Recent content by WXman

Lately I've been thinking about picking up a used 2022 or 2023 Wagoneer. Then I started reading through the Wagoneer forum and my jaw dropped. Holy cow, what a train wreck. The list of problems owners are seeing with those things would take a ream of paper to write down. I guess I'll pass.

I'll believe that when I see it. Again, there is a lot of complexity to hybrid powertrains, and a lot of issues to be dealt with to acquire all the materials needed to fully convert "the entire fleet". And yes... ONLY 5 MPG. To put that into perspective, at 1,500 miles per month and...

Except... a midsize 1/2 ton truck and a fullsize 1/2 ton truck have very similar power output these days, very similar towing capacity, and identical payload capacity. So if the specs are all the same in terms of performance and capability, why not go fullsize to have the interior leg room...

I think it looks REALLY good, and far better than the previous model. As far as hybrid powertrain goes, you have to decide if the gain in MPG is worth the added cost and complexity of ownership over time. If we use the Toyota RAV4 as an example, there is only a 5 MPG difference on the highway...

Sounds like "not happening" is the more realistic status. I bet they shelve it until 2028 so they can see how the new administration ends up feeling about emissions rules.

Well May and June have come and gone..... Will we be able to go test drive a Ramcharger in the 2025 calendar year?

If the options are 550 HP Hurricane or 485 HP Hemi, I'm going Hemi seven days a week, twice on Sunday. There is more to a powertrain than the peak HP number. Sound, experience, reliability, ease of modifying/playing with it, ease of future repair at home, cost of parts, ease of maintenance...

Yes, my experience has been that CDJR dealers are better here than Ford or GM dealers. I haven't had much trouble over the last 25 years. One or two of them that I've dealt with have been superb and the rest have been above average and only one sucked. You just have to learn which ones are...

That's what they did decades ago to reel in sales. I like it. If they'd do bumper to bumper 10/100 THAT would really get attention.

That's all nice for somebody who ONLY cares about zero to sixty times. For the rest of truck owners who have a list of needs (long term reliability, glorious engine note, ease of future repair, simplicity of design, resale value, proven track record, linear throttle response/drivability, etc...

OH that is awesome news. The standard G/T exhaust on all trims makes me want one even more. This is great. I do understand the reasoning for bringing it back in eTorque form but I do hope that after these are on dealer lots Ram will continue to work toward a non-MDS, non-hybrid option. I...

I think their re-entry into NASCAR is the first big step. They're already on the advertising!

The Hurricane is NOT the objectively better choice. Guys who buy trucks typically want to keep them a long time. Have you seen the idiotic engineering in the Hurricane models? Exhaust pipes blocking the transmission fluid drain, coolant hoses mashed against the firewall where you can't get to...

You can't swing a stick without hitting a conversation about how Dodge/Ram/Jeep pricing got WAY too high. Everybody talks about it. It's common knowledge that pricing is a disaster, and that's what ultimately lead to the fall off the cliff with sales (along with removing the powertrains that...

GM and Ford had no trouble with V8s until the tree huggers got involved. VVT, MDS, ESS, low friction piston rings, low viscosity oils and all that other ridiculous crap is what reduced reliability on engines. Prior to the 2010s these engines were going 300k miles or more routinely without much...