Looking to buy the Ram 1500.
Love the Black with tan leather interior with Suede inserts (Laramie)

I dont plan to leave it in the Sun all the time, I have a garage etc.
Some people said it is a pain in the *** to keep clean and it gets hot!

Any suggestions from current owners in Texas or other Humid areas?

 

had a 99 black , with tan leather . it was fine , just as long as the windows were tinted as dark as you can legally ( or illegally ) get them , and put one of the windshield shades up. thats what i did , had 10 % window tint , and kept it in a garage all the time. if it were outside i put the shade up to insure i never fried my rear when i got in.

BTW i live in tennessee , its like 500% humid here with 100 degrees temp today

 

I'm in texas now on the tex/mex border and you'd be amazed at how many black rams you see. I have a black ram myself. Honestly, get some tinting and it will help, but overall, no matter what color you get, it will be hot. My friend has a silver F-150, just as hot as my black ram. Get the color you want.

 

Thanks for the advice, Black it is!

 

I've got a black Ram and live in South Florida. It does get hot, but so doesn't my friends white Ram. Keeping it clean is another story though. It shows EVERYTHING! But then again, it looks the best and is very classy when cleaned up, kinda like a black tux on wheels.

 

I have a black '04 Ram 1500 Quad-Cab in DFW area... They can get pretty "toasty"... but no more "toasty" than other Rams..

A few suggestions: If you go with the Laramie leather interior, keep the leather conditioned... (It pays to do some homework on this if you haven't had leather interior before. Direct sunlight can make leather crack prematurely, etc.) For the same reason, keep the dash and instrument panel conditioned with Armor-All or similar products... And, as previously suggested, get a windshield shade...

You may want to invest in a remote starter as well... I know alot of people still consider these to be "luxury items" and even more only consider them a "necessity" during the winter, but when you consider the fact that the inside of your car/truck can reach 30 to 60 degrees hotter than the outside ambient temperature (sometimes higher in direct sunlight) it's a small price to pay to be able to get into your truck without feeling like you're climbing into an oven.. Some of the higher-end models have two-way pager key fob's that will monitor the inside temp of your vehicle and you can program them to automatically start if they get above/below a preset temp...