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    2010 Dodge Ram Power Wagon: Now With Pretty Stickers!

    The Secret Behind The 2010 Dodge Ram's New Tow Rating

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    Image of petersterncan petersterncan
    10/02/09

    In reply to 2010 Dodge Ram Power Wagon: Now With Pretty Stickers!
    Why are they calling pickup trucks wagons?
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    HoonThatFerrari promoted this comment petersterncan was starred petersterncan was unstarred
    Image of HoonThatFerrari HoonThatFerrari
    10/03/09

    @petersterncan: Because: "Power Saloon" just doesn't have the same ring to it.
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    Image of Triborough Triborough
    10/02/09

    In reply to 2010 Dodge Ram Power Wagon: Now With Pretty Stickers!
    Tape stripes seem like a malaise era throwback.
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    MushyHeirloom promoted this comment Triborough was starred Triborough was unstarred
    Image of HoonThatFerrari HoonThatFerrari
    10/03/09

    @Triborough: Bailing out Chrysler seems like a throwback, too, so maybe those stripes are more appropriate than you think.
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    Image of GreenN_Gold GreenN_Gold
    10/02/09

    In reply to 2010 Dodge Ram Power Wagon: Now With Pretty Stickers!
    Decals aren't really for me, but I don't have a problem with them as a factory offering. These seem to look particularly bad because of the color combination, though. Hopefully combinations other than red and black over silver paint are offered.
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    Image of LUV_TRUK LUV_TRUK
    10/02/09

    In reply to 2010 Dodge Ram Power Wagon: Now With Pretty Stickers!
    I knew this Klansman in high school (seriously) who wrote "WHITE" above the Power Wagon emblems on his Power Wagon. The truck was also white.
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    Image of Deartháir II Deartháir II
    10/02/09

    In reply to 2010 Dodge Ram Power Wagon: Now With Pretty Stickers!
    The deck chairs look much better rearranged that way, don't you think?
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    Image of token_illiterate_commenter token_illiterate_commenter
    10/02/09

    @Deartháir II: The Return: Just so long as the band keeps playing.
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    Image of .357 .357
    10/02/09

    In reply to 2010 Dodge Ram Power Wagon: Now With Pretty Stickers!
    This looks a Chinese knockoff toy that you buy at the Dollar Store.
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    Image of PowerTryp, Starless wonder. PowerTryp, Starless wonder.
    10/02/09

    In reply to 2010 Dodge Ram Power Wagon: Now With Pretty Stickers!
    It's a Ram which means that people looking to buy a Ram will eat this shit up, while people looking to buy a truck will go to Ford or Chev.

    Although I will say Ford retains the crown for marketing gimick trucks by adding Cabellas to it's ever growing list of special editions.
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    Alfisted promoted this comment PowerTryp, Starless wonder. was starred PowerTryp, Starless wonder. was unstarred
    Image of Alfisted Alfisted
    10/02/09

    @PowerTryp forever Minardi: Right, because that thing behind the back seat is completely useless for carrying stuff and that little ball under the back bumper is for decoration.
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    Image of PowerTryp, Starless wonder. PowerTryp, Starless wonder.
    10/02/09

    @Alfisted: I live in Alberta where 17% of the trucks on the road are actually used to haul loads and tow trailers and about 89% of them are fleet trucks. Those tend to be Fords or Chevys.

    I've never seen a single F-Series Harley or Cabellas edition tow something or be filled with anything other than kids.

    It's not a Dodge thing (even though I did make it sound that way) it's more of a useless special edition thing.
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    Image of Alfisted Alfisted
    10/02/09

    In reply to 2010 Dodge Ram Power Wagon: Now With Pretty Stickers!
    Go Ram Ram Power Wagon!
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    Image of POLAЯ ON PЯOBATION POLAЯ ON PЯOBATION
    07/29/09

    In reply to The Secret Behind The 2010 Dodge Ram's New Tow Rating
    Magic Spring Dust?
    I thought they were coated with Massa's DNA.
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    Image of pinzgauer pinzgauer
    07/29/09

    In reply to The Secret Behind The 2010 Dodge Ram's New Tow Rating
    If you RTFA, it's not as much of a scam as it's positioned:

    "Benvenuti also said Dodge truck engineers followed new testing protocols established by the Society of Automotive Engineers and a group of truck manufacturers to standardize tow testing....."

