WTF should I buy (A consolidated list of bad decisions)

[Kaan]

Kaan - not sure what you are going to be pulling that will require a 2500+ truck. Even if you get an enclosed, if you keep it reasonably sized (20') a 1500 will pull it with ease.

My Ram 1500 is a 2016 and has been a bit of a warranty princess, although Mopar has been really good to work with and they got me set straight quickly. The 2019+ (current gen) Rams are quite nice and I think quality-wise will do better than the outgoing "DS" Ram generation (2013-2018, still sold as Ram 1500 Classic). The DS Rams were a heavy update of the Daimler-era trucks that first came out in like 2009.

For half-ton... Ford, avoid early 3.5L EcoBoosts (2014+ are good) or 2018+ 5.0 due to little issues. Both 6AT and 10AT are proven to be pretty good transmissions. Ram 1500 transmissions are ZF 8-speeds built by Chrysler, assuming you get a Hemi. Any Pentastar V6 Ram 1500 will have a ZF8 built by ZF but you won't buy one anyway. No comment on the current GMs other than the interiors feel ancient already and the seats are awful.

I found the Titan to be very lackluster given how proudly they have them priced - this was a little over a year ago when I was shopping for what became the blue Ram. If you like the Tundra you might as well keep what you have as they're barely changed, though 2014+ got an updated rear suspension design and Platinums have really nice seats. Worst stock sound system I've heard in a newer vehicle was in the Tundra Platinum, good lord.

TLDR: Buy a Ram 1500 with Chrysler MaxCare B2B warranty and if anything goes wrong, let them deal with it. They are really nice trucks and tow incredibly well.

I was hoping you would jump in on his... I would prefer to have more truck than just enough. With a half ton and an enclosed, i would have to add 30 mintues to my VIR trips because i would not want to take the "short cut" over afton mountain... before the 151 got popular it wouldnt be a big deal but that area is flush with drunks riding around the mountain causing issues around blind corners (even mid day thursday on the way down)

I think i've settled on accepting the maintenance of a RAM 2500/3500... it might be a mind trick with all the free time COVID has provided. 

If i did get a tundra (i just dont want to tow hours with my current truck when we break 200k miles on it)... i'd need a TRD sway bar set and air bags. That seems to be the "hidden" mods the guys that tow with them are doing to sure them up. 

I was hoping you had a better view on the Titan... right now you can get the 2017/18 for abour $32k fully loaded. I just dont know if i'm down with trans fills every 20k miles lol... who does that?!?!

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Oof talk about the worst place to be on a 5 hour tow.


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Nowhere did I see a requirement that this truck also needed to be a luxury vehicle...

For me, a truck is a truck. It’s supposed to do truck shit. Rex’s Ford is about perfect. My dream truck is a 1991 Chevrolet S10, 4.3L V6, single cab, 2wd, Tahoe Package, Blue with a Blue bench seat. Please take all my opinions with a grain of salt.


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It absolutely does not have to be a luxury vehicle for me. googling around, i can add anything i want to the truck... side steps, various cameras, head unit... hell you can add OEM premium carpet to a tradesman Ram for 3 hours of work and $200. 

The only thing my current truck has is two climate zones and bottle of Fabreeze... because when its 100 degrees out and you hustle some trees that fell across the road, you get a little smelly and so will your cloth seats. Oh and we added a head unit and backup camera (in the stock handle location)

I do required 4wd... i cant get around it where i live. The new folks in the neighborhood try and I end up pulling them out of the ditches for one winter and they are off buying the best 4wd they can afford.