The Official 2015 2nd Gen Ram OT Thread
Thought for sure a Jeep was gonna lose his driver front tire this morning.
Was traveling up 95N headed to work and started to pass an older Jeep Wrangler, he went from the right lane to the middle lane and I heard a terrible noise, and saw that his driver front tire was shaking like crazy, he served back to the right lane then to the shoulder, stopped for maybe 30 seconds and continued to speed up the interstate.
Maybe it was just a case of death wobble on steroids? Quite surprised he didn't lose it.
Was traveling up 95N headed to work and started to pass an older Jeep Wrangler, he went from the right lane to the middle lane and I heard a terrible noise, and saw that his driver front tire was shaking like crazy, he served back to the right lane then to the shoulder, stopped for maybe 30 seconds and continued to speed up the interstate.
Maybe it was just a case of death wobble on steroids? Quite surprised he didn't lose it.
Sounds like a recurring thing for him if he handled it that well. Lol.
I passed a tractor trailer on 81 earlier this week that I thought his front wheels were about to explode off of his truck. It wasn't just an illusion from a rim or dirt. It looked really bad. Both wheels were doing it. I passed him real fast and didn't stick around to check it out anymore.
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Thought for sure a Jeep was gonna lose his driver front tire this morning.
Was traveling up 95N headed to work and started to pass an older Jeep Wrangler, he went from the right lane to the middle lane and I heard a terrible noise, and saw that his driver front tire was shaking like crazy, he served back to the right lane then to the shoulder, stopped for maybe 30 seconds and continued to speed up the interstate.
Maybe it was just a case of death wobble on steroids? Quite surprised he didn't lose it.
Was traveling up 95N headed to work and started to pass an older Jeep Wrangler, he went from the right lane to the middle lane and I heard a terrible noise, and saw that his driver front tire was shaking like crazy, he served back to the right lane then to the shoulder, stopped for maybe 30 seconds and continued to speed up the interstate.
Maybe it was just a case of death wobble on steroids? Quite surprised he didn't lose it.
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This caught my eye on craigslist. 01' 2500 with only 18k miles. Not so sure about the price though. https://fargo.craigslist.org/ctd/5081030162.html
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$15k for an old gasoline 2 door?
No, just no. Run!
Very clean and sharp looking but for $15k you can probably find a nice used diesel or 3rd Gen Hemi.
No, just no. Run!
Very clean and sharp looking but for $15k you can probably find a nice used diesel or 3rd Gen Hemi.
Last edited by stewie01; Jul 1, 2015 at 11:42 AM.
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Took the old Corolla in for state inspection yesterday, jeez. One thing about NoVa/Central Va I don't like, they are much pickier here, down in SWVA that car would pass fairly easily.
So shop says it needs major exhaust work, new exhaust manifold and the special "flex" pipe, plus a taillight (no big deal, cheap online).
Rough estimate for everything was just under $900, kicker is for each exhaust bolt that breaks that they can't use an extractor and have to drill out is $100 per bolt.
Old car still runs pretty good, approaching 250,000 miles, somehow still gets 30MPG (although it has a tiny gas tank, 13G), but I'm not sure we can justify $1k or more for exhaust work.
So shop says it needs major exhaust work, new exhaust manifold and the special "flex" pipe, plus a taillight (no big deal, cheap online).
Rough estimate for everything was just under $900, kicker is for each exhaust bolt that breaks that they can't use an extractor and have to drill out is $100 per bolt.
Old car still runs pretty good, approaching 250,000 miles, somehow still gets 30MPG (although it has a tiny gas tank, 13G), but I'm not sure we can justify $1k or more for exhaust work.
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A few years ago I had to retire my '90 Mazda. It was kinda sad because had just put a new manifold back exhaust on it and replaced all the brakes.
I boned it because shortly after I did all that work I changed the oil and rotated the wheels. When I jacked it up the rear bumper fell off and the body tub bent around the jack. It had 230,000 miles on it. I bought it from my younger sister for $400.00 with just under 90,000 miles on it and ran it for over 7 years.
It too still got terrific MPG. It had a 10.5 gallon tank and I could depend on 400+ miles from a tank. The air conditioning worked great too.
I boned it because shortly after I did all that work I changed the oil and rotated the wheels. When I jacked it up the rear bumper fell off and the body tub bent around the jack. It had 230,000 miles on it. I bought it from my younger sister for $400.00 with just under 90,000 miles on it and ran it for over 7 years.
It too still got terrific MPG. It had a 10.5 gallon tank and I could depend on 400+ miles from a tank. The air conditioning worked great too.
Took the old Corolla in for state inspection yesterday, jeez. One thing about NoVa/Central Va I don't like, they are much pickier here, down in SWVA that car would pass fairly easily.
So shop says it needs major exhaust work, new exhaust manifold and the special "flex" pipe, plus a taillight (no big deal, cheap online).
Rough estimate for everything was just under $900, kicker is for each exhaust bolt that breaks that they can't use an extractor and have to drill out is $100 per bolt.
Old car still runs pretty good, approaching 250,000 miles, somehow still gets 30MPG (although it has a tiny gas tank, 13G), but I'm not sure we can justify $1k or more for exhaust work.
So shop says it needs major exhaust work, new exhaust manifold and the special "flex" pipe, plus a taillight (no big deal, cheap online).
Rough estimate for everything was just under $900, kicker is for each exhaust bolt that breaks that they can't use an extractor and have to drill out is $100 per bolt.
Old car still runs pretty good, approaching 250,000 miles, somehow still gets 30MPG (although it has a tiny gas tank, 13G), but I'm not sure we can justify $1k or more for exhaust work.