The good news...I got out of my diesel VW today (buyback). The bad news (on the CPO Bighorn front)...they've been flying off the lots like hotcakes. The one place I mentioned above had 12 almost identical trucks (same options, just different colors). They're down to four and aren't willing to budge on the remaining one that's in a color that I'd consider.
As I don't want to go to $30k out the door on a used truck and I don't want to drop $36k+ on a new one...I'm just looking at Tradesman/Express now. I didn't want the 20" wheels and didn't care about the dual exhaust, so I won't miss that.
I would prefer to have the power adjustable seat and sliding rear window, but oh well (there are no SLT's w/o Bighorn near me). You've gotta pay to play around here and I'm an admitted cheapskate. What I have found though is a few trucks in the cheap ******* price range that have some good stuff (to me). ex. Hemi, 4WD, Uconnect 5.0, backup camera, spray-in bedliner, 17" alloy wheels (yeah...I'm an oddball that actually prefers the smaller wheels), and I think that's about it.
Where I commute, I'd rather put the difference (~$100/month....for $30kish out the door vs. $35+) towards my fuel bill than load a truck up on options that I don't need or care about (ex. Uconnect 8.4 Nav and 20" wheels).
Anyways...looking to check some out tomorrow evening and hopefully report in with good news.