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Re: Ram 1500 ecodiesel
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09/20/19 09:12 AM
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bigfishwilb
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I will never go back to them on I35. I was to meet with them on schedule appt to buy a non current year of a ram. My appt at 11. I even offered to place my CC to hold it. They were signing papers on it to another customer when I arrived. Never would I get anything from them. Mine was done at IPAC Jeep/Ram on 410
Patrick Wilbricht San Antonio TX Ardent Outdoors Prostaff Owner, PFK Limitless Fishing
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Re: Ram 1500 ecodiesel
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09/22/19 10:50 PM
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Lightnin
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I hope you had a better experience at IPAC than I did. To be honest I got mine used from IPAC Mazda. It was the exact truck I was looking for and they had it in inventory for five months. I hammered them pretty hard on price. So much they wouldn't even replace the radiator cap that was still working but broken into two pieces. Just replaced it yesterday because no one could find a fit. Come to find out the cap is a GM branded cap. On top of that every parts place wanted to sell me green antifreeze. Kept telling them it was an orange color. Oh it is GM DeX Cool. Didn't feel comfortable with that. The house that had the GM cap found some Valvoline antifreeze that is a light orange color.
On top of all that came up off a boat ramp with the parking brake on. Just as I realized what was happening a check engine light came on. Engineering buddy researched it and said all I needed to do was flash it. Had IPAC Dodge do that and it has never run the same. It behaves just as everyone describes their truck after the fix. I have a suspicion this truck had a GDE program on it and I accidentally removed it. Have a call into them now to see if they can verify off the VIN.
Got an email Fri from RAM they needed my wife's ID. Well at least my application is being reviewed. Overall I still love this truck.
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Re: Ram 1500 ecodiesel
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09/23/19 03:38 PM
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I will never go back to them on I35. I was to meet with them on schedule appt to buy a non current year of a ram. My appt at 11. I even offered to place my CC to hold it. They were signing papers on it to another customer when I arrived. Never would I get anything from them. Mine was done at IPAC Jeep/Ram on 410 Mine was a smooth buying experience with them. I wanted to buy mine from IPAC but they were closed. My previous vehicle had been totaled (not my fault) and I needed to replace it then. The only thing I missed that I was wanting that the ones from IPAC had according to their site was vinyl floors.
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Re: Ram 1500 ecodiesel
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09/23/19 09:24 PM
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I will never go back to them on I35. I was to meet with them on schedule appt to buy a non current year of a ram. My appt at 11. I even offered to place my CC to hold it. They were signing papers on it to another customer when I arrived. Never would I get anything from them. Mine was done at IPAC Jeep/Ram on 410 Stay away from Mac Haik on I35 too, the salesman named Ellis is a snake
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Re: Ram 1500 ecodiesel
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09/24/19 02:24 AM
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I will never go back to them on I35. I was to meet with them on schedule appt to buy a non current year of a ram. My appt at 11. I even offered to place my CC to hold it. They were signing papers on it to another customer when I arrived. Never would I get anything from them. Mine was done at IPAC Jeep/Ram on 410 Stay away from Mac Haik on I35 too, the salesman named Ellis is a snake I called them about a used quad cab last week. 2019 1500 quad cab tradesman, red. They had it listed for $28,500. I told them it was overpriced for used and that I'd pay them $26k if they could give me $17,500 for my trade-in, which is more than fair. They refused to budge on the $28,500 and said they were only making $1500 as-is and they only had it for a few days and they don't discount til it's been on the lot at least 2 months. Sure enough, a week later, it's listed for $27,000. Think I'd ever buy a truck from those jokers? Nope...
Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards. - Soren Kierkegaard
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Re: Ram 1500 ecodiesel
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09/24/19 02:39 PM
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I will never go back to them on I35. I was to meet with them on schedule appt to buy a non current year of a ram. My appt at 11. I even offered to place my CC to hold it. They were signing papers on it to another customer when I arrived. Never would I get anything from them. Mine was done at IPAC Jeep/Ram on 410 Stay away from Mac Haik on I35 too, the salesman named Ellis is a snake I called them about a used quad cab last week. 2019 1500 quad cab tradesman, red. They had it listed for $28,500. I told them it was overpriced for used and that I'd pay them $26k if they could give me $17,500 for my trade-in, which is more than fair. They refused to budge on the $28,500 and said they were only making $1500 as-is and they only had it for a few days and they don't discount til it's been on the lot at least 2 months. Sure enough, a week later, it's listed for $27,000. Think I'd ever buy a truck from those jokers? Nope... I ended up trading in my Tundra to another dealership for over twice of what they offered, they are a joke
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Re: Ram 1500 ecodiesel
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09/24/19 07:05 PM
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Jerry713
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The last couple of vehicles I traded in I took them to CarMax first. The give you a written offer that lasts for 7 days. That gives you a bottom of the barrel amount to work from and bargain with. I also get pre-approved with my credit union and that takes away more bargain power from the dealers. They don't do well with me. :
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Re: Ram 1500 ecodiesel
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09/26/19 04:58 AM
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Jarrett Latta
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Just watched a test drive of a 2020 eco 2wd. The guys got 40mpg at the pump. Truck showed 30. Be curious to see what epa releases for mpg.
