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Would you buy the 3.7 again
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I willl say this 1500 Dodge is a nice truck the 3.7 is a good motor just not for a full size truck I have a Q-Cab it needs more motor to push it around the 3.7 should never been offfered in this truck it just to much for it.
I was like a lot of others when purchasing this truck looking at the MPG Sticker the 23 MPG made me buy this truck to bad I only gotten that kind of MPG once I knew better than get the 3.7 but it was a good idea at the time.
Like I said before my last truck before this one gotten between 8 to 10 MPG down hill with the wind behide you, thats why I traded in for this truck between payments and gas bill it was a good idea at the time the 17 to 18 MPG is nicer but if I could do it again it would not be the 3.7.
I was like a lot of others when purchasing this truck looking at the MPG Sticker the 23 MPG made me buy this truck to bad I only gotten that kind of MPG once I knew better than get the 3.7 but it was a good idea at the time.
Like I said before my last truck before this one gotten between 8 to 10 MPG down hill with the wind behide you, thats why I traded in for this truck between payments and gas bill it was a good idea at the time the 17 to 18 MPG is nicer but if I could do it again it would not be the 3.7.
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Well, if I lived in Texas, then I may have gotten a better deal. But out in Socal, everyone is switching to godd*** Toyota Prius's and other lame hybrids. I wish I would have done a little more research before I picked up the v6 model....but thats the sacrifice I get.
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^^ yea, should have researched more too. I jsut knew my truck was cheap, and i grabbed it right then and there. dealer was giving 4500 cash back and 1.9 apr, so i went for it. like i said, i was in a wheelchair and needed a truck, badly. my maxima just wasn't cutting it. Now i am able to drive the maxima (cause, i'm walking...rather well), and when i need the power, that's what the maximas for. My truck is seriously a truck. We have like 3 of our own buildings, and our boss has like 25 - looking at my truck on the outside, doesn't exactly represent how tore up my bed is...ugh. i need to line that bitch with something.
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ORIGINAL: marv02
I willl say this 1500 Dodge is a nice truck the 3.7 is a good motor just not for a full size truck I have a Q-Cab it needs more motor to push it around the 3.7 should never been offfered in this truck it just to much for it.
I was like a lot of others when purchasing this truck looking at the MPG Sticker the 23 MPG made me buy this truck to bad I only gotten that kind of MPG once I knew better than get the 3.7 but it was a good idea at the time.
Like I said before my last truck before this one gotten between 8 to 10 MPG down hill with the wind behide you, thats why I traded in for this truck between payments and gas bill it was a good idea at the time the 17 to 18 MPG is nicer but if I could do it again it would not be the 3.7.
I willl say this 1500 Dodge is a nice truck the 3.7 is a good motor just not for a full size truck I have a Q-Cab it needs more motor to push it around the 3.7 should never been offfered in this truck it just to much for it.
I was like a lot of others when purchasing this truck looking at the MPG Sticker the 23 MPG made me buy this truck to bad I only gotten that kind of MPG once I knew better than get the 3.7 but it was a good idea at the time.
Like I said before my last truck before this one gotten between 8 to 10 MPG down hill with the wind behide you, thats why I traded in for this truck between payments and gas bill it was a good idea at the time the 17 to 18 MPG is nicer but if I could do it again it would not be the 3.7.
This is EXACTLY why I bought my new Ram also..............and also why I wouldn't buy another V6 Ram.
I had a 2002 Ram 1500 QC 4X4 SLT with the 5.9L(360 cu in) engine. I got about 11.5 MPG City and 15 - 15.5 MPG Highway with a tailwind and those MPG figures are WITHOUT towing,no jack rabbit starts, and NEVER going over 70 mph on the highway.
So getting 16 MPG City and 23 MPG Highway seemed sooo much better.
I made a hasty decision based on MPG numbers and low monthly payments (for a truck), it's a great truck and I'll live with it, but I wouldn't buy another V6 full size Ram ever again.
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When I purchased Mine Truck they had Employee Pricing going on I gotten $9000.00 off mine this also made me buy A Dodge Truck I was looking on getting anouther Ford at the Time But the Dodge had the Killer deal at the time.
Like I said before when it's time to get rid of this truck we will see who has the Killer deal agian but one thing I do know it be a Dodge or a Ford only Yea Ford I still like Fords NO GM truck's.
But with any luck they will start offering a diesel motor in the 1/2 ton trucks when I trade this truck in, I realy don't need a 3/4 or 1 Ton truck for every day driving around I all ready have a 3/4 ton V-10 2001 Dodge excab truck for that but it suck fuel like don't need anouther one of those plus 1/2 ton's have a better ride to them for everday driving around still have a littleRuff rideto them but not like a heavy duty truck.
Like I said before when it's time to get rid of this truck we will see who has the Killer deal agian but one thing I do know it be a Dodge or a Ford only Yea Ford I still like Fords NO GM truck's.
But with any luck they will start offering a diesel motor in the 1/2 ton trucks when I trade this truck in, I realy don't need a 3/4 or 1 Ton truck for every day driving around I all ready have a 3/4 ton V-10 2001 Dodge excab truck for that but it suck fuel like don't need anouther one of those plus 1/2 ton's have a better ride to them for everday driving around still have a littleRuff rideto them but not like a heavy duty truck.
