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Re:Rural Americans are importing tiny Japanese pickup trucks by hedora on Thursday April 20, 2023 @07:12PM (#35647773)
RAM 1500: Towing capacity up hill. Zero.

The transmission overheats after 3-4 hours going uphill with no load. They made it too heavy for the powertrain!

It’s also depressingly easy to trigger the overload light on the dashboard by doing things like buying bricks at Home Depot.

Seriously, WTF? Do we need a 2500 class to replace our old pre-fuel-injection GMC 1500? It had better fuel economy and was also lower to the ground. It could even handle mountain freeways!

(The newer GMC was even worse than the Ram, FWIW.)

I’d definitely look into one of these little japanese trucks if I could get a new one and have it serviced. Bonus points if it is an EV.

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Re:Rural Americans are importing tiny Japanese pickup trucks by chrisco255 on Thursday April 20, 2023 @09:42PM (#35648880)
Sorry to hear that. The modern Ford PowerDiesels are amazing though. Mine has towed 20K+ pounds through a 10% grade in the Grand Tetons without breaking a sweat.
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