Ordering a new truck is frustating
It bothers me as to what options can't be ordered with other options. I understand some options require things like axle ratio with HD towing, but some of the other limitations frustrate me.
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My first one was such a steal I just bought it... It was a 13 quad cab Ram Tradesman 5.7 with 3500 miles on it. The deal in the paper was too good to be true... But I found out, that the wife of the guy who bought it didn't like climbing up into it... It was about 4K less than identical new ones on the lot.
I asked the guy about the deal and he said I have 35 of these new. This one is more trouble than its worth. I was like the second person to look at it and bought it. I then started realizing the things I wanted like a crew cab, LSD, better radio etc.
Three years later late in the year they called wondering and needing to make end of month numbers and had an optioned package (Ram Outdoorsman) that is exactly what I would have ordered except for color, brake controller and bed liner. So, I couldn't change color, but they Rhino lined it, put in the brake controller and put my aftermarket bumper/winch on as my original truck and the new one were the same color (white) they could switch bumpers easy. I love it three years into the "new" one. I got it for 34K and change on a 47K truck. Sometimes you get lucky. Then I got dinked in the back bumper while parked and was able to wangle a Ranch hand back bumper and 75 bucks back as part of the fix. MT is a "fault" state and it wasn't my fault so I got paid 75 bucks to get the bumper I wanted...and it will take more of a hit than the OEM bumper for sure. Love my truck.
I asked the guy about the deal and he said I have 35 of these new. This one is more trouble than its worth. I was like the second person to look at it and bought it. I then started realizing the things I wanted like a crew cab, LSD, better radio etc.
Three years later late in the year they called wondering and needing to make end of month numbers and had an optioned package (Ram Outdoorsman) that is exactly what I would have ordered except for color, brake controller and bed liner. So, I couldn't change color, but they Rhino lined it, put in the brake controller and put my aftermarket bumper/winch on as my original truck and the new one were the same color (white) they could switch bumpers easy. I love it three years into the "new" one. I got it for 34K and change on a 47K truck. Sometimes you get lucky. Then I got dinked in the back bumper while parked and was able to wangle a Ranch hand back bumper and 75 bucks back as part of the fix. MT is a "fault" state and it wasn't my fault so I got paid 75 bucks to get the bumper I wanted...and it will take more of a hit than the OEM bumper for sure. Love my truck.
