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New Dodge Truck !

gunnutgunnut Member Posts: 724 ✭✭✭✭
edited May 2002 in General Discussion
After much debate, my wife got a new 02 Dodge 1500 quad cab 4x4. I have always owned chevy's or fords. After looking at all of them the Dodge was the best deal and with 3.9% interest to boot. The chevys and fords were 3-4k more for the same truck. Anyway hope it works out as I might get to drive it in about 5 years. :)

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  • pikeal1pikeal1 Member Posts: 2,707
    edited November -1
    Congrats on the new truck. Those Dodge trucks sure are purty. Guess if she got a truck, its time for you to get a new gun huh?
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  • badboybobbadboybob Member Posts: 1,658 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Gunnut maybe your wife will let you drive it when it needs gas

    PC=BS
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  • concealedG36concealedG36 Member Posts: 3,566 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I hope you love it gunnut!! I have a Dodge truck (Dakota, though) and I love it!!

    Oh, and I hope you get to drive it before 5 years, the "new" smell will be gone by then



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  • PiadeaPiadea Member Posts: 146 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Good luck with the new Ram. I've got a '99 (my first truck) and couldn't be happier.
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  • gunnutgunnut Member Posts: 724 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Thanks for the reply's guys. For mothers day I had crome nerf bars and bed rails installed. It goes to the Line-X dealer in the morning for the spray in bed liner! I dont want to scratch that purdy bed with fishin poles and huntin stuff :)

    The Nut

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  • CAndres35CAndres35 Member Posts: 453 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    lot of luck with the new truck. i have95 with 143000 and still going strong. probably break down soon though as i paid it off yesterday. i have the 1500 with the 360 engine but not 4whl. best carl
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  • COONASSCOONASS Member Posts: 2,068 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    don't feel bad gunnut it was 8 days before I drove her new one. just like yours but 2x4........I did get to drive it for two days though before we signed the papers.......has 2100 miles so far so good.....We have something in common , I'm getting her too nerf bars, spray in liner, bed extender (you know groceries) not four wheeler, bug shield and for early Birthday a soft hinged bed top...........

    coonass

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  • LowriderLowrider Member Posts: 6,587
    edited November -1
    My '87 Dodge D-150 is the best truck I ever owned. Bought it new 15 years ago and it still runs like a top. 318 V-8, the last year for the carbureted engine.

    We don't need no steenking fuel injection.

    Lord Lowrider the LoquaciousMember:Secret Select Society of Suave Stylish Smoking Jackets She was only a fisherman's daughter,But when she saw my rod she reeled.
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  • RosieRosie Member Posts: 14,525 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I am standing in front of my computer with my hat in hand, head bowed and saying a prayer for you and yours you poor...poor sucker.
    Rosie, the one who has owned a 95 and a 99 Ram
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  • gunnutgunnut Member Posts: 724 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    poor sucker ?

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  • cbxjeffcbxjeff Member Posts: 17,601 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Dodge (Chrysler) has many good thing going ... the automatic transmission is not one of them.


    cbxjeffIt's too late for me, save yourself.
    It's too late for me, save yourself.
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  • gunnutgunnut Member Posts: 724 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    well it came with a 7yr 100000 mile warrenty! Hope we don't have to use it, but im glad its there. My wife will never pull anything with it, and possibly never use the 4x4 so hope all goes well :) I will say this however the gas milage to date leaves a little to be desired. 8.9 mpg so far! worse than the mustang cobra I bought new in 98!

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  • RockinURockinU Member Posts: 248 ✭
    edited November -1
    I've got a '95 cummins, it's got 223,000, and a large portion of that was pulling a trailer, and I still pull one with it most every day...good truck if a little rough riding.
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  • nordnord Member Posts: 6,106 ✭
    edited November -1
    FYI...

    We have a 2000 Grand Cherokee with the same engine. Nice car and it pulls about 15 mpg around town. On a trip it will easily break 20 mpg if I'm driving. 2 or 3 mpg less if my wife drives (and this on cruise control). Strange, but true!

    My son has a Dakota (same engine and tranny as yours). Best he could do was about 14 mpg until he put a K&N filter and throttle plate on the little beast. A huge increase in torque, no hunting for a gear, and about 3 mpg better on average.

    And last but not least... My father has a 2001 Durango. Again, same engine and tranny as all the others and much heavier. He's a young 89 years of age and the old boy gets around! Much of his driving is 1 or 2 mile spurts to the post office or such. The rest is on longer trips at highway speeds (and I don't mean 55). The computer technology offered in the vehicle is way past his level, so he never resets the trip or mile logs. When he comes to visit us I always check economy and reset the system. This vehicle averages over 18 mpg! Hands down, this is one of the finest vehicles I've ever driven. Hope you find the same to be true with your new scoot.

    nord
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  • rg666rg666 Member Posts: 395 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Gunnut, Those that talk about the transmission problems should have used an additive from Dodge called "anti-foaming agent". Go to the dealer and buy 2 bottles of it and dump it in the trans. It will make the shifting smoother and help your tranny to last years longer. Trust me. I am an engineer & my buddies from Daimler Chrysler told me about this little fix years ago. Its worked great for everyone thats tried it. After you add the A.F.A. solution it will take about 50 or so miles before you notice crisper shifting etc. Good luck with your new truck you'll love it, if you ever get to drive it!!!!!! RG
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  • COONASSCOONASS Member Posts: 2,068 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    gunnut if you or she many never use the 4x4 option why did you get
    it???????????????????? I getting 18.8 mpg....in my 2x4...that's half city and hwy driving..............


    rg666........I have the same truck but in two wheel drive..Do I
    still use two bottles of AFA??????????????????????

