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New work truck time!
See sig, or we can play the guessing game!
I had to order one because finding a lightly optioned regular cab 4x4 is just about impossible. They are either totally stripped 2wd with crank windows or loaded to the hilt mega super duper cabs. Ram has the best designed regular cab truck, you can tell they actually care about selling them to contractors. GM has given up on the regular cab and you can't touch a Ford this year. I don't tow so I got the V6 which puts out 305hp so I expect it should do OK. I typically get what the window sticker says for fuel mileage so its a bump to 16/23 from my current 14/19.
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Looks good!
Is dodge the one that offers bedside storage compartments now? I think you will be more than fine with 300hp. remember when that was a lot of HP? I still have 190hp in my full size van and its adequate, even fully loaded
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I had a '14 quad cab 1500 as a rental for a few days. Rode great. Cab layout really well thought out. Plenty of places to put stuff. Center console was PERFECT for a clip board and other supplies.
Did a decent burnout Congrats on the new buy! ~Nate
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Nice truck. I also prefer a regular cab truck. Around here the current fad is having a truck longer than their house. I prefer not needing 40 acres to turn it around. I have a car for hauling passengers.
BTW, with those wheels and all the chrome, it doesn't look at all like a stripped down model. It looks sharp.
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I cant believe these people drive these things around as DDs.
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My 190hp 4.3 does just fine as well, I couldn't justify spending the extra $2k on the Hemi. If I got a larger truck I would but this truck doesn't weigh much more than my current truck and has the 8spd with a 3.55 rear so it should move right along.
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But compared to the luxury trucks with heated steering wheels its lightly optioned! Everyone kept trying to sell me back up cameras as well which I don't see the need for on a regular cab half ton. I priced out some larger trucks but could not wrap my head around spending $40k++ for a half ton truck. This truck was expensive enough at $32k OTD!
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Sell me your old Silverado Hatty!
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I believe its already sold!
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They are used for status symbol passenger cars. Folks have the right to drive anything they want AFAIAC, but this fad has gotten totally ridiculous. If you drive a passenger car you can't even park anywhere that allows you to see if there is traffic coming when you back out of a parking place and it is hard to find a parking place that doesn't have part of someone's huge truck in it. There are some folks that need these trucks, ranchers, plumbers, construction people, and even those with hobbies such as horses, car racers or RV draggers, but I would venture to say that here, 90% or probably more are completely unnecessary and nothing but a status symbol.
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Call it a "status symbol" if you want, but I chose my 2003 Dodge for its fuel economy, longevity, utility, safety, and phenomenal resale value that a car cannot touch. The S550 in the thread above this cost 3X as much when new, and is now worth about 1/3 what the Dodge is.
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Id love something like that on my 86 ranger with 7ft bed.
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