After 38 years of driving FORD pickups, my 21 year old F-250 diesel needed more work/parts than I cared to install. Then when my 13 year old Volvo started acting way more than it's age I had to shop for a new pickup. Ford dealer didn't really have what I wanted, nothing made me "Smile". Local RAM dealer has a pretty bright red shorter version 4-door with the slightly longer box, 5.7L HEMI, 8 spd auto trans, 4wd, pretty well optioned but nothing over the top. Had to laugh, the sales lady "thought I could still order a pickup with manual trans in 2018." It had been on the lot 4 months, they wanted to deal on it. I drove it home Jan. 19, 2018. Just turned over 5000 miles a couple weeks ago. It was made at FIAT-CHRYSLER'S big Detroit plant, something like 85% North American content. It's a nice truck. My F-250 hauled and towed more, except when it comes to people. Over 2 years and still nobody has sat in the back seats. Just a place to toss "Stuff" inside out of the weather. I used to put almost 35,000 miles a year on my F-250.
I would NOT buy a Toyota or a Nissan. My old F-250 is now my Son's daily driver, 310,000 miles and will be 24 years old in a couple months. I've had brake lines, fuel lines, and clutch slave cylinder fluid lines rust out, but the frame and body still look good. I now spend more time under it than driving it so I know.
Guy on another forum bragged about getting his New Toyota frame, two guys installed it in something like 8 hours. I asked him how much OTHER stuff like clips and clamps, misc hardware, fluid lines of whatever type and if they were Free also. He didn't know, He was just happy his 4 yr old Toyota had a new frame. Sounds like either a poor design or an inherit problem understanding Customer expectations. My 12 year old Volvo and Wife's 12 year old Mercury Mountaineer both had absolutely NO rust on the frames or bodysuits. Volvo had 145,000 miles, Mountaineer had 215,000 miles, almost entirely in Wisconsin, and Yes, cars rust quick in Wisconsin.
Had a 1974 Chevy LUV truck from 1978 to 1980. Every fall I took it out to Dad's place and Pop-Riveted galvanized sheet metal flashing over the holes rusted thru the cab sheet metal so I could stay warm driving it in winter. The factory sheet metal dissolved like cheap cardboard. TOTALLY soured me on Japanese vehicles regardless of where they built them. Every fall I'd have 2-3 new holes I could see the pavement go by from the driver's seat. The '78 Ford F-150 I replaced it with was almost as bad, but the '87 F-150 was much better and as I said, the '96 F-250 still looks nice. I'll let you know in 20 years how the RAM is holding up.
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