fljab
Senior Member
Hello, my name is Jim and I live in Central Florida. I am retired from the US Navy and Kennedy Space Center. Hobbies are old & new motorcycles, cars, and trucks which brings me to my new Ram Tradesman with the 5.7 option.
I have older trucks and my DD was a '81 F100 with the big six and manual trans. Good old truck, but I travel a fair amount and needed something better and started looking for a standard cab short bed with a V8. Except for Ram, they basically don't exist except as special order. I had had a '05 Dodge Magnum R/T 5.7L and really liked it, but let it go as it had a ton of miles and needed some work; I kinda wish I had done the work now, but the memory of that car made me want to look at Ram pickups and I found this truck locally at a great price and made the deal.
It is the bottom of the options with manual windows, locks, mirrors, and no carpet, but has great AC, cruise, and of course that Hemi engine and 8 sp trans. The dial transmission control is taking a bit of getting used to, but I like it. I only have ~250 miles on it so far. I am a minimalist as far as style and what I consider clean looks, and this truck fits perfectly with that in mind.
The first mod was tinted windows - a big deal where I live. I like white trucks as they're cooler. Plans are to lower it - still researching the best way, but probably 2/4. I'd like to find some stock take off 5 spoke wheels. 17" would be cheapest, but I also like 20". Not sure on that yet as again, still researching and looking for deals.
On performance improvement, I see many love the pedal commander so I may give that a try. I have to be careful with the warranty so no tunes/PCM/TCM mods, but will look at other things like exhaust, CAI, and ?. I'm spending a lot of my spare time now reading the forum to see what works and more importantly, what I like and would be best for my situation.
Anyway, great to be here. The first place I look to is a great forum with the people that actually drive and improve their trucks, and I can see this is it. Looking forward to participating where I can. I promise I'll try and research first and only ask if I can't find or need clarification on something.
http://www.ramforum.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=93874&stc=1&d=1509723281
I have older trucks and my DD was a '81 F100 with the big six and manual trans. Good old truck, but I travel a fair amount and needed something better and started looking for a standard cab short bed with a V8. Except for Ram, they basically don't exist except as special order. I had had a '05 Dodge Magnum R/T 5.7L and really liked it, but let it go as it had a ton of miles and needed some work; I kinda wish I had done the work now, but the memory of that car made me want to look at Ram pickups and I found this truck locally at a great price and made the deal.
It is the bottom of the options with manual windows, locks, mirrors, and no carpet, but has great AC, cruise, and of course that Hemi engine and 8 sp trans. The dial transmission control is taking a bit of getting used to, but I like it. I only have ~250 miles on it so far. I am a minimalist as far as style and what I consider clean looks, and this truck fits perfectly with that in mind.
The first mod was tinted windows - a big deal where I live. I like white trucks as they're cooler. Plans are to lower it - still researching the best way, but probably 2/4. I'd like to find some stock take off 5 spoke wheels. 17" would be cheapest, but I also like 20". Not sure on that yet as again, still researching and looking for deals.
On performance improvement, I see many love the pedal commander so I may give that a try. I have to be careful with the warranty so no tunes/PCM/TCM mods, but will look at other things like exhaust, CAI, and ?. I'm spending a lot of my spare time now reading the forum to see what works and more importantly, what I like and would be best for my situation.
Anyway, great to be here. The first place I look to is a great forum with the people that actually drive and improve their trucks, and I can see this is it. Looking forward to participating where I can. I promise I'll try and research first and only ask if I can't find or need clarification on something.
http://www.ramforum.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=93874&stc=1&d=1509723281
