Wow, I did not expect such a great response to my question. Thanks all, you have just confirmed my reason for having this baby. My first truck is a Ford F-150 SLX 2001 V6. The other day I drove it. It was much lighter than the Dodge of course. I enjoyed the speed and the gas savings, but I must admit. It was strange jumping from the Dodge in to the Ford. The Dodge is certainly a larger, more protective smoother running vehicle. Thanks all. I really appreciate your comments. I want to read more of these.

 

I wanted to get in touch with my inner redneck.

 

i grew up in the mountains of idaho and have always needed four wheel drive to do many of the things i had to do for jobs and so on. Now i live in flat north carolina, but the life style of the four wheel drive is hard to get away from.

 

Luck, pure luck. I had my heart set on a (don't laugh) Honda Element. Always liked Honda. The day before I was going to go trade in my Wife's old Saturn SL2 on an Element, it was damaged in a hit and run accident. Being a person with scruples I decided to have it fixed before I traded it in.

While the Saturn was in the shop, a total of four days, I had a rental car. A 2004 Dodge Ram 4X4 with the 4.7 Liter engine. I had to take a road trip to Omaha, and during the trip I fell in love with the Dodge. I got my Saturn back on a thursday, and by Friday night I had signed the paperwork on My new Hemi. I took Delivery on the following monday.

Wierd story, but completely true.

 

[/quote] That is a weird story, but a good one. I'd like to think that the powers that be didn't want you to have a Honda. It was the will of the gods that made you cross paths with the Ram and get one.

 

For a couple good reasons, firstly I started my own company, PGB Superior, a bullet casting business, and I have to be able to fetch a ton of lead alloy at a time from anywhere, as well as take loads of product to gun shows. Secondly, I had ridden in my girlfriends Ram 2500 Cummins, and fell in love with it right then. Now I have one too. Thirdly, I love camping in style, with 12x20' tent, Persian rug, potted palms, beer tap, movies, music, grill, stove, oven, and lots of weapons and ammo. Now I can.

Amy

 

I got mine to haul my sleds in the winter, and my camper when i can't ride my sleds. Also supplies for home improvement, tools, firewood, or any other crap i need to haul around.
Dodge Ram=go anywhere do anything; in style

Only downside is everyone calls when they are moving!!!LOL

 

Tell me about it!!! Suddenly you have more "friends" than you ever realized!! But, it's also a good way to meet chicks....[sm=smiley36.gif]

 

Straight out of Xray school, 1983, I bought a rice-burning Toyota SR5. In 1996 traded that in for a '96 used Chevy S10. When I fell in love with a 2003 Atlantic Blue QuadCab HEMI SLT, I passed it on the car lot for 2 months. Finally, my wife got tired of all the whining and gave me the go-ahead to buy this truck. My son(13) told me, if I didn't get the HEMI, to not come home!!!I use the truck to haul my bicycles, and to fetch my toys from Home Depot.
This is our fifth Dodge vehicle. We've had 3 Grand Caravans, and my wife currently drives an '02 Durango. I am trying to talk her into the HEMI Durango when this lease is up, but she wants a P/T Cruiser, Turbo, convertible...
Homee

 

I always said "I'll never buy a truck unless I have a boat to pull." So here I am with a boat and I got tired of having to borrow my dad's 2002. So this year I bought a 2001 and here I am with a 25gallon tank and the highest gas prices in history. Oh well - I'm gonna love on it and hook it up with mods regardless...