Re: Son just put me on list for RAMEV
[Re: 6PakBee]
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02/17/23 10:38 PM
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Kern Dog
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He works at a Cheby dealer that also owns a Chrysler dealer. Wife is like NO WAY are you getting a $100k truck [censored] $100k will; be cheap soon. Hear on the news that $777/mth is the new normal payment, FOR SIX YEARS! Wow, that's more that the mortgage when I bought my house. People have been saying that tired old phrase for years. I sold new cars in 1985 and heard it many times back then.
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Re: Son just put me on list for RAMEV
[Re: volaredon]
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02/18/23 12:09 AM
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poorboy
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I Live Here
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As long as I can find 318s and 360s out and about (I never said anything about brand new) I should be set for life. You better have a pile of them sitting someplace safe. Around here, 318s & 360s are almost impossible to find out in the wild. If you don't have them someplace where you can touch them daily and protect them, some meth head will steal them and turn them into scrap for drug money. Had a buddy that had a couple motors and some other stuff kept in a locked shed in his back yard. When he came home from a week long vacation, he noticed everything that had any scrap value was gone. The police were not concerned about "old motors and other junk!" He filed a Police report, but what good did that do? The motors and other stuff was long gone. Since he couldn't pin point a specific date, the local scrap yards said they "couldn't help him".
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Re: Son just put me on list for RAMEV
[Re: poorboy]
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02/18/23 12:30 AM
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Mr PotatoHead
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Half Baked
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Clean up isle 7, 10 AND 24...
Funny as can be...owns a company that provides a product for our classic cars then sees his EV post and subsequent posts telling us WE are wrong is not well received then insults us...... "We dinosaurs better get on board." Then tries to edit things out.
STOP POTATO HATE!
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Re: Son just put me on list for RAMEV
[Re: Kern Dog]
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02/18/23 10:37 AM
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6PakBee
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He works at a Cheby dealer that also owns a Chrysler dealer. Wife is like NO WAY are you getting a $100k truck [censored] $100k will; be cheap soon. Hear on the news that $777/mth is the new normal payment, FOR SIX YEARS! Wow, that's more that the mortgage when I bought my house. People have been saying that tired old phrase for years. I sold new cars in 1985 and heard it many times back then. Tired, maybe, accurate, absolutely.
"We live in a time when intelligent people are being silenced so that stupid people won't be offended".
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Re: Son just put me on list for RAMEV
[Re: migsBIG]
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02/18/23 03:54 PM
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larrymopar360
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[spoiler][/spoiler][quote=Mr PotatoHead] For that money buy a TRX, you will never be sorry. I'm on list with a dealer for '24. As soon as order banks open in Spring. They sell at or below MSRP. I'm tired of these dealers selling used ones way over MSRP!!! Yes, used ones over new sticker. I'll be a proud Dinosaur with the roar from the TRX and 0-60 times in the three seconds, ability to go through THREE FEET of water (I'm in Hurricane land which equals flooded streets), and yes more gas money spent, but no larger electric bill and a huge smile from the sounds alone!!! I though they were ending v8 engines in Dodge Trucks this year in March? This year. I'm on list for 2024 not 2023
Facts are stubborn things.
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Re: Son just put me on list for RAMEV
[Re: migsBIG]
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02/19/23 04:45 AM
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That AMC Guy
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I see Chrysler being owned by another company in the not too far future from doing such bad business ideas. I agree. They haven't really done anything lately to either innovate or invigorate. All they've managed to do over the past decade+ is piss off it's former buyer base. It all started with calling an ugly 4-door sedan the "Charger". Then, they axed the Viper (which used to be a semi-affordable fun/toy car). Now let's call Dodge trucks RAM trucks.... a marketing move I still don't understand. There isn't a single car in their entire lineup that anybody under 50 cares about or can afford. I think their cheapest car starts at 40-grand. Try being a minimum wage worker trying to pay for that. And lets face it, most of their lineup is a 20-year-old Mercedes platform. It just seems like the Jeep curse is really taking hold yet again. Exactly what happened to poor little AMC is happening/has happened to poor, old Chrysler. I honestly thought that little Dart/Chrysler 200 was going to save them. In my neck of the woods, you still see a LOT of them rolling around - they were very popular. I had hoped they'd do a performance edition, possibly 2-door Dart that I could buy, but that never came to fruition.... sadly. It's sad. Chrysler used to make some pretty cool cars.
Bloody Mary, Full of Vodka, Blessed art thou among cocktails....
