I drove my first Truck in 1971, it was a 1956 Chevy 1/2 ton, i sold it in 2010.
In 2003 i bought 1999 Chevy 1/2 ton to make long distance trips, i sold it in 2009, transmission kept slipping.
In 2008 i started looking for a New truck
I went to a Chevy dealer & the salesman, either did not know about Chevy Trucks & he did not want to talk to a guy with shoulder length hair, a big beard & torn blue jeans . I caught him in a couple of lies about Chevy Brakes, so i left.
That same day, I went to a Toyota Dealership & walked around the sales lot, 3 or 4 salesman watched me, the day had warmed up & still wore my Military Surplus Camou Jacket, not one of the salesmen walked toward me, until i began walking to the sidewalk where my truck was parked.
Then one of them yelled towards me & i drove off.
Then i drove to the local Dodge dealership in January 2009.
All the 1500s were on the sales lot in front of the Showroom, there was nothing that drew my attention, i walked to the rear of the Showroom & all the trucks were different, i did not know that they were Heavy Duty models.
There was this one beautiful 1500, it was almost sitting on the ground, 2 tone paint, fancy rims. I did not know that it was a custom ordered 1500.
While i was back there in that area, i saw this one Orange Truck in the back corner, it was dusty, it had a flat tire & asked about it, one of the salesmen grabbed some keys & showed me the engine, i was looking at a HEMI, but i did not know that, he went to Start it but the battery was DEAD.
Looking at the Orange truck that was dusty, had a flat tire & a dead battery, i decided to take it home, all i needed was a Low Price.
I never thought that i would buy a Dodge Ram 1/2 ton in a million years,
Dodges are just plain ugly in my mind, almost as bad as an International
I am driving my 2nd Dodge now