- Joined
- Nov 16, 2011
- Posts
- 2,643
- Reaction score
- 8,068
- Location
- Central S.C.
- Ram Year
- 2009
- Engine
- Hemi 5.7
Greetings (again) from Central SC.
Technically this is a re-introduction, I was on the site some time ago - I was surprised my account was still available and active, and at first login, it said my last log in was some time in 2012.
My first Ram was a Yellow 2009 QC 4x4 SLT with the 4.7. Loved the truck, but a year later, gas was pushing $4/gal here (much higher other places) and with my 80+ mile commute, the gas was killing me. I thought to pick up a cheap Civic or some such, but the wife convinced me that I should get something nicer if I was going to spend that much time in it. So, sadly I traded the truck on a Mazda 3. Great car, but not a truck.
So, here we are today. I'm retired AF, and have been working for years a a contractor out at Shaw AFB. The new A6 started making some changes I didn't want to deal with, so I found a job closer to home at Ft Jackson. With a much shorter commute, I started missing my truck more. So in Nov 16, I sold the Mazda to my brother and between the wife's Ford Edge and a couple cheap bikes, I've been getting around while looking for a truck.
I'd wanted something I could buy outright, but after many months of watching CL and missing out on several good deals, the wife convinced me we could afford some payments. So I started look for something a bit newer.
It was a toss up between a loaded Yellow 09 SLT, or a 13 Tradesman with the 3.6. I was leaning towards the tradesman, but even though the truck had been on the lot for almost 6 months, the salesman didn't want to deal. So, I got the 09.
I don't know who ordered the truck originally, but seems he might have wanted a Laramie. Its an SLT, but has a lot of options (compared to my old SLT) - leather, heated/cooled seats, Alpine stereo w/NAV, remote start, sport front, quad and fog lights, hemi...
So far, I'm enjoying the truck. Not loving the mpg, but it's actually about the same as the 4.7 was so far. I haven't taken any trips with it yet so we'll see how it goes on the highway. Also looking forward to getting a small travel trailer.
Sorry to be so long winded, I'll try to keep it down.
Technically this is a re-introduction, I was on the site some time ago - I was surprised my account was still available and active, and at first login, it said my last log in was some time in 2012.
My first Ram was a Yellow 2009 QC 4x4 SLT with the 4.7. Loved the truck, but a year later, gas was pushing $4/gal here (much higher other places) and with my 80+ mile commute, the gas was killing me. I thought to pick up a cheap Civic or some such, but the wife convinced me that I should get something nicer if I was going to spend that much time in it. So, sadly I traded the truck on a Mazda 3. Great car, but not a truck.
So, here we are today. I'm retired AF, and have been working for years a a contractor out at Shaw AFB. The new A6 started making some changes I didn't want to deal with, so I found a job closer to home at Ft Jackson. With a much shorter commute, I started missing my truck more. So in Nov 16, I sold the Mazda to my brother and between the wife's Ford Edge and a couple cheap bikes, I've been getting around while looking for a truck.
I'd wanted something I could buy outright, but after many months of watching CL and missing out on several good deals, the wife convinced me we could afford some payments. So I started look for something a bit newer.
It was a toss up between a loaded Yellow 09 SLT, or a 13 Tradesman with the 3.6. I was leaning towards the tradesman, but even though the truck had been on the lot for almost 6 months, the salesman didn't want to deal. So, I got the 09.
I don't know who ordered the truck originally, but seems he might have wanted a Laramie. Its an SLT, but has a lot of options (compared to my old SLT) - leather, heated/cooled seats, Alpine stereo w/NAV, remote start, sport front, quad and fog lights, hemi...
So far, I'm enjoying the truck. Not loving the mpg, but it's actually about the same as the 4.7 was so far. I haven't taken any trips with it yet so we'll see how it goes on the highway. Also looking forward to getting a small travel trailer.
Sorry to be so long winded, I'll try to keep it down.
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