Dano89

Getting a good appraisal is easy. Getting an appraisal and ordering a new truck and getting the price honoured 6 months later if truck is late becomes the question. Dan

Guess we have allot of shady dealers in my area. They know if you don't accept their new current conditions, they'll sell the vehicle for probably more than originally agreed on. The used market is starting to tone down a bit, but new vehicles still seem hard to come by unless switching over to a Ram. Not sure if there is some sort of clause at Canadian dealers when drafting up an order on vehicle that is subject to change depending on date or other circumstances. I'll be trying to order a new RST with the 3.0 D and see what I can get in contract that can seal a deal granted no change on my trade outside a bit more milage. The more milage I put on my trade will be an adverse effect of delays at their end, not mine Used to be fun buying a new vehicle, but now the interrogation makes me like my current truck even more. Plan B would be doing a private sale and then buy a new Ram off the lot. Not sure how bad I want a new truck in that case. Dan

With the obvious inventory issues, just wondering how people are working out their deal when placing a new order through dealer, and trading in old truck at same time? I've heard of nightmares from some people that worked out a trade deal only to be stiffed with an extra $5-6000 up-charge when new truck arrives while dealer claims that the traded truck lost more value through the long drawn out ordering process. How are some of you guys stick handling this process? I don't have a warm fuzzy feeling trading up my 19 RST at this point. I would sell privately, but don't want to be without a truck for a long period of time. Dan

yeah got to stay away from all the marketing where half tons can be configured to tow 10,000+ lbs. To tow comfortably and safely, thats 2500 territory and always will be. Dan

things I miss about my 14 -prefer traditional tailgate handle. Have a hard time getting my tailgate released with the button because tonneau cover has a bit of pressure on tailgate and sometimes takes 10 tries with the stupid button to get open. -14 rode smoother -14 had a bit softer seats -14 had actually better lighting with a more effective high beam. 19 looks more modern though -14 had much better radio FM range Everything else on my 19 RST is much better. Many feel the interior needs updating, but I find it practical and allot of small improvements were made. Not everything is perfect on my 19 and I would improve a couple things, but I do find the competition is compromised in one way or another as well. Dan

Just a FWI, I've kept my snow tire/rims off my 14 silverado to use on my 19 RST and as previously outlined, they do not fit my 19 as they don't clear the bigger front callipers. Obviously the OEM 17s would fit, but whenever going with an aftermarket steel rim, they usually have a different inner profile. Definitely try before buying. Dan

Any update on this? Top of my handle pops out almost every time I put a load on tailgate. I have yet to do any recalls on my truck so I'll see if thats on the list. Dan

I vote to also keep the column shifter. It's a truck and although the column shifter to some is old school, it does have practicality to it while maintaining a truck status IMO. I find the dial shifter on Ram kinda dorky and the floor shifter on Ford just takes up valuable storage space. Column shifters are out of the way and easy to reach....I wouldn't mess with it. Dan

I have the regular tailgate on my silverado and the top part of handle pops loose every time I put any weight on the tailgate when open. (same as your photo) Always need to pop back in only to pop out again. Not sure if there is a fix for this, but I'll see if dealer has a remedy when I get my brake recall done. Dan

I already swapped them out, but you do have a good point. It looks like the caliper/rotor combo measurement is about 15" and although my winter rims are "17", they do have an inner lip that does dip down to around the 15" mark. So seeing that something caused an issue, I can only bet that is the culprit. thx Upload a couple pics.....hard to see the inner lip as I oiled up the rims good. Camera played a trick as the winters are actually about 2" less height then stocker Dan

yes same winters I had on my 14. Winters are 17" rims/265 tires. I believe the base Silverado's also come with 17" rims and haven't noticed any clearance issues. At this point the only thing I can think of is the tire pressure sensors are needed so that it doesn't cause a fault. Really weird. Dan

Just put back my summer 20s and my brakes released for whatever reason so truck is now at least mobile. But unfortunately all the codes are still there and brakes work very poorly. My truck has over 20,000 kms and shortly after new I did get all the same codes come on when I took a highway onramp quickly. It then somehow reset itself same day when truck was off for a bit and had no problems afterwards till now. Hoping it resets itself as I'll experiment today.....Gonna call my dealer in morning if it doesn't resolve itself. These fault codes drastically increases brake distance in winter conditions compared to dry pavement. Really isn't safe to drive at all especially in the snow. Fingers crossed it resets itself as it did earlier last summer. Dan

Oh yes tried many things before signing up on here. I'm kind of guessing it might be linked to the tire pressure sensors being absent thus causing a fault. Also noticed my stock 20" rim/tires are about 2" taller then my winters, which I assumed the fitment/size would have been same as my 14 Silverado, which had 18" rims and 275 tires. In process of putting on my reg 20" rims/tires and see what happens from there....thx Dan

MY issue is opposite on my 19 RST. Just installed my snow tires in garage and now my brakes are stuck on with all the same codes on dash others are seeing. I torqued rims to 140 lbs and also tried 120 to see if the torquing caused an issue. Also disconnected the battery to see if it would reset the faults, which didn't work. So now I'm stuck with my truck in garage so not a happy camper. Wonder if its something small like air pressure sensors in stock tires out of range or something? Never had any issues with my 14 Silverado when switching to the same snow tires other then having the low air pressure idiot light constantly on. I can get truck out of garage if I use low range and overpower the brakes, which I might need to do if I call roadside. Dan