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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on "Dear Dodge, Thank you for giving the Ram a really strong frame."]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/07/dear-dodge-thank-you-for-giving-the-ram-a-really-strong-frame/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/07/dear-dodge-thank-you-for-giving-the-ram-a-really-strong-frame/</guid><description><![CDATA[holy cow, see that pic inthe link of the guy in the truck?<br>i would have been throwing up, repeatedly.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Menice]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 7th 2008 10:05AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on "Dear Dodge, Thank you for giving the Ram a really strong frame."]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/07/dear-dodge-thank-you-for-giving-the-ram-a-really-strong-frame/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/07/dear-dodge-thank-you-for-giving-the-ram-a-really-strong-frame/</guid><description><![CDATA["The best argument we've seen to date against unibody pickups"<br><br>God, the other ones must be pretty poor then.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[The Doctor]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 7th 2008 10:06AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on "Dear Dodge, Thank you for giving the Ram a really strong frame."]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/07/dear-dodge-thank-you-for-giving-the-ram-a-really-strong-frame/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/07/dear-dodge-thank-you-for-giving-the-ram-a-really-strong-frame/</guid><description><![CDATA[A unibody probably would've handled well enough, and ridden low enough, to have avoided the accident in the first place.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[psarhjinian]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 7th 2008 11:01AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on "Dear Dodge, Thank you for giving the Ram a really strong frame."]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/07/dear-dodge-thank-you-for-giving-the-ram-a-really-strong-frame/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/07/dear-dodge-thank-you-for-giving-the-ram-a-really-strong-frame/</guid><description><![CDATA[Dodge trucks are not unibody, but are frame on body, like the Ford and GM Pickups.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gary Blomquist]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 9th 2008 3:48PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on "Dear Dodge, Thank you for giving the Ram a really strong frame."]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/07/dear-dodge-thank-you-for-giving-the-ram-a-really-strong-frame/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/07/dear-dodge-thank-you-for-giving-the-ram-a-really-strong-frame/</guid><description><![CDATA[Chevy: "Like a Rock".<br>Ford: "Built Ford Tough".<br>Dodge: "Bendy!"]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[henrykrinkle]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 7th 2008 10:11AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on "Dear Dodge, Thank you for giving the Ram a really strong frame."]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/07/dear-dodge-thank-you-for-giving-the-ram-a-really-strong-frame/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/07/dear-dodge-thank-you-for-giving-the-ram-a-really-strong-frame/</guid><description><![CDATA[Haha, I love it.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[SPG]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 7th 2008 10:59AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on "Dear Dodge, Thank you for giving the Ram a really strong frame."]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/07/dear-dodge-thank-you-for-giving-the-ram-a-really-strong-frame/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/07/dear-dodge-thank-you-for-giving-the-ram-a-really-strong-frame/</guid><description><![CDATA[I'm laughing so freakin hard my monitor has speckles on it!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Randy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 7th 2008 4:29PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on "Dear Dodge, Thank you for giving the Ram a really strong frame."]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/07/dear-dodge-thank-you-for-giving-the-ram-a-really-strong-frame/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/07/dear-dodge-thank-you-for-giving-the-ram-a-really-strong-frame/</guid><description><![CDATA[Best argument against unibody pickups? A unibody pickup with 4WD, stability control, and traction control wouldn't have lost control on ice as easily as this RWD truck in the first place. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Bob-omb]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 7th 2008 10:14AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on "Dear Dodge, Thank you for giving the Ram a really strong frame."]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/07/dear-dodge-thank-you-for-giving-the-ram-a-really-strong-frame/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/07/dear-dodge-thank-you-for-giving-the-ram-a-really-strong-frame/</guid><description><![CDATA[Schmuck.  Don't you see the locking hubs on the front wheels?  This truck is 4wd, which he will need to get it home as the rear half is no longer attached.  <br><br>Gonna be kickin' off a power of sparkage while he's at it too.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jay]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 7th 2008 11:20AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on "Dear Dodge, Thank you for giving the Ram a really strong frame."]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/07/dear-dodge-thank-you-for-giving-the-ram-a-really-strong-frame/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/07/dear-dodge-thank-you-for-giving-the-ram-a-really-strong-frame/</guid><description><![CDATA[Most of those things you speak of merely help you get power to the ground. When you enter a bad situation, usually your concentration is not on getting more acceleration, but more braking. 4WD (or AWD) does nothing to increase braking, in fact, the mass and rotating of mass of 4WD hinders stopping.<br><br>Snow tires and ABS would be this person's biggest friend, and maybe stability control too. Although a fully working brain would probably top them all.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[why not the LS2LS7?]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 7th 2008 11:32AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on "Dear Dodge, Thank you for giving the Ram a really strong frame."]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/07/dear-dodge-thank-you-for-giving-the-ram-a-really-strong-frame/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/07/dear-dodge-thank-you-for-giving-the-ram-a-really-strong-frame/</guid><description><![CDATA[Oh Really?  