Somewhat like the '80 Pete I recently sold, I'm sure. One thing I really liked was that the (air powered) wipers where completely independent of each other, with a separate knob for each side. Now some freak out if the wipers don't come on automatically if it starts raining. You had to...

Another attempt at a perpetuum mobile, huh?