I was on Rock Auto, looking for parts for my 2011 Ram, their dropdown list shows my year of Ram as the last year. Does this mean in a year from now they are going to drop 2011?
Its true car companies don't want to stock parts anymore, they rely on aftermarket.

It's either a conspiracy to prevent the world from servicing old cars and to prevent anyone from making any money on the parts......

...... or....

..... 2011 was the first year for the RAM brand as opposed to the Dodge brand, RAM model.

Take your pick, but the first choice would follow traditional Moparts "Logic".

Personally, I love the access to reproduction parts that I do have, but I figure the day I stop being a parts scrounger is the day I stop being a Mopar guy.
The two go hand in hand and always have. But that's me and I'm nobody.

I still have pretty good luck with Oreilly's locally on hard parts. They are usually in town or a day away. All of the others including Napa, Advance etc

your old boss sounds like a roll of cheap but wipe 💩

I laughed way too hard at this comment.

*sigh*

Wall Street Journal newspaper had a fairly long article a few days ago about companies that have recently switched to concentrating their hiring on OLDER WORKERS only, because their “work ethic” advantage outweighed their “aches & pains” physical limitations.

Is the best compromise to have
a 65+ age worker
directing a new robot that can lift 2000 lbs with one arm
but whose robot fingers have the dexterity to thread a needle?

Read this as well. Talked about employers frustration with needy younger workers, and their lack of work ethic, focusing on their phones instead of work, and their overall concern with "me" over everything else while the older worker was ultra reliable, always on time and had far greater work ethic.

For trucks older than 2011 you have to choose "Dodge" instead of "Ram."

Unless you have the most popular versions of whatever vehicle you work on, you're SOL. That's why I'm about to bite the bullet and convert to an E-body HVAC system, Harley-Davidson secondary lights to replace my clouded and scratched marker light lenses, etc. And I'm really hosed if I have to re-do the sending unit in my fuel tank again. At least I can find hard parts (suspension, axles, brakes, engine) easily enough.

Maybe I should've built a Duster instead.

These exact reasons are why I scout ebay, craigslist and sites like this one and even if I don't need it "right now today" if it fits one of my vehicles and especially if it's something I've had to replace on one of my like vehicles in the past or expendable part's like brake, suspension, tune up, and it's a reputable brand from " back then" and it looks like it's in packaging from "back then" I buy it. I have enough old stock niehoff ignition parts for instance to fit /6 and small blocks to last me a lifetime. All the old stock moog I can find that fits my junk, same thing with the stories I hear about their current lineup all the time....
For HVAC parts I look for new but old Murray and 4 seasons stuff.

the correct spelling is BUTT wipe.

when i was working, the ONLY time i was off was during vacation days, holidays [sometimes not even then !], and in the last couple of years before retirement, the very last day of inventory time when ALL of the paperwork was collected from the inventory and sorted. i still had to deal with the paperwork afterward, but at least i didn't have to climb all over it and the racks it was stored on, to retrieve the paperwork. the other time i unexpectedly took off, was when i contracted pneumonia. i was off for a little over three weeks that time. i probably should have been off more, but as there was no "paid sick days", i had to get back to work to pay the bills.
after one vicious snow storm in which we got several [3+] feet of snow, i mounted up an unmatched but same size [within an inch or so ] set of new 14" [real] winter tires [bias ply at that] i had laying around for years, and installed them on my old '74 newyorker 2dr. i was running as my daily driver at the time. i did, however, leave the skirts off, in case i got REALLY stuck. off to work i went.......[remember, i worked midnight's !]
so on to the interstate i went, 18miles on it, then 3 miles to the parking lot at work. the interstate had been plowed before, but there was still a foot or more of snow on it, and the front bumper was "plowing" as i went, allowing those "real" winter tires to work, with a lot of help from the sure-grip rear with the 2.94 gears. i had to be real easy with the loud pedal, as just the tiniest bit too much, and the old 440 [with a ton of miles on it, but i don't remember just how many] would smoke them, er, break them loose in the snow.........
no traffic at all [no surprise there] and both truck stops [one each east and west bound] i passed were jammed with rigs, including many parked on both sides of the entrance an exit ramps, as well as on the berms leading to and coming from those stops for at least 1/2 mile.
i finally make it to work, on time no less, and early[er as i would normally be as well] ! not being surprised, i see no cars in the unplowed parking lot.
as i had keys to the building, unlocked the doors, fired up the compressor, started the coffee pot [the MOST important job of all ! ] and turned on all the equipment and machines to warm up getting ready for the shift's normal run time.
after 20 minutes or so, none of my guys showed and i got no phone call offs, so i started the show without them. that kept me humpin' all night to [at least try to] keep production up so the day shift could work !
my boss showed up about 6:30am, [he is usually here by 5:30-5:45] and as usual, i had HIS coffee on ! it's BETTER than the big pot i HAVE to get going for the REGULAR day shift guys............
anyway, he asks me what i'm doing there ? my shift was CALLED OFF.
HUH ????????????????? I DIDN'T GET ANY CALL...............
he said i "should have known better" [???????]..........but thanks [in a kind of underhanded way] for showing up and getting "something" for day shift "to do"......... [thanks.......BOSS........ ]
well, that ended up as water under the bridge, and after a few company buy-outs, i'm retired, he is still there [i think] and still has a few [10 maybe ?] years to go........... and did i mention my [former] position currently pays $38.60 and i didn't even "receive the shirt" ?

Oh you and your King's English

HAHAHAHAHA !!!!!!!!!!!!!

And where do you think Oreilly's gets those parts to sell??
They don't make them.
When their source(s) are dried up, so will they.
YearOne did the same years ago, when they were selling NOS OEM parts.
But not so much these days.

I was afraid it would get censored or I might get another no warning lockout 💩🙄😳

A memory you might enjoy...I know I enjoyed the look back:

Grow up with a Mother who was a substitute English teacher.

This right here is why I am buying the nicest car I could find. It was not cheap but it was a LOT cheaper than messing around with another project. I am picking up the car the first week of May, will post pics then.