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Are we exaggerating a bit here, or do you really feel that somehow your car can't be safely driven without those nannies? If my Challenger has the blind spot detectors and what not, they are turned off. To me, the backup camera is also just an irritant, since my car came with windows and...

I get that "Are you from another planet?" response when trade-in value comes up. My take on it is that I couldn't care less what they value the trade-in at, I'm only interested in what the difference in price between the two vehicles would be. How much would it cost me? Okay, so maybe I am from...

A '17 3500, washed once since new. Used for basic towing duties.

Hey, that's not an all bad idea. I could also include "Divorce forces sale" in the ad. They won't know I'm not married.

I just happen to believe in using the best tool for the job, that's all. For example, if I needed to transport people instead of stuff, I may consider getting a bus, or a Charger. Maybe.

Ironically, a Hunter machine will measure the rim run-out (if you just ask it to, in both planes and on both beads) and will tell you exactly how much to turn a tire on a wheel. But again, it won't do it by itself. It takes a coherent operator. Heck, even I know how to do it.

That could hold true when balancers were still primitive. In modern times you should put the ones with the least road force variation in the front. Actually, I'm still surprised how often the one with the most weights has the best road force numbers.

This is my go to vehicle for real towing. If I only need to tow some 25,000 lbs. I'll take the Ram 3500, and when it's just a matter of hauling a couple of cases of water I use the Ram 1500.

Full disclaimer: I don't like Furds or Ecoboost engines. But, from a functional standpoint they would do well by keeping the lighter V6. It's hard to make a 4-point landing with a heavier V8 up front.

Did I mention that I try not to disappoint? I may not always succeed, but I do try.

Hmm. That's what the New York Taxi Workers Alliance claims. too.

Yeah, that's why I'd be okay with some bullet holes. As long as they only hit useless stuff, like the backup camera, proximity sensors, or even the radio. And I could possibly even tell them that it's (literally) a screaming deal, since the gears may howl like a banshee. Hmm, maybe I could use...

I could live with abused tires and bent rims. Even a bullet hole or two. Undoing what the engine, trans and diff gears were subjected to is far harder.

I think my 1500 has a payload of about 1,500 lbs., which sure isn't much. Not if there also were five people in the cab...and that's with a V6 and not many options.

Yeah, but if they were warm when you parked, then allowed to cool off before you removed them from the car, they won't be as round as they could be. It's much like dropping a car off at the tire store, and by the time they get to it the tires have cooled off. They'll get balanced to the shape...

Okay, scratch the tire store tightening theory then. But do you remove the tires from the car after it has been sitting in the garage for a while? If so you could have minor flat spotting still by the time they go on the balancer. I try to leave even new tires inflated for a couple of days...

Tightening down the lug nuts the wrong way (as tire stores tend to do) can warp things.

The optional rear air suspension on the 2500s can indeed make them ride really nicely, but the standard coils are very good, too. Of course, the 2500's 10K GVWR does limit their their theoretical load carrying capacity.

Then you should probably skip 1/2-tons altogether. I look at my 1500 as an El Camino, a car with a bed on it.

Wow! Quite transformed is an understatement. I just changed the fluids in mine, and eventually put larger tires and wheels on it. 13s! By the way, between you and The Englishman, are you in possession of 65% of the total horsepower in UK?