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Re: Son just put me on list for RAMEV
[Re: That AMC Guy]
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02/19/23 10:51 AM
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5thAve
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Doesn't care what this says anyway
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I see Chrysler being owned by another company in the not too far future from doing such bad business ideas. I agree. They haven't really done anything lately to either innovate or invigorate. All they've managed to do over the past decade+ is piss off it's former buyer base. It all started with calling an ugly 4-door sedan the "Charger". Then, they axed the Viper (which used to be a semi-affordable fun/toy car). Now let's call Dodge trucks RAM trucks.... a marketing move I still don't understand. There isn't a single car in their entire lineup that anybody under 50 cares about or can afford. I think their cheapest car starts at 40-grand. Try being a minimum wage worker trying to pay for that. And lets face it, most of their lineup is a 20-year-old Mercedes platform. It just seems like the Jeep curse is really taking hold yet again. Exactly what happened to poor little AMC is happening/has happened to poor, old Chrysler. I honestly thought that little Dart/Chrysler 200 was going to save them. In my neck of the woods, you still see a LOT of them rolling around - they were very popular. I had hoped they'd do a performance edition, possibly 2-door Dart that I could buy, but that never came to fruition.... sadly. It's sad. Chrysler used to make some pretty cool cars. The only thing wrong with the Charger was using the name on a 4 door car. They're popular and people like them. No other company is doing all the stuff to their cars like Chrysler was doing to the Charger and Challenger. But I think they are way off base with going all electric with them. They seem to think that the demand will follow. What they don't seem to realize is that a lot of people buying them aren't brand loyal, they're loyal to their hemi Chargers. It will be interesting to see if building a Charger EV that doesn't look like an EV will be popular and attract buyers or keep them and for how long before they move on to the next new thing. It seems like a gamble no matter what they do. They'd need to get onto the EV band wagon eventually and if they sell it side by side with a regular Charger the EV might not be popular and that might have a permanent hit on their long term EV sales. But getting rid of their gas cars you'd think would also loose a lot of sales. They had been pretty vocal about EVs so I'm still hoping that they're going to make a car for this new 6 cylinder engine that's been talked about. When you look at the trucks the last time they actually put a Dodge emblem on one was 2004. I know they were still calling them Dodge Ram after that but 2005 doesn't say it on the truck itself anywhere and replaced with an over sized Ram logo so that name change was coming even back then.
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Re: Son just put me on list for RAMEV
[Re: migsBIG]
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02/19/23 11:22 AM
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DaveRS23
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I see Chrysler being owned by another company in the not too far future from doing such bad business ideas.
What? Again? How many times would that make now?
Master, again and still
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Re: Son just put me on list for RAMEV
[Re: Cab_Burge]
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02/19/23 12:36 PM
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larrymopar360
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I completely understand this sentiment Cab! But what we the consumer has to understand is it is NOT the auto manufacturers, it's the federal government! With a CAFE that of 2025, passenger cars and light-duty trucks in the U.S. must meet Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) fleet standards of 54.5 miles per gallon manufacturers are left with NO choice! How in the world can the reach this ridiculous number without almost all electric lineup! This is now less than two years away. Blame mush brains and cohorts and not the manufacturers. FJB
Facts are stubborn things.
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Re: Son just put me on list for RAMEV
[Re: ChryCoGuy]
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02/19/23 01:32 PM
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Sniper
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And sorry to break the news guys... the whole world is transitioning to EVs, so if you like one of these oversized gas or diesel powered things, you better buy it now. Once the changeover happens there's no going back.
This is going to screw with my job. I put about 4000 miles a month on the work truck, no way I could do that with an EV. Not to mention the charging infrastructure isn't there.
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Re: Son just put me on list for RAMEV
[Re: Sniper]
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02/19/23 02:09 PM
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Rhinodart
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I have no desire to own a TRX or Viper truck, what a worthless platform. A truck is a freakin' truck, NOT A CAR! A truck is an appliance to be used to tow, haul, and be of use other than a glorified SUV. My buddy just traded in his TRX for a 1500 Ram fully loaded and loves it, he said the TRX was a P O S! And one more thing, no EV anything will ever be owned by me...
Last edited by Rhinodart; 02/19/23 02:10 PM.
The funny thing about science is that if you change one miniscule parameter you change the entire outcome to the way you want it.
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A-Body's RULE!
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Re: Son just put me on list for RAMEV
[Re: Rhinodart]
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02/19/23 02:28 PM
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Mr PotatoHead
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A truck is an appliance to be used to tow, haul, and be of use other than a glorified SUV.
Of the four TRX trucks around me 3 have been clean one time since built...it was when built. They pull cattle trailers, feed, hay, run down dirt (not gravel) roads, muddy fields just like all the other farm trucks in the area.
Many TRX owners just dont want to hurt the trucks value but some work them pretty hard and have the truck because it is workable and bad ass fun to drive.
Really how many trucks in general sold today never see more then soccer mom type use? How many 4x4 trucks on the road that never use or need that feature? There are many many trucks of all brands like this around here simply because "Farmers" and there wives dont drive cars ever with the exception of Sunday AM service. I will snap a pic this week.... when I go to the local store it looks like a new truck lot.
STOP POTATO HATE!
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