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Really. Every time i would build one online it jumped it to push button. I know the build and price is not always accurate though
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That’s no joke. I was bored today and played with a 24 build. The site was full of more glitches than accuracies.
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If you go for the 2500, I cannot recommend the air ride enough.
3/4 ton that rides like a half ton unloaded. It’s been the option I never knew I needed.
3/4 ton that rides like a half ton unloaded. It’s been the option I never knew I needed.
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2500 air ride, adaptive steering, air cooled seats, and 17 speaker stereo, oh and clearance lights and night package
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3500, diesel on a weight loss program, bench seats. 8” screen, least amount of electrical/safety options. Long bed mega would be nice and ram boxes. Big horn too
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Get a 3500 and change the hood badges to the 2500 ones. She will never know
That.
I think OP first needs to decide what better fits his need.
I don't think a hemi would struggle uphill with just a car trailer behind, but can't speak from experience.
And lots of people I know that drive a diesel bought it just because "they wanted one", but in reality would have been better off with a gas engine.
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I had a truck with all of the options. Blind spot monitoring, adaptive cruise, lane change assist, auto high beams, rain sensing wipers, pano moonroof etc, etc. After a short time of ownership with that I decided never again. I can’t stand all of that stuff
The only things that I like for sure are cloth seats, heated seats and wheel, and I do like the 8” screen and wireless CarPlay. That’s why I bought a nicely optioned tradesman and added OEM heated seats and wheel myself and it cost my 1k. I know I’m the minority but I’m much happier with that than a truck with all that other stuff that I don’t want or need. To each their own.
The only things that I like for sure are cloth seats, heated seats and wheel, and I do like the 8” screen and wireless CarPlay. That’s why I bought a nicely optioned tradesman and added OEM heated seats and wheel myself and it cost my 1k. I know I’m the minority but I’m much happier with that than a truck with all that other stuff that I don’t want or need. To each their own.
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Absolutely. I, on the other side, enjoy the electronic helpers that make driving easier and more pleasurable.
But I can see that some people would want rather less of that, for various reasons. As you said, to each their own.
I hear that there are even people out there that want to keep transportation so simple they even ride around in horse-drawn carts ;-)
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Maybe the difference in tires, but the adaptive steering on my PW is fine. It's neither too light nor too stiff at any speed. The only other vehicle I've had adaptive steering on was a Lincoln, and it was too light on the highest setting but fine on the lowest, but all heavier than the PW.
Personally, the biggest must-haves for me were the 360 camera system, the adaptive headlights, and *no* adaptive cruise control or lane assist. Lane assist annoys me in rentals. Bed step is quite handy.
Personally, the biggest must-haves for me were the 360 camera system, the adaptive headlights, and *no* adaptive cruise control or lane assist. Lane assist annoys me in rentals. Bed step is quite handy.
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It’s become easy to ignore all the wacky stuff, it all drove me nuts at first…a lot of it can be turned off, she found out. If I don’t plug it in, my phone behaves normally.
Things like tire warnings and other glitches toggle away for longer trips, short runs I don’t bother.
If it weren’t for covid truck shortages we’d have less of it, the only extra that I needed was a rear locker.
The front locker and sway bar disconnect is nice. I love the cool running transmission for towing, kinda makes the nonsense worth tolerating IMO.
Both come with the package, AFAIK.
I think it's nice that you have both, regular cruise control and adaptive. A VW Touareg we once had only had the adaptive, with no option to turn it off.
But on the RAM you can use the regular one, and turn off lane assist entirely and permanently with the press of a button. Easy-peasy.
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If you are going to tow a TT or 5th wheel I recommend buying an F250 or Chevy 2500. I own a 2024 RAM 2500 Laramie Night Edition. My Cargo Carrying Capacity is 2119lbs. Most all 5th wheels that are around 25-30' have a hitch/pin weight of 2000lbs or over. That means my wife, dog and I plus fuel couldn't be in the truck without exceeding the CCC. Yes I see RAM 2500's going down the road with huge 5th wheels in tow, however I guarantee they are grossly exceeding the truck's CCC. A person who stores his RAM 2500 attached to a 40' 5th wheel where I store my TT, is exceeding the truck's CCC by 600 lbs. I shake my head because my RAM 2500's rated TOWING CAPACITY is 20,000lbs, however that's not the CCC. When I see someone at a campground with a RAM 2500 and a huge 5th wheel or TT I ask them about weights. Not one person has talked about CCC. They all talk about Towing Capacity. F250's and Chevy 2500's have a CCC over 3000lbs.
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GVWR is for marketing and meaningless number just about everywhere. Don’t exceed your axle ratings and call it good.
For example in Idaho the only place it’s mentioned in the statutes is in the glossary. There is no weight law that utilizes GVWR. Every state I’ve researched is similar.
Ram could, and should, up the GVWR of the 2500 without changing anything about the truck. They are simply trying to stay within the Class II vehicle market, but Ford and GM have made their 2500’s Class III which is good for most but also detrimental for some commercial application.
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I’m in CA and the local CHPs main concern is that you are within driver license weight limits. They check your trailer gross weight and make sure your license is good for it. Don’t get me wrong if I was towing a fifth wheel or something like it all the time I’d recommend at minimum a 1 ton.
Sorry for the slow response but I was doing some more digging so the Limited level 1 appears to come with the digitial rearview mirror, adaptive steering, and trailer reverse guidance. So to get the Tow Mode DRVM group I would just but the camera and not the package correct? Is the Tow Tech Group plus worth it? I'm thinking I'll only be doing occasional towing and have never felt I had issues with blind spots before.
So I think I'm just deciding on the following
- Trailer surround (seems like it could possibly be added later)
- TTPMS (Seems like it could be added later but maybe harder)
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Yes, the wired tow-mode camera would need to be ordered separately.
I don’t think so, I like aux switches and you can’t have the trailer reverse steering with aux switches. I don’t like trailer reverse steering anyhow.
Believe so, but it may take hardware and software changes.
Yes, I don’t believe it’s too bad to add but will also take hardware and software changes.
My 0.02 is that if you might want it down the road just order it, it’s easier.
Thanks the problem is "want" vs "need" is the big question... right now we don't own a trailer and as much as I'd love to in like 5 years there is no guarantee we will. I also like to keep vehicles for a long time (current truck I've owned for 16 years)
Blind spot monitoring, adaptive cruise, and auto high beams are probably my favorite features on our 2022 Limited. They make the drive safer with no downside - what’s not to like? I really like the steering assist on our Acura RDX, but it is not well implemented on our RAM. If it was sensitive enough to keep the truck centered between the lane lines without hunting, it would be great, especially pulling a 44 ft. 5ver with a dually. But like everything else here, you can turn it off if you don’t like it.
The adaptive cruise on our Ram has one shortcoming - it slows down if a vehicle changes into your lane within the set gap. That is a software issue. It should back off of the gas until the gap is restored but not use the brakes. Unfortunately, most companies, off all types of products, seem to forget about fixing issues on past models. Once it’s sold, it’s “not our problem”.
The adaptive cruise item has been around for a very long time our 2012 durango has the same issue with braking but I suppose it's perhaps a safety thing.