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Not bad?!? If $166/mo isn't bad, I should be ecstatic about $52/mo. Yes, full coverage with higher limits. Frankly, if having to pay three times more, I'd probably reconsider having 10+ cars.

When you load it up with so many options that it costs upwards of $80K. Unfortunately, each one of those options also eats away at the available payload, making it less useful while costing more. By the way, this reminds me of when someone claimed that the only reason I bought a Tradesman Ram...

I lost all faith in the J2807 ratings after towing my little enclosed trailer over here as usual, except that time with an F-150 Ecoboost instead of my Ram 2500. I wasn't exactly looking forward to doing it with a 1/2-ton (based on prior experiences with light and short tow vehicles), but it...

I keep seeing the argument that "I tow so seldom that I don't need a safe or durable tow vehicle". To me, that's a bit like saying that I don't need to wear seat belts all the time because I crash so seldom. Also, I enjoy being in my 1-ton, and have even thought about getting a 4500 or 5500 to...

I didn't watch the video, but is there also a sisterhood for the Chargers?

If you had lowered, especially the rears, to correct pressure for the weight (or lack thereof), that 2500 should've had a nice ride. Not squishy like a car with a bed on it (1500), but quite nice.

With the GT, they simply drove it instead of transporting it. Not the end of the world since it's a basic V6, but still. The 'Cat was a different story. I could tell from the rear tires that the extra 34 miles were not easy ones. My dealer was not happy when I called him and he offered to...

Oddly enough, the normal car buying places have come back with really low numbers. CarGurus offered the most, a little bit over Vroom, at $36,825. Carvana worst, at $32,847. Dealers have been about $34K to $36K. Meanwhile, NADA and KBB feels is should be about $38.5K. And this on a '21 that...

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...