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^^ yea, should have researched more too. I jsut knew my truck was cheap, and i grabbed it right then and there. dealer was giving 4500 cash back and 1.9 apr, so i went for it. like i said, i was in a wheelchair and needed a truck, badly. my maxima just wasn't cutting it. Now i am able to drive the maxima (cause, i'm walking...rather well), and when i need the power, that's what the maximas for. My truck is seriously a truck. We have like 3 of our own buildings, and our boss has like 25 - looking at my truck on the outside, doesn't exactly represent how tore up my bed is...ugh. i need to line that bitch with something.
^^ yea, should have researched more too. I jsut knew my truck was cheap, and i grabbed it right then and there. dealer was giving 4500 cash back and 1.9 apr, so i went for it. like i said, i was in a wheelchair and needed a truck, badly. my maxima just wasn't cutting it. Now i am able to drive the maxima (cause, i'm walking...rather well), and when i need the power, that's what the maximas for. My truck is seriously a truck. We have like 3 of our own buildings, and our boss has like 25 - looking at my truck on the outside, doesn't exactly represent how tore up my bed is...ugh. i need to line that bitch with something.
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good poll...interestn to see wat u guys think...
i didnt buy it and as a "younger" driver i just want a fast car....not usn my truck for town but hauln **** i see...the occasional home depot/lowes wood purchase is about the most hauln my trucks done....
for the inner speed demon in me i would want a hemi/srt10 but then reality kicks n and looks down the street at gas prices and says wtf no way im stickn w/ the v6 or 4.7 v8 and mayb ctd if i ever needed to haul stuff around
i didnt buy it and as a "younger" driver i just want a fast car....not usn my truck for town but hauln **** i see...the occasional home depot/lowes wood purchase is about the most hauln my trucks done....
for the inner speed demon in me i would want a hemi/srt10 but then reality kicks n and looks down the street at gas prices and says wtf no way im stickn w/ the v6 or 4.7 v8 and mayb ctd if i ever needed to haul stuff around
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I voted for the CTD. Only in anticipation of the 1/2 ton Cummins V-6 powerd Ram that is supposed to come out in 2010 or so. Not for the 3/4 & 1 ton 6.7L Cummins. The V-6 CTD will get around 25 ish mpg. And when we make the switch to Diesel produced from coal, and diesel fuel gets back down to $2.00 - $2.25/gal like itshould ALLREADY be, the V-6 CTD will be the only way to go. Diesel from crude oil is selling for about $95 / barell. HOWEVER, Diesel fuel produced from COAL, wich can be made right here in the good 'ol USA cost about $35 / barell to produce. ( USA has theLARGEST stockpile of coal in the WORLD! ) It IS the government that is keeping fuel prices so high. Simple as that. This is NOT, I repeat NOT new technology. We knew how to make Diesel fuel from coal over 80 years ago!!!!!! We did not do it then, because at that time, curde oil was so cheap that it would have been more expensive. IT IS TIME FOR A CHANGE!!
So, in short. No. I would not get the 3.7L again. Even WITH the $1000.00extra rebate. I will be looking at the 2010 Ram real hard when the CTD hits the 1/2 ton market. ( As well as Ford & Chevy 1/2 ton diesels! )
So, in short. No. I would not get the 3.7L again. Even WITH the $1000.00extra rebate. I will be looking at the 2010 Ram real hard when the CTD hits the 1/2 ton market. ( As well as Ford & Chevy 1/2 ton diesels! )
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Has any one notice how many of us would buy the 3.7 V-6 again.
Yea most of us can say never again a small gas V-6 in a full size truck.
Like I said before they should of never offered a V-6 in this truck good engine but not enough to pull this truck around power to weight ratio is not a good combo If they had some morecubic inchesit could of worked out just some useable H/P out this engine would of been great also.
Like I said Usable H/P thats make all the diffrents in the world for the ones that don't know what this means the right amount of H/P in the correct RPM range, not the ones with the most H/P always wins but have it in the right place make it a winner or a just anouther over rated POS.
Yea most of us can say never again a small gas V-6 in a full size truck.
Like I said before they should of never offered a V-6 in this truck good engine but not enough to pull this truck around power to weight ratio is not a good combo If they had some morecubic inchesit could of worked out just some useable H/P out this engine would of been great also.
Like I said Usable H/P thats make all the diffrents in the world for the ones that don't know what this means the right amount of H/P in the correct RPM range, not the ones with the most H/P always wins but have it in the right place make it a winner or a just anouther over rated POS.
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Marv, you are absolutly correct. And I have thought about that issue for some years now. I do not have the time to do a full comparison of Ford vs. Dodge vs. GM on the HP at 1500, 2000, 2500 RPM, as well as the MAX HP and it's posted RPM for the V-6 models. I did this some years ago when I had my 2003 Chevy Cav. LS with the awsome Ecotec motor.( Comparing the Cav./Sunfire vs. Focus vs. Corrolla vs. Civic.) Just as important as the HP ratings, even more so in my book, is WHERE the Torque omes in at! Torque is what gets your speed up off the line. HP carry's you up the steep hill at 60 MPH.