Greetings, Merry Christmas ! New member from Pennsylvania.
I am "that guy" that buys a new pickup every 2 or 3 years drives less than 3000 miles a year and I trade in to reap the great resale value.
After owning all types and brands I have HAD IT !! with the complicated turbo's and engine deactivation, direct injection and so on.
My former F-150 with the 3.5 Eco-Boost developed broken exhaust manifold bolts ( yea part my fault cause I don't drive it much and the engine rusts) at 13K miles.
The only reason I own a pickup is occasional towing of 5000 to 8000 lbs and needing the 4x4 when the big snow hits. I need a powerful engine for towing and steep mountains.
My head was blowing up going to dealers - I want an old school, powerful engine but don't want a Superduty 2500-3500 truck, I did own a former F-150 with the 5.0 but it was dead towing and a gas hog, the Silverado with the 5.3 was out cause it felt cheap and for some reason on the test drive my whole body would slide to the drivers door like the seat was like a sliding board that really bugged me. Looking at a new Ram no dealer wanted to sell demanding top sticker price when I could get the same equipped Ford and Chevy for $10K less. I finally gave up but I visited a major used vehicle dealer just to test drive different trucks. The one that kept drawing me back was a used 2021 Ram 1500 Classic Warlock with the 3.6 V6 with only 7000 miles - it was a bargain at $28K and to my surprise the dealer gave me $24K trade-in on my F-150 even knowing it had broken manifold bolts. I bought the Ram worried that it wouldn't tow , but I did do a long distance tow of a 5000 trailer and it did better than my former- former 5.0 F-150. I never considered a Ram truck before but so far love it. I know how they rust so I got it professional undercoated.
I am "that guy" that buys a new pickup every 2 or 3 years drives less than 3000 miles a year and I trade in to reap the great resale value.
After owning all types and brands I have HAD IT !! with the complicated turbo's and engine deactivation, direct injection and so on.
My former F-150 with the 3.5 Eco-Boost developed broken exhaust manifold bolts ( yea part my fault cause I don't drive it much and the engine rusts) at 13K miles.
The only reason I own a pickup is occasional towing of 5000 to 8000 lbs and needing the 4x4 when the big snow hits. I need a powerful engine for towing and steep mountains.
My head was blowing up going to dealers - I want an old school, powerful engine but don't want a Superduty 2500-3500 truck, I did own a former F-150 with the 5.0 but it was dead towing and a gas hog, the Silverado with the 5.3 was out cause it felt cheap and for some reason on the test drive my whole body would slide to the drivers door like the seat was like a sliding board that really bugged me. Looking at a new Ram no dealer wanted to sell demanding top sticker price when I could get the same equipped Ford and Chevy for $10K less. I finally gave up but I visited a major used vehicle dealer just to test drive different trucks. The one that kept drawing me back was a used 2021 Ram 1500 Classic Warlock with the 3.6 V6 with only 7000 miles - it was a bargain at $28K and to my surprise the dealer gave me $24K trade-in on my F-150 even knowing it had broken manifold bolts. I bought the Ram worried that it wouldn't tow , but I did do a long distance tow of a 5000 trailer and it did better than my former- former 5.0 F-150. I never considered a Ram truck before but so far love it. I know how they rust so I got it professional undercoated.