I was following a GMC Envoy (4x4, Stabilatrak) that hit a patch of black ice on a overpass at 60 mph.  It lost control and hit the bridge retaining wall and spun into the right lane right in front of me.<br> <br>All the electronic safety gear, ABS and all wheel drive can't overcome physics, glare ice and poor driving.<br>To think that a unibody, stability control, 4x4 and ABS can cure all the evils of poor decisions, lousy road conditions and bad driving skills is totally ridiculous.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[gschon]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 7th 2008 1:41PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on "Dear Dodge, Thank you for giving the Ram a really strong frame."]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/07/dear-dodge-thank-you-for-giving-the-ram-a-really-strong-frame/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/07/dear-dodge-thank-you-for-giving-the-ram-a-really-strong-frame/</guid><description><![CDATA[More like best argument against bridges!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mobius_1]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 7th 2008 10:56PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on "Dear Dodge, Thank you for giving the Ram a really strong frame."]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/07/dear-dodge-thank-you-for-giving-the-ram-a-really-strong-frame/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/07/dear-dodge-thank-you-for-giving-the-ram-a-really-strong-frame/</guid><description><![CDATA[<br> I wonder how the Tundra would have done in a similar situation?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Avinash machado]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 7th 2008 10:17AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on "Dear Dodge, Thank you for giving the Ram a really strong frame."]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/07/dear-dodge-thank-you-for-giving-the-ram-a-really-strong-frame/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/07/dear-dodge-thank-you-for-giving-the-ram-a-really-strong-frame/</guid><description><![CDATA[I don't know for sure, but maybe this will help you with your question. <br><a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8611283014940187452&q=Silverado+vs.+Tundra+Stability+Control&total=1&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=0" rel="nofollow">http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8611283014940187452&q=Silverado+vs.+Tundra+Stability+Control&total=1&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=0</a>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[rar]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 7th 2008 11:20AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on "Dear Dodge, Thank you for giving the Ram a really strong frame."]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/07/dear-dodge-thank-you-for-giving-the-ram-a-really-strong-frame/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/07/dear-dodge-thank-you-for-giving-the-ram-a-really-strong-frame/</guid><description><![CDATA[I used to drive a 99 Ram for work and distinctly remember when hitting the brakes hard in the Ram I could get the bed to hit the cabin if I had a load in the bed. It always felt like it wanted to fold in half. The new Tundra doesn't feel anything like that. <br><br>The whole boxed vs. lipped-c-rails is a marketing not engineering argument.<br><br>Meanwhile in this case, had this truck had a more rigid frame, it could have snapped instead of bent and then he would have been 70 ft below.<br><br>Rigidity is always what you are looking for.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Joe K.]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 7th 2008 11:23AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on "Dear Dodge, Thank you for giving the Ram a really strong frame."]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/07/dear-dodge-thank-you-for-giving-the-ram-a-really-strong-frame/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/07/dear-dodge-thank-you-for-giving-the-ram-a-really-strong-frame/</guid><description><![CDATA[With ebd and stability control?  Probably would've been just another drive across the bridge.  After that, he would've gone home and probably had something to eat, and then maybe a nap.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[sw]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 7th 2008 11:58AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on "Dear Dodge, Thank you for giving the Ram a really strong frame."]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/07/dear-dodge-thank-you-for-giving-the-ram-a-really-strong-frame/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/07/dear-dodge-thank-you-for-giving-the-ram-a-really-strong-frame/</guid><description><![CDATA[I dunno, that looks like a ......FRAME failure? ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Quattrofan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 7th 2008 10:20AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on "Dear Dodge, Thank you for giving the Ram a really strong frame."]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/07/dear-dodge-thank-you-for-giving-the-ram-a-really-strong-frame/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/07/dear-dodge-thank-you-for-giving-the-ram-a-really-strong-frame/</guid><description><![CDATA[Looks more like a weak frame to me.   Maybe strong in tension, but weak in bending.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[BRAVENRACE]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 7th 2008 10:36AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on "Dear Dodge, Thank you for giving the Ram a really strong frame."]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/07/dear-dodge-thank-you-for-giving-the-ram-a-really-strong-frame/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/07/dear-dodge-thank-you-for-giving-the-ram-a-really-strong-frame/</guid><description><![CDATA[If that frame doesn't bend like that his center of gravity just might have stuck out over the edge enough to cause the truck to fall.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[scappy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 7th 2008 10:39AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on "Dear Dodge, Thank you for giving the Ram a really strong frame."]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/07/dear-dodge-thank-you-for-giving-the-ram-a-really-strong-frame/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/07/dear-dodge-thank-you-for-giving-the-ram-a-really-strong-frame/</guid><description><![CDATA[Are you serious? That truck has a Cummins diesel. That engine alone weighs more than 1000 pounds. No wonder the frame bent.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[fanbrain]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 8th 2008 6:25PM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>