pyoung47 wrote:
Actual out the door for a new Ram is about 50K unless you have to have the best. Check out Dennis Dillon Dodge for prices. If you are mechanically inclined, the 04 prob has quite a bit of life in it.
Accurate succinct statement here. And I believe the OP could run that truck much longer without dropping the coin that he's contemplating, IF the truck has been well maintianed and has had a couple of the Cummins/Dodge problem areas already addressed in the past.
Still worth adding up everything you'd put into it or likely put into it and compare.
Because at the end of the day you still have a 15 year old car that won't perform anything like the new ones.