    And

    "Dodge isn’t the first manufacturer to magically increase the tow rating of its half-ton pickup without changing hardware. Ford pulled a similar move when it upped the 2008 Ford F-150's max tow rating to 11,000 pounds from 9,900 pounds the year before, after the 2007 Toyota Tundra arrived with a 10,800-pound tow rating."

    Not to defend Dodge, nor that the image with Ray as a pixie is not funny...... it's just not quite as insidious as positioned.

    Even changing tires or wheels can change the GCWR and thus tow ratings from year to year.
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    acarr260 promoted this comment pinzgauer was starred pinzgauer was unstarred
    Image of acarr260 acarr260
    07/29/09

    @pinzgauer: I was surprised to see the differences in tow ratings for the 17" wheels vs the 10" wheels. I guess it does effectively change the gearing of the truck though.
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    Image of Ray Wert Ray Wert
    07/29/09

    @pinzgauer: I don't think I look anything like that pixie. I never wear two-tone shirts!
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    Image of pinzgauer pinzgauer
    07/29/09


    @Ray Wert: Do I have to say it???? It's the hair, dude! :-)
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    Image of UDMan UDMan
    07/29/09

    In reply to The Secret Behind The 2010 Dodge Ram's New Tow Rating
    So Ray, this is why you needed a poster who has Photoshop skills. (I know that will cost me some good will in here.... ahhhh but what the hell, Ray can take it as much as he gives it)
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    Image of FTGDWolverineEdition'09 FTGDWolverineEdition'09
    07/29/09

    In reply to The Secret Behind The 2010 Dodge Ram's New Tow Rating
    Since we are talking about dust..how about angel dust and PCP?
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    Image of IN THE FACE! IN THE FACE!
    07/29/09

    @Formerlythegreatestdriver: That only increases your ability to tow police officers...
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    Image of bmoreDLJ bmoreDLJ
    07/29/09

    In reply to The Secret Behind The 2010 Dodge Ram's New Tow Rating
    So if you happen to tow 10,001 lbs, what...the truck just explodes???
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    IN THE FACE! promoted this comment bmoreDLJ was starred bmoreDLJ was unstarred
    Image of IN THE FACE! IN THE FACE!
    07/29/09

    @bmoreDLJ: Actually it will slowly begin disintegrating down to its basic elements. But Dodges already do that quickly enough so you shouldn't try testing this.
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    Edited by IN THE FACE! at 07/29/09 5:44 PM IN THE FACE! was starred IN THE FACE! was unstarred
    Image of BigHarv BigHarv
    07/29/09

    In reply to The Secret Behind The 2010 Dodge Ram's New Tow Rating
    This one time, I did a new lab experiment, crunched some numbers, and came up with an acceptable if low end result. Since the experiment was a new set up and I had a deadline for submitting the lab setup and expected results, I turned it in, and while some students got higher numbers, the science was still sound and it didn't keep anyone from performing the new experiment successfully and safely.

    Over the course of the next year, I had some spare time, so I repeated the experiment I had laid out for the students. Low and behold, I found that my original results were too low! What to do, I thought? Right now, the numbers aren't quite right-I shouldn't list anything less than my best answers, even if what I have down isn't hurting anyone and errors on the side of caution. Plus, all the manuals we printed off already have my original results in them! I decided to just put the more accurate numbers in next year's edition.

    Then some snarky, nitpicking blog noticed my changes and made some insulting photoshops. Thank goodness I corrected my previous work.
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    engineerd promoted this comment BigHarv was starred BigHarv was unstarred
    Image of lilwillie lilwillie
    07/29/09

    In reply to The Secret Behind The 2010 Dodge Ram's New Tow Rating
    Government has a stake in Chrysler. Numbers start magically changing with no explanation.

    Yup, sounds about right.
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    P161911 now with M POWER! promoted this comment lilwillie was starred lilwillie was unstarred
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