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Re: Ram 1500 ecodiesel
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09/26/19 10:46 AM
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patriot07
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Just watched a test drive of a 2020 eco 2wd. The guys got 40mpg at the pump. Truck showed 30. Be curious to see what epa releases for mpg. How many gallons? Your numbers can get really skewed if you over-fill before and under-fill after and you only drove 150 or 200 miles. Now if they got that on a 600+ mile tank, at the same pump both times, on level ground, then I'll be selling mine real soon to buy a 2020 model. It's not hard for me to get 30 mpg in mine, but 40 mpg is just silly. I've gotten 15 mpg towing my 30' travel trailer before. The ED engine is really shockingly good. Mine is by far the best truck I've ever owned or driven, and that includes all the big brands.
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Re: Ram 1500 ecodiesel
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09/27/19 03:44 AM
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Just watched a test drive of a 2020 eco 2wd. The guys got 40mpg at the pump. Truck showed 30. Be curious to see what epa releases for mpg. The fast lane truck? I've watched some of their MPG vids, Fords seem to be the worst about the computer cheating how good the fuel mileage really is.
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Re: Ram 1500 ecodiesel
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10/10/19 11:27 AM
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patriot07
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Just watched a test drive of a 2020 eco 2wd. The guys got 40mpg at the pump. Truck showed 30. Be curious to see what epa releases for mpg. The fast lane truck? I've watched some of their MPG vids, Fords seem to be the worst about the computer cheating how good the fuel mileage really is. They used hand-calculated numbers, but it was only over like 100 miles. Pump in accuracy can significantly impact your mpg on a test like that. I'm a big fan of the ecodiesel and i want the tests to show that they're awesome, but I'm also an engineer and someone who just wants truth, and I can tell you from a technical standpoint that a test run like that is extremely inaccurate. The difference a couple tenths of a gallon makes on such a small mileage could be really significant. And if anyone here thinks a full size pickup is getting 40 mpg on a round trip with cruise set at 70 mph, I've got some ocean front property in Arizona for sale for a great price.
Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards. - Soren Kierkegaard
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Re: Ram 1500 ecodiesel
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10/18/19 06:45 PM
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Jerry713
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Just watched a test drive of a 2020 eco 2wd. The guys got 40mpg at the pump. Truck showed 30. Be curious to see what epa releases for mpg. The fast lane truck? I've watched some of their MPG vids, Fords seem to be the worst about the computer cheating how good the fuel mileage really is. They used hand-calculated numbers, but it was only over like 100 miles. Pump in accuracy can significantly impact your mpg on a test like that. I'm a big fan of the ecodiesel and i want the tests to show that they're awesome, but I'm also an engineer and someone who just wants truth, and I can tell you from a technical standpoint that a test run like that is extremely inaccurate. The difference a couple tenths of a gallon makes on such a small mileage could be really significant. And if anyone here thinks a full size pickup is getting 40 mpg on a round trip with cruise set at 70 mph, I've got some ocean front property in Arizona for sale for a great price. Lol yup. 40 is not even close. If it's 30 that'd be at the top of the ladder with the new GM ecodiesel.
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Re: Ram 1500 ecodiesel
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10/24/19 05:01 PM
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Just watched a test drive of a 2020 eco 2wd. The guys got 40mpg at the pump. Truck showed 30. Be curious to see what epa releases for mpg. The fast lane truck? I've watched some of their MPG vids, Fords seem to be the worst about the computer cheating how good the fuel mileage really is. They used hand-calculated numbers, but it was only over like 100 miles. Pump in accuracy can significantly impact your mpg on a test like that. I'm a big fan of the ecodiesel and i want the tests to show that they're awesome, but I'm also an engineer and someone who just wants truth, and I can tell you from a technical standpoint that a test run like that is extremely inaccurate. The difference a couple tenths of a gallon makes on such a small mileage could be really significant. And if anyone here thinks a full size pickup is getting 40 mpg on a round trip with cruise set at 70 mph, I've got some ocean front property in Arizona for sale for a great price. Lol yup. 40 is not even close. If it's 30 that'd be at the top of the ladder with the new GM ecodiesel. Silvarado 3.0L Duramax I6 - 33 highway 23 city Ram 3.0L gen2 Ecodiesel V6 - 32 highway 22 city Ford 3.0 Powerstroke V6 - 30 highway 22 city This is best case senario all can vary depending on your rear end gearing and is 4x4 equipted
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Re: Ram 1500 ecodiesel
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12/21/19 06:02 PM
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Lightnin
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Does anyone know of a company producing tuners for the eco diesel? I am not looking to do an egr delete. I am looking to get rid of the initial lag that I now have and would like to boost my mileage. I am now getting around 18.5 mpg around town and about 22 mpg on the highway. Coming up on 6 weeks and still have not seen my check.
Merry Christmas Everyone.
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Re: Ram 1500 ecodiesel
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01/04/20 09:12 AM
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bigfishwilb
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First off your check will take about 3 months. I think green Deisel makes a tune for the Eco diesel. My pedal lag sucks still today after the dealer modification was done. And yes mileage went down too. 1-2 mpg. I have had truck at dealer many times for them to check pedal lag. It's a safety issue. I guess it's gonna take someone getting hurt before they acknowledge their FIX caused more issues. Thanks Ram/Dodge. Love my truck bust at time its scary to drive.......50k on 2016 model
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Patrick Wilbricht San Antonio TX Ardent Outdoors Prostaff Owner, PFK Limitless Fishing
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