in the end - I agree with you.
I thought about what was to come. I was already planning to have the 100k maintenance done at the dealership and also planning on refreshing the suspension at some point within the next year or so. It was going to need tires in the winter, a set of brakes soon, it needed the driver-side leather repaired, and a couple of other odds and ends I had planned to sort out. I talked to a couple of shops and the ram dealership. The general consensus would be to put another engine in it. I searched around for trade-in values (off market, Toyota, Chevy, Ram) and naturally, ram was going to give me the best trade-in. They'd take it, throw another engine in there, sort anything else out, and sell it on. I really don't think this would be ******** anyone over, and it leaves me in a much more manageable situation. I'm really surprised at what they gave me for the trade-in. Thousands more than everywhere else.
with all that being said, I'm in a new ram with the pentastar. If all goes well I'll baby it and ill drive it to 200k.