bigred90gt

The LED headlights never really appealed to me much. I loved the OEM HIDs (had them in 2 F150s). The F150 standard halogen headlights are abysmal, at BEST. I actually felt unsafe driving at night with them. The halogens on the Ram are actually pretty good for halogen headlights. They obviously aren't as bright as the HID and LED fog combo I had on the Tremor, but I have no issue seeing everything I need to at night with them. I am already looking for a set of OEM projectors out of a Laramie to swap in with some HIDs, but I'm in no hurry to find them.


As for the RamBox, I just don't have that many little things I need to carry. I don't need tow straps, as I live in the city and if I need a tow, I'm calling a tow truck. I don't go offroad, so no worries about needing to get pulled out of a sticky situation. My jumper cables fit fine in the storage compartment under the back seat, along with my ratchet straps. And being in Houston, we really don't have a winter, so I don't need a winter weather survival kit. The extra room in the bed will allow me to keep my golf clubs, golf shoes, and fishing gear back there, with some room for luggage and camping gear on road trips (golf clubs will come out when we go camping). About the only thing I would use the rambox for would be to hold beer and ice, and I've got plenty of ice chests that I can take with me for that. I do have two little ice chests with removable liners built into the floorboard of the back seat though, lol. Each would probably hold 4-6 beers with some ice.

Wanted33

Congratulations of the new Ram, and I hope it serves you well. Do stick around as you still have a plethora of F-150 knowledge you can impart on the unwashed. Enjoy.

Ryan_2020

Not that I am shopping for anything lol but my bro-in law has a Ram eco-diesel and my mom has a hemi....both are fantastic trucks (at least short term as I know they will both trade them back in 3-5 year range, no idea of long-term reliability).

Smooth rides on those coils (as long as you don't need the payload, which they both don't).

Fantastic stereo systems (at least compared to my '13 F150), which I do hope to remedy this year yet.


Anyway enjoy!

bigred90gt

The alpine system is quite impressive for a factory stereo. The only vehicle I've had that came close was the infinity system in the Hyundai Genesis Coupe I had.

I most likely will have this truck for 3-4 years also, so long term reliability isn't much of a concern for me. The most miles I've ever put on any vehicle was 78k in the 3 years I had my 04. If I didn't put so many miles per year on vehicles, I'd just lease, but as it is the mileage charge would kill me. I usually put 20-30k/mile. I had the Tremor for 5 months and put a little over 10k miles on it.

zrxguy

Was just wondering if you traded-in the Tremor or sold it out right? I have one and am thinking about making a change. How did you came out on yours?

bigred90gt

I bought it for $24k in feb and they gave me $22k for it. They tried to give me $20k (they didn't know how much I paid), and I got up to leave. KBB trade was $24k, but it's been in a wreck (before I got it). I thought $22k to be acceptable.

zrxguy

That doesn't sound too bad. Thanks for the info, and congrats on your new ride!

gregsf150stx

I had a Tremor for a short while until it started having multiple issues.

I bought it new after being on a dealers lot for almost 2 years???????

I paid 29,500 for it new. when I traded it off, I got $28,000 which is what it listed for then. I would not have taken any less than that. Dealer came back with 28,000 with no haggle or questions...... I traded it for a Charger.

GMC to Ford

I almost went with a Ram EcoDiesel before looking at Ford. Ram really got that truck right on ergonomics and design features. It was almost like that sat down with multiple families, asked what stupid design issues created by our marketing department would you like changed and fixed them to benefit of the customer.

Ford not so much:
1. Radio ***** that are too far over to operate without leaning forward.
2. Power window switches too far forward on the door so the tendency is to roll down the back windows if you do not look first.
3. Seat cooling that does not work..
just to name a few.

devinsdad

Keep on top of servicing the transmission. For whatever reason, MOPAR just has issues with the tyranny. It's always been the weak link. Loved my Dodge (When they used to call them that) but moved into an F-150 when, what else, the transmission flamed out. Best of luck!