My wife used to drive my Wrangler but refuses to drive the Gladiator. She sees it as work truck and would not let me take it when I am driving her to a partyI'm a Ford truck guy, the Gladiator is our for fun vehicle, now my wife drives it mostly
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Ford was my second choice. But They don’t make it easy to figure out tow capacity of individual trucks at the dealer. With ram, you just plug in the vin on the ram website and boom, the tow capacity and payload are listed. Plus, I couldn’t find any fords with nice features and the middle front seat. All the 6 seaters were stripped down models. With ram I got the Laramie trim with lots of nice features. Last, I love that v8. It sounds so nice. Spec wise, the ford is better in a lot of ways.I'm a Ford truck guy, the Gladiator is our for fun vehicle, now my wife drives it mostly
My f150 is an xlt powerboost its been averaging 24.5 mpg, has 430 hp and can tow 12700 #'s
The ram was my 2nd choice I just don't like the look of the Chevy's
yeah, I didn’t mind the exterior look of the Chevy, but the interior just looked dated. I know the owner of my local Chevy dealership too, so I really wanted to like it. I would have easily Gotten a great deal on it. It took a while to find a good deal on my RAM. Some dealerships would not budge on price at all. Mine was stickered at 59k and I got it for 51k. It was 56k out the door with warranty, fees and taxes. I sold my 2020 gladiator JTR for 48k.
I had a Silverado with the flip up arm rest/center console deal. It was nice when the girl I was seeing then wanted to sit there. Otherwise, it would have been awkward. A Ram isn’t any bigger.
-i see what you did there...Hey everyone,
This has been the best vehicle forum I have ever been a part of. So, instead of going quietly into the night, like usual, I wanted to say thanks to all the great folks and moderators. I learned a ton here and had quite a few laughs. I can never resist the enjoyment of a dumpster fire thread. And there’s been a few here to enjoy.
I really didn’t want to sell my gladiator but I needed more tow capacity and one extra seat, 5 vs 6. So I got a ram 1500. It’s not as exciting but it is a pretty nice truck. And it fits in the garage. I already added a flowmaster muffler to it and have a list of mods for it. I just can’t leave things stock.
Thanks again everyone.
I’ll leave you with this to chew on: if apple made a car, would it have windows?
Its the diesel derating issue that concerns me in the heat. This past weekend was the start of camping season for us in the desert. On the way up to cooler campgrounds I saw oil temps up to 245 on the steeper inclines. If I was towing anything I would have needed to slow way down and I don’t feel safe doing 55-60 when others zoom past at 90+ on the stretches of Utah highway with 80mph speed limits.
