Northern MI Cucklyfe: Floating Garage Edition

[max225]

Wife did remind me that the bench seat facilitates road head nicely (confirmed in my past full sizers), so at least there's that benefit.

haven't heard of road head in years... and with no you'd be living dangerously.

[CaleDeRoo]

Meh only other trucks would be able to see in, and what's the harm.



3.21s on this

I also don't think it'll be that bad with the V6. The RAM will cut through the air better and that will help get back a bit of the high speed acceleration.

[ChrisoftheNorth]

Meh only other trucks would be able to see in, and what's the harm.



3.21s on this

I also don't think it'll be that bad with the V6. The RAM will cut through the air better and that will help get back a bit of the high speed acceleration.

This has 100+HP on mine bro!

[max225]

Meh only other trucks would be able to see in, and what's the harm.



3.21s on this

I also don't think it'll be that bad with the V6. The RAM will cut through the air better and that will help get back a bit of the high speed acceleration.

Acceleration isn't a concern... Cruising in top gear is.

[max225]

1200 rpm at 60mph while pushing 5000lbs+ with a brick ...

[ChrisoftheNorth]

Wife did remind me that the bench seat facilitates road head nicely (confirmed in my past full sizers), so at least there's that benefit.

haven't heard of road head in years... and with no you'd be living dangerously.

Middle of Michigan, set cruise at 80, you won't be passed for miles and miles.

It's fantastic, though center consoles get in the way. Bench seat trucks can accommodate a lot...wow.

[max225]

haven't heard of road head in years... and with no you'd be living dangerously.

Middle of Michigan, set cruise at 80, you won't be passed for miles and miles.

It's fantastic, though center consoles get in the way. Bench seat trucks can accommodate a lot...wow.

[CaleDeRoo]

Meh only other trucks would be able to see in, and what's the harm.



3.21s on this

I also don't think it'll be that bad with the V6. The RAM will cut through the air better and that will help get back a bit of the high speed acceleration.

This has 100+HP on mine bro!

Yeah but it only dropped like 1500rpm between shifts. I wouldn't be worried.

[ChrisoftheNorth]

Middle of Michigan, set cruise at 80, you won't be passed for miles and miles.

It's fantastic, though center consoles get in the way. Bench seat trucks can accommodate a lot...wow.

Nah breh, need the full access option.

[max225]

Can we just appreciate that I found the gif

[CaleDeRoo]

Meh only other trucks would be able to see in, and what's the harm.



3.21s on this

I also don't think it'll be that bad with the V6. The RAM will cut through the air better and that will help get back a bit of the high speed acceleration.

Acceleration isn't a concern... Cruising in top gear is.

I don't know what kind of hills big D will be driving through, but if gear hunting between 6,7,8th gear at 75mph on the highway is the biggest complaint I'd say cucktruck experiment would be a success.

Does this truck have eTroque or is that gone?

[ChrisoftheNorth]

Acceleration isn't a concern... Cruising in top gear is.

I don't know what kind of hills big D will be driving through, but if gear hunting between 6,7,8th gear at 75mph on the highway is the biggest complaint I'd say cucktruck experiment would be a success.

Does this truck have eTroque or is that gone?

It's got eToruqe. Shit, I forgot about that. eTorque actually makes a pretty noticable improvement in performance around town with the V6

[ChrisoftheNorth]

Can we just appreciate that I found the gif

I thought you made it somehow. IDK kinda high

[D Griff]

Dang. I haven’t had road head in like a decade

I think the power will be just fine... the eight speed really is great, I barely notice it when driving which is the best compliment I could give an auto.

I just don’t care that much in a truck for epic passing power, it’ll break into triple digits easily I’m sure.

[max225]

Dang. I haven’t had road head in like a decade

I think the power will be just fine... the eight speed really is great, I barely notice it when driving which is the best compliment I could give an auto.

I just don’t care that much in a truck for epic passing power, it’ll break into triple digits easily I’m sure.

Wait do you have the turbo ?
I mean my dads 300s I drove for 2000 miles or so has very decent power. But it’s pretty aerodynamic and relatively light. I can’t Imagine adding 1500lbs + 50% more front surface area.

Etorque could be the answer tho

[D Griff]

Dang. I haven’t had road head in like a decade

I think the power will be just fine... the eight speed really is great, I barely notice it when driving which is the best compliment I could give an auto.

I just don’t care that much in a truck for epic passing power, it’ll break into triple digits easily I’m sure.

Wait do you have the turbo ?
I mean my dads 300s I drove for 2000 miles or so has very decent power. But it’s pretty aerodynamic and relatively light. I can’t Imagine adding 1500lbs + 50% more front surface area.

Etorque could be the answer tho

Yeah we have the turbo... it is pretty great, solid 23 MPG over the life so far, good low down torque, OK highway passing power, the transmission pretty effortlessly just does its thing in the background unnoticed. In the event of a mountain descent or something, manual mode works well enough too.

