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Confident When Wet - 2014 Ram 1500 EcoDiesel Long-Term Road Test
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Confident When Wet - 2014 Ram 1500 EcoDiesel Long-Term Road Test
When rain falls and the streets get wet, the 2014 Ram 1500 EcoDiesel delivers confident braking and an assured ride.
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Dear Reader, don't ever come to California.
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I also have to agree with other commenters about the false confidence big vehicles can give you. First of all, you don't "win" in any collision, ever. Yes, you do have a vehicle that has more mass, but that'll only help in certain scenarios. On the other hand, that truck frame isn't doing you any favors in energy absorption and you've got a high rollover risk. Good luck trying to do any evasive maneuvers in that behemoth by the way.
We had a pretty horrific accident rather recently in my town. An older pickup had a head-on collision with a new pickup at ~40mph each. Everybody involved, the lady in the older pickup and a couple with a child in the newer one, died of internal injuries. The trucks didn't even look that bad. Lots of mass and hard, stout vehicles don't do anybody any favors in an accident...