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because you like dodge so much
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because you want a cummins
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because you like dodge so much and it has a cummins
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28.57%
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Old 01-08-2008 | 02:48 PM
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because it has a Cummins. Pretty much it, always been a Chevy guy but the diesel in the older Chevys is junk so maybe I will swap the Cummins out of my dodge and into a Chevy.
Old 01-08-2008 | 02:56 PM
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I think the big three as well as Toyota all put out a good product. I think the various styles and design features all work well and its just a matter of preference. That's experience talking because I have owned more than one of each over the past 26 years and used them all for work trucks. I like the Dodge styling and body lines. The Cummins engine has proven to be a huge bonus. My two top likes are the power and mileage I get out of it. The 2nd gen Dodge is what pick ups are supposed to look like in my opinion. The third gens are slowly growing on me. Like I sadi...they are all good in most respects, just the Dodge fits me a little better than the others. Just my .02, Kurt
Old 01-08-2008 | 03:14 PM
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"Other"

By far the best diesel truck for the money, and legendary Cummins reliabilty to boot.

Cummins
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Old 01-08-2008 | 04:56 PM
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Its the BIG C
and its a 12v
Old 01-08-2008 | 05:01 PM
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I love both.

Every Ford I touch turns to poop and I hate the IFS on the Chevy (plus I don't feel like driving a car).

Well, I'll stick to Dodge.

Have a good one.
Old 01-08-2008 | 05:05 PM
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Only for the cummins. I wish it would have come in a FORD.
Old 01-08-2008 | 05:19 PM
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The Cummins was the main reason for the brand switch for me, however I am pleasantly surprised with the overall quality, I really like this truck.


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Old 01-08-2008 | 05:33 PM
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If it was attached to a ford Id drive it
Old 01-08-2008 | 05:45 PM
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I've always liked Dodge trucks, but if Chevy had a six cylinder industrial diesel I would have gone with Chevy just as easily. Never been a huge Ford fan, but I did consider an early 6.9. I just decided I liked the idea of a big six cylinder better and would rather drive a Dodge in the end.
Old 01-08-2008 | 05:53 PM
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This is the first Dodge I have ever driven in my life. When I fired up the Cummins I almost wet myself, so I drove it home
Old 01-08-2008 | 06:58 PM
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because the ctd was not available in a gm truck
Old 01-08-2008 | 07:45 PM
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Im a Chevy man, but Chevy doesnt have the Cummins.
Old 01-08-2008 | 07:48 PM
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I bought mine for the motor, plain and simple.
Old 01-08-2008 | 08:06 PM
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how about my family drives chevy/ford and i drive one to rebel against them.

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i drive one for the Cummins. if it were in a chevy or ford then i would drive them too.
Old 01-08-2008 | 08:23 PM
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I'm an inline 6 nut. My first car was a 1965 Chevelle with a 235 inline 6. It was a great hole shot car. I drove Fords with inline 300 six's for years. I still have one. I like Fords better then Dodge and I would rather have a CTD in a Ford 1st, a Chevy 2nd, a Toyota 3rd and this Dodge I own last. Dodge cut way too many corners when they put this truck together. Frame flexes like crazy, brake lines and wheel cylinders are tiny, sheet metal is...,well as thin as a sheet, primer they used was junk....etc. All the trucks above have there short comings but Dodge seems to have more. Maybe I just got a lemon, but the CTD engine makes me grin ear to ear. Too bad Cummins doesn't make a pick up.


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