I think you're right, the RAM will be slow... but I just wouldn't care personally. I drove the slowest of anyone here for many years/miles and It still gets you there. I just don't really find a ton of power in huge, terrible handling vehicles all that exciting. You just have to pay a bit more attention merging in a slow vehicle, but it's no big deal.

[ChrisoftheNorth]

Dang. I haven’t had road head in like a decade

I think the power will be just fine... the eight speed really is great, I barely notice it when driving which is the best compliment I could give an auto.

I just don’t care that much in a truck for epic passing power, it’ll break into triple digits easily I’m sure.

Wait do you have the turbo ?
I mean my dads 300s I drove for 2000 miles or so has very decent power. But it’s pretty aerodynamic and relatively light. I can’t Imagine adding 1500lbs + 50% more front surface area.

Etorque could be the answer tho

The only eTorque 3.6 I've driven was a JL pre production engineering unit that had the "ram programming". It made a noticable difference off the line under 2k rpm, which is where the 3.6 needs the most help. I think it should make a difference in the Ram, but we'll see. It's gonna be slow no matter what.

[ChrisoftheNorth]

Wait do you have the turbo ?
I mean my dads 300s I drove for 2000 miles or so has very decent power. But it’s pretty aerodynamic and relatively light. I can’t Imagine adding 1500lbs + 50% more front surface area.

Etorque could be the answer tho

Yeah we have the turbo... it is pretty great, solid 23 MPG over the life so far, good low down torque, OK highway passing power, the transmission pretty effortlessly just does its thing in the background unnoticed. In the event of a mountain descent or something, manual mode works well enough too.

I think you're right, the RAM will be slow... but I just wouldn't care personally. I drove the slowest of anyone here for many years/miles and It still gets you there. I just don't really find a ton of power in huge, terrible handling vehicles all that exciting. You just have to pay a bit more attention merging in a slow vehicle, but it's no big deal.

This was my POV when ordering the truck. It's never going to be fun, I don't care how much power it has. Might as well just go for efficiency for range.

I am looking forward to some quiet comfort on the highway, that and the large bed will make all my a lot easier. Sick of strapping stuff down while it hangs out just past the tailgate in the JT.

[max225]

Wait do you have the turbo ?
I mean my dads 300s I drove for 2000 miles or so has very decent power. But it’s pretty aerodynamic and relatively light. I can’t Imagine adding 1500lbs + 50% more front surface area.

Etorque could be the answer tho

The only eTorque 3.6 I've driven was a JL pre production engineering unit that had the "ram programming". It made a noticable difference off the line under 2k rpm, which is where the 3.6 needs the most help. I think it should make a difference in the Ram, but we'll see. It's gonna be slow no matter what.

I read about e torque yesterday and it adds quite a bit of power. Should be interesting

[ChrisoftheNorth]

The only eTorque 3.6 I've driven was a JL pre production engineering unit that had the "ram programming". It made a noticable difference off the line under 2k rpm, which is where the 3.6 needs the most help. I think it should make a difference in the Ram, but we'll see. It's gonna be slow no matter what.

I read about e torque yesterday and it adds quite a bit of power. Should be interesting

It does add quite a bit of power, but all below 2k RPM. I think it might be the savior for the cucktruck around town.

[ChrisoftheNorth]

The other nice thing about eTorque is the start/stop system is nearly undetectable. It's so smooth since it uses the e-motor to start the ICE engine.

[max225]

I read about e torque yesterday and it adds quite a bit of power. Should be interesting

It does add quite a bit of power, but all below 2k RPM. I think it might be the savior for the cucktruck around town.

that’s where it needs it. At least for me all the power is missing below 2500. And I have “too much” above 4500. Vtech on a truck is

So is the 19th the day you pick it up ?

[ChrisoftheNorth]

It does add quite a bit of power, but all below 2k RPM. I think it might be the savior for the cucktruck around town.

that’s where it needs it. At least for me all the power is missing below 2500. And I have “too much” above 4500. Vtech on a truck is

So is the 19th the day you pick it up ?

Agreed, it adds power where the 3.6 needs it the most.

I have an appt to swap the JTR for the cucktruck on the 19th. Trying to get excited just for the newness and will be an interesting experiment for a year.

[CaleDeRoo]

The other nice thing about eTorque is the start/stop system is nearly undetectable. It's so smooth since it uses the e-motor to start the ICE engine.

The etorque was really good IMO

I had complaints about the similar system in the A5 rental, but I attribute that to the DCT and 48volt system not being paired well together.

[ChrisoftheNorth]

The other nice thing about eTorque is the start/stop system is nearly undetectable. It's so smooth since it uses the e-motor to start the ICE engine.

The etorque was really good IMO

It particularly shines on engines with less torque like the 3.6. I like it on our JL with the 2.0, but it doesn't help a ton. I imagine it's the same with a 5.7, but I haven't driven one. That option carries a hefty pricetag on the Ram.