Looking into getting a used (possibly new) Ram - Advice/questions

[JoeCo]

I'm sure there are people who are perfectly content to sit in the back seat of a QC. Maybe they really are. Or maybe they just didn't want to sound like they were complaining. Or maybe they are not tall people. Or maybe I'm the only person here who isn't comfortable sitting in the back of a QC LOL. Doesn't really matter. In the end that's why we have choices. Buy what you want. If you want to save some money and don't need the full back seat then a QC is a perfect solution. If you don't need a back seat at all then a regular cab (if available) will save you even more money.

I'm in agreement with you about the etorque. I was hoping to avoid it but I was having trouble finding a truck with everything I wanted, but didn't have etorque. Ordering one takes too long, and I wanted to have a new truck before winter. So I settled on my Laramie with etorque. I haven't had any issues with it so far. But it doesn't seem to be benefiting me at all. My fuel economy is worse than the 4th gen it replaced. So I seemed to have paid extra for something which seems to do nothing to save me fuel, and could be a source of problems down the road.

I'm with you on the QC, wouldn't want to sit back there for a 5 minute drive, let alone anything longer than that. I've been 6'2" since I was in 7th grade and never liked having to squeeze back there the few times I've had too (mostly back when I was younger, not so much in recent years).

I'm looking at 5th gens currently and am trying to avoid the etorque, if the right deal presents itself I may go with one that has it, but I really do not want it. I see no benefit to the etorque, and would not use other features that come along with it like the stop start thing. I don't have hard numbers but it does seem like some of them are more prone to battery problems, I'm sure most of them are fine but it's one more thing to take a gamble on. In short, I'm already looking at longhorns and limiteds with plenty of features to go wrong even in short ownership, so I'm hoping to eliminate further risk for downtime without that expensive truck I'm paying for.