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  • michael minarikmichael minarik Member Posts: 478 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I am whispering so Mr. Murphy won't hear this: I have owned nothing but Ford 4x4's since 1970 and 3 months outta every year I spend 4-wheeling in a factory stock truck; I get a new one every 2.5 to 3 years. Have never had a problem! To date: pulled outta being stuck 22 Dodges, 19 chevy's, 11 Toyotas. Check our the drivelines on your foreign trucks(Chev's or is it Chiv's, Dodge and others) and look at their puny components. The mechanical and tensil strength of my current F-150 drive line is twice that of these wannabe's 4x4 tonka's...heheheheheheheheeeeee...LOL_LOL_LOL!
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  • guns-n-painthorsesguns-n-painthorses Member Posts: 6,462 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    F 150? Is that even thought of as a truck? That's like a car with a big trunk!Put two of those f 150's with the glued on box sides in a car crusher, smash them into 4' X 4' cubes, load them into the back of my 2500 V-10 Dodge, and I'll show you how a real truck works. As far as getting one stuck, well, I've had mine in just about as bad of places as one could imagine, and have never got it stuck. Maybe it's the driver, not the truck?
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  • rg666rg666 Member Posts: 395 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Yeah COONASS 2 bottles no matter which tranny you have. It won't void warranties anything like that since its sold by Daimler Chrysler.The mopar part # is 4549637 and its about $3 a bottle.
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  • COONASSCOONASS Member Posts: 2,068 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Thanks rg666...........What exactly does it do???????????

    coonass

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    company his mind keeps."
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  • rg666rg666 Member Posts: 395 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    They design the tranny's to make them fit all types of driving & shifting. They want it to foam so you won't feel the shifting at all. The down side is the tranny foams up when your driving around or when pulling a heavy load its even worse. When it gets too foamy it starts to lag and shift too slowly. When it gets too foamy the air bubbles prevent the fluid from flowing as well(thins out)and the tranny gets hot quicker. The AFA reduces the foaming down to a minimum and allows the density of the fluid to stay uniform. Mopar puts the anti foaming agent in the original trans fluid but its not enough. This will work for any other Mopar automatic transmission as well. As a side note NEVER let anyone change the fluid without it being MOPAR certified. RG
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  • COONASSCOONASS Member Posts: 2,068 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    THANKS AGAIN...............RG666

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    company his mind keeps."
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  • gunnutgunnut Member Posts: 724 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Coonass, I will use the 4x4 on occasion as the need arises. My wife however won't. I would highly recommend the Line-X bed sprayed in bed liner it looks great. I would assume "not tested" that it will also perform great. Michael after owning several fords "I currently drive one" I would not say that they are the toughest 4x4's made. As far as pulling all the others out with a stock truck it sounds strange that all these people were stuck and your stock ford had no problems with pulling them out. Your bashing Chevy's and the other models for not being 100% american made, tell me is ford trucks 100% american made? Is there any truck 100% american made with 100% american parts? Let me guess you shop at wal-mart because their 100% american.

    Stir, Stir, Stir

    The Nut

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  • COONASSCOONASS Member Posts: 2,068 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    All trucks have good and bad traits.........There are lemons in all.
    I have and know from experience.......I still have a 1980 F150 short bed, auto tranny, 400 under the hood, 32 super swampers, with 265,000 miles on it.......The A/C went out a few years ago but other than that its as new......Theres not a stock truck around that will tie off to me.

    coonass

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    company his mind keeps."
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  • squeakycsqueakyc Member Posts: 204 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Dodge...........Best truck I ever owned...........Buy no other once you have owned one.............Have fun with your new toy......squeakyc
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  • rg666rg666 Member Posts: 395 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    My 2 cents worth on the "Made in America" thing. Look at the sticker. It has on it what percentage of the parts were made in NORTH AMERICA. NO ONE IS 100% U.S. made because there are few that are 100% North American made. RG
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  • COONASSCOONASS Member Posts: 2,068 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    The 2002 chev Silverado says nothing what so ever. That's scary..

    The 2002 Ram 1500 Quad Cab SLT says: 75% U.S. and Canadian
    18% Mexico
    7% does not say????????

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    company his mind keeps."
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  • interstatepawnllcinterstatepawnllc Member Posts: 9,390
    edited November -1
    Pound for pound and dollar for dollar NOTHING, absolutly NOTHING is tougher or as durable as a TOYOTA !! Let the BB-QUE begin.
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  • RockinURockinU Member Posts: 248 ✭
    edited November -1
    I used to have a Toyota with 31" tires as my ranch truck, I loved it , then one day my wife ran down the road to the store, and an unlicensed 15 year old girl driving a new camaro ran a stop sign and t-boned it...everyone was ok, but my little truck was totaled (nothing compared to the camaro though)...it was a sad day on the Rockin' U Ranch...
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  • rg666rg666 Member Posts: 395 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Nothings as $OVERPRICED$ as a Toyota either!!
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