alow
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I'm looking for any advice on picking a truck. My family is getting bigger so my current extended cab isnt cutting it with my monster sized kids. I started looking at a 2019 1500 5.7 Hemi Crew cab but we have a magical thing called RTA tax in western WA that charges $110 for every $10k of msrp each year for cars under 6000lbs scale weight. That has me paying a yearly tax of $550 to renew my tabs unless I go with a 2500 which is to heavy to be taxed. I'll put my driving style below, any advice would be appreciated.
-I dont tow and dont have any plans to get any of the toys that would have me towing on a regular basis.
-I have a company car so I only drive my truck on my weekends.
-I'm mostly looking to use this for family trips to the mountains in the winter and then the standard runs to the dump, picking up furniture and all that and of course when my wife is out with the car. I may take it hunting and a few things like that but nothing crazy offroad wise. MPG is more important to me than towing or acceleration. Obviously MPG isnt great on any truck but I'd lean more towards trying not to get 12 mpg.
-I dont plan to lift it or run non stock size tires.
-I keep my vehicles for a longer time than some people I know, my current truck has 49k mi and is going on 11 years old to give you an idea of my driving habits.
My current thought is a 2500 Cummins Diesel with a bighorn / SLT package or something in that area. They are currently running around 46k where as I was finding the 1500 hemis to be around 42-44k plus that yearly tax I listed. Any reason to consider the 1500 Hemi or the gas HD engines instead? Also I've seen some transmission options listed and if theres one better than the other please let me know.
I know this is pretty long winded, thanks for any help.
-I dont tow and dont have any plans to get any of the toys that would have me towing on a regular basis.
-I have a company car so I only drive my truck on my weekends.
-I'm mostly looking to use this for family trips to the mountains in the winter and then the standard runs to the dump, picking up furniture and all that and of course when my wife is out with the car. I may take it hunting and a few things like that but nothing crazy offroad wise. MPG is more important to me than towing or acceleration. Obviously MPG isnt great on any truck but I'd lean more towards trying not to get 12 mpg.
-I dont plan to lift it or run non stock size tires.
-I keep my vehicles for a longer time than some people I know, my current truck has 49k mi and is going on 11 years old to give you an idea of my driving habits.
My current thought is a 2500 Cummins Diesel with a bighorn / SLT package or something in that area. They are currently running around 46k where as I was finding the 1500 hemis to be around 42-44k plus that yearly tax I listed. Any reason to consider the 1500 Hemi or the gas HD engines instead? Also I've seen some transmission options listed and if theres one better than the other please let me know.
I know this is pretty long winded, thanks for any help.