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    realistic towing within the guidelines

    I am an infrequent tower, but I'll add my two cents anyway. Because internet. Begin from a position of always buy as heavy a rig as you can afford/always buy as much overmatch (overweight) over your cargo as you can afford. Having said that, I have two experiences that seem to contradict each...
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    How many miles for serpentine belt?

    I had an 05 for 15 years and a quarter-million miles. Never had a belt fail, and never had to change one by the looks of it being due. HOWEVER, I did change the serpentine belt several times while I was changing a water pump, radiator, etc. I would characterize that more as a "while I'm there"...
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    Tell me what you don't like about the Ram....

    First my perspectives from my 2005 Ram purchase then my perspectives from my 2020 Ram purchase. My first truck was 2005. I looked long and hard at all makes and models. It is my from but very humble opinion that there was NOT a bad one out there. The *** ones, the US (Canadian) ones, ALL were...
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    The real consequence of driving without insurance

    THIS. This is why gun control laws won't work. The same d-bags that don't get insurance are the same d-bags that'll keep their guns after all the honest people turn theirs in. (although, even as a normally law-follower I might just hang on to mine in that case. Molon Labe)
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    U-Connect touchscreen no work in cold

    LOL - I moved to Maryland and never updated my profile. I also don't have the '05 1500 anymore neither!
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    Manifold bolts and more “permanent” fix?!

    This seems to be the most common b1tch on all Ram forums, going back for years - broken header bolts. A casual reader would think all Rams (okay, Hemis) would end up with broken bolts. How does one know? Do they freewheel when you try to spin em with your fingers? Do you have to take em into...
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    U-Connect touchscreen no work in cold

    Anyone else have this problem? U-Connect screen does not accept touch input when cold. Displays fine, and I can control function from the physical buttons around the screen and on the steering wheel, but the animated virtual buttons in the screen do not respond. After some driving, anywhere from...
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    Open space above glovebox?

    Me thinks my '20 Laramie (I know, I know, I haven't updated my profile from my 05 SLT) has that hole already covered. Not sure, but I never noticed it, so it must be covered.
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    Need some solid advice

    What recession? (That's what the wife and I have been saying ever since the supposed recession under Bush and the later dip again for the 'rona. No matter how bad the economy seems to be, we always see the day-glo shirt wearing crowd with better souped up trucks and jeeps then we can afford...
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    Factory jack enhancements?

    A method I found works to keep the spare tire lowering mechanisms in great shape is to get about ten flats over 14 years and a quarter-million miles.
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    Factory jack enhancements?

    This. My ex-truck ('05) and my wife's current Jeep ('16) eventually had every cigarette lighter-type power hole die out. Probably melted. Once I did find a blown fuse but replacing it never fixed the dead power hole; started to replace the onhe in the '05 but never got around to is befroe...
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    Factory jack enhancements?

    Back in the last century in the Army we had some lights whose batteries were water-activated, can't remember the name for it tho, or where to even look those up... I only recall them used in drop zone/pathfinder type operations, when sending up the weather balloon; water is always a precious...
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    Sirius vs Guardian vs Uconnect - what's what???

    1) what's a "CP4.4" debacle? 2) there will be limits with what you can and cannot order with your truck. True, you can up-order a lower trim to exceed the lowest outfitted higher trim, and down-order a higher trim to be less than the most pumped up lower trim, but there are still more limits...
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    Sirius vs Guardian vs Uconnect - what's what???

    I factory-ordered my wife's JK several years ago, and got almost 100% exactly what we wanted in it and more importantly did NOT get in it what we did NOT want. Even that had its limits though as to how much we could dictate. I factory-ordered this Ram in question more recently, it was a Laramie...
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    Sirius vs Guardian vs Uconnect - what's what???

    Fair enuff analysis. I knew somethings were gonna drop off, I didn't bother to get familiar with it, I am not surprised some things did drop off, I fully expected the XM satellite radio to be dropped, I did NOT expect to no longer be able to look up navigation destinations anymore (THAT one...
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    Sirius vs Guardian vs Uconnect - what's what???

    IKR?! One of my buddies in the tech industry said that's how the future will be for our grandkids - everything will be a one-time startup fee then rolling subscription fees. They will build-in obsolesence forcing us to buy upgrades - that won't be free patches anymore.
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    Sirius vs Guardian vs Uconnect - what's what???

    Excellent Cliff Notes version of the phone book-sized bunch of fine print that i now don't have to read. Thanks! So according to your premise, I should still be able to navigate to a new previously unused destination. I have only tried it two times since the subscription ran out and both times...
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    Sirius vs Guardian vs Uconnect - what's what???

    So I just went over one year in my new 20 Laramie 1500. Did NOT renew the Sirius nor the Guardian. What exactly did I lose and what comes with the truck (not with Sirius)? I know I lose the sirius satellite radio, duh. Seems I also lost the ability to remote start my truck from my phone...
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    Not happy! 2 weeks old.

    Two weeks old? Assuming the dealer gave you a full tank as you drove off the lot...that probably means you ran out of gas about now. Is why won't start.
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    Shocking info ZF Fluids...

    Whoa. These fluid threads are worse than the threads on Boardgame Geek discussing rule book interpretation of Advance and Decline of the Third Reich game...
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    Tell me why I shouldnt upgrade to a PW

    dude, elections have consequences. I don't wanna get all political in this forum but dammit if that's what it is all about. Normal, everyday people, in everyday forums, using everyday products due to their everyday lifestyle, seem to bang up against some kind of limitation, restriction, caveat...
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    Thoughts on automatic car washes?

    Touchless versus touch vs handwashing debate again, eh? Ask three people and you'll get five answers! Regardless of if you favor TL or T or HW, the thing we ALL need to NOT do, EVEWR, with new paint is go to a fundraiser car wash! Imagine how many times those rags and sponges are dropped on...
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    Thoughts on automatic car washes?

    I only go once ever two weeks, not twice a week as the OP, so frequency is less than OP. But I haven;t had any problem yet. 7,000 miles, just about right at 12 months in my possession today (factory ordered 2020 Laramie). I think it WORSE to NOT wash a truck, than to have the touch-washes...
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    How many miles does a new vehicle you order typically have?

    I factory-ordered a '20 laramie in fall 2019, got it around thanksgiving time '19. (?) I think it had like 16(?) miles in it when i signed for it at the dealer. I took a pic at the time, can't find it, but i do remember it was not an amount to be alarmed at. But... When one thinks about it...
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    Do the upper trim levels really add to the towing or drving experience?

    We went low-trim on my first truck (1500 SLT) because all could afford, and would be beating the hell out of it for the kid's horsey world stuff. Low trim and NONE tech on the wife's jeep because was going to vibration the hell out of it off road (and get the insides wet). And went Laramie...

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