In Nov. I hit a deer doing about 60mph with my 97 Ram w/250,000 miles on it , I loved that truck !
I've been saying for the last 5-6 years that I'm gonna buy me a brand new Chevy 4×4 , when I called my wife and told her about hitting the deer she said " well I guess you're gonna finally get your chevy " with the truck confirmed still drivable I gutted the deer ,put him in the back of the truck ,took em to the butcher and went home and cleaned everything out of my beloved beast of the last 16 years and went straight to my local Chevrolet dealer ! ( I've never considered myself a BRAND SPECIFIC type guy , I've owned all over the years ) well the 1rst Chevy I test drove took about 10 mins , I took it back to get another one , I told the salesman to have his techs take a look at it due to the lack of pwr , almost felt like the parking break was stuck . I actually pulled over during the test drive to make sure the break wasn't stuck ! After driving 3 Chevy 4×4 s 1/2 ton trucks with the largest avail Eng. package I was so disappointed , the ride feel , the power , everything was disappointing to me ! All I had in recent memory to compare was my 2500,000 mile 17 year old Dodge 4×4 extended cad w/ 360 and 33" tires . I was afraid all new trucks we're gonna be like this , Boy was I wrong !!
I've never even considered purchasing a ford but there was a dealer across the street and the Dodge dealer was a 20 min drive away so I went to ford WOW WHAT A DIFFERENCE from the chevies I just drove ! I drove two more same same . I liked everything about the fords but they are ugly to me , I ran out of time that day so the next morning I was at the Dodge dealer waiting for them to open the door LOL I parked front and center at the BIG FANCY glass doors my front end tore all to hell still having blood and hair everywhere and the radiator starting to leak a little LOL. After I drove my 1rst RAM I told my salesman to get someone working on my heap of a trade in because I'm Not driving my old truck home today !!!!!
Honestly Ford was a close second place , performance and feel wise , but overall drive ability , comfort , power out the ass , aesthetics , dash electronics and a standard 100k mile drive train warranty , not to mention the mean n tough sexy looking front to back !
Ram was an easy pick after driving 11 new vehicles from the big 3 and 4 low mileage used over two days !
I went with a 2014 4×4 QC 5.7 Red on red !
I SHOT IT WITH MY P.S.E. EVO MAX !!!!