12-01-2019, 11:41 AM
Mileage: 44,100
Took the Ram to Bethany Beach for Thanksgiving and managed to pull a whole 18 MPG out of it with strictly highway driving. The Hemi V8 is great at a lot of things, efficient it is not. The V8 Fords can do low-20s with ease. Not like I really care but an interesting data point.
The transmission still does the "thump" on the first Reverse engagement but has not acted up otherwise with the new valve body/fluid. It seems to downshift more aggressively as I brake for stoplights, or maybe I"m just noticing that more. Whatever. It drives well.
The truck tries to get into a high gear quickly which means you never seem to rev it above 2500 rpm or so. I pinned it mostly-WOT in a merge lane on the way back to DC and surprised myself with how quick it is and how great the sound is at 5k rpm or so.
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Took the Ram to Bethany Beach for Thanksgiving and managed to pull a whole 18 MPG out of it with strictly highway driving. The Hemi V8 is great at a lot of things, efficient it is not. The V8 Fords can do low-20s with ease. Not like I really care but an interesting data point.
The transmission still does the "thump" on the first Reverse engagement but has not acted up otherwise with the new valve body/fluid. It seems to downshift more aggressively as I brake for stoplights, or maybe I"m just noticing that more. Whatever. It drives well.
The truck tries to get into a high gear quickly which means you never seem to rev it above 2500 rpm or so. I pinned it mostly-WOT in a merge lane on the way back to DC and surprised myself with how quick it is and how great the sound is at 5k rpm or so.
Now:
'16 Ram 1500 | '97 BMW M3 | Some Press Loan
Then:
87 BMW 325e | 91 BMW 535i | 96 BMW 328i | 95 BMW 325i | 95 Mazda Miata | 13 Focus ST | 09 BMW 128i | 00 Pontiac Firebird | 05 Yukon Denali | 96 BMW 328iC | 11 Ford F-150 | 06 BMW M3 | 10 Range Rover SC | '03 Ford Ranger | '18 Ford F-150 | '01 BMW X5 | '98 Volvo S70 T5M
'16 Ram 1500 | '97 BMW M3 | Some Press Loan
Then:
87 BMW 325e | 91 BMW 535i | 96 BMW 328i | 95 BMW 325i | 95 Mazda Miata | 13 Focus ST | 09 BMW 128i | 00 Pontiac Firebird | 05 Yukon Denali | 96 BMW 328iC | 11 Ford F-150 | 06 BMW M3 | 10 Range Rover SC | '03 Ford Ranger | '18 Ford F-150 | '01 BMW X5 | '98 Volvo S70 T5M