Drunken Hamster
Turncoat Ford Boi
- Joined
- Jul 18, 2017
- Posts
- 1,910
- Reaction score
- 357
- Location
- South Carolina
- Ram Year
- was 2005
- Engine
- was 5.7 Hemi
Hey, guys. An update. A kinda confused, heavy update. I just got word from a friend that he's about to repossess a car that he co-signed on since the person he signed for isn't making payments. In order to keep his credit, he'll have to pay it off and own it outright. But he has no use for said car, which, before you ask, is a 2015 chevy spark with 40k miles and the CVT.
He did, however, say that he would have much more use for my truck, and has since offered up a trade of sorts -nothing solid yet- of that car for my truck. Gents, this thing would triple my fuel economy, easily, and that alone, especially since I have to pay insurance starting in January, would be a big help. At this point, I'm still impoverished [officially, based on the national averages and all that BS, but I feel it literally, too, what with hardly being able to save $500-750 a month period...] and I don't really know what I want.
Do I want a 3g? 3.5g? 4g? Single cab? Quad with shorty conversion? Custom cab size? A fricking different truck altogether? Would I even still be a truck guy if I owned and drove and modded something else? What if I got my hands on a ****load of money and could do anything car-wise?
I'm just not totally sure. I'd kinda really like some input, TBH. At this point in my life I need a savings account and a plan more than anything, and all I use my vehicle for is daily driving and -if I had more money[or better MPG]- road trips.
I know for SURE that I'm not going to do all the crazy ******* I thought of or posted in my OP up above to this truck, in fact, I want to edit my OP to reflect this, but can't, for some reason in the site's coding. {{There's no more edit button on the OP, but there is on all my other posts... Can a mod/admin please help?}}
If I continue to do anything to this truck, unless it's maintenance, can be removed/go on the next truck, has to be done for preservation or to increase resale value, 'won't hurt'[IE nitto 420s instead of just any tire] or something beneficial to a DD like tint, I'm not really gonna put anything more expensive than a $100-$200 mod on this...
My new list would look more like:
Wheels
Tires
Rear shackle or 1/2-2/3 drop
Maintenance
Tilt steering fix
DeeZee tailgate assist
Tint
Toolbox
Tonneau {already bought, have to bedline bed after removing plastic liner}
Herculiner
Bed extender
Re-install steps or a set of running boards
06+ facelift [since I already have the fenders and they're out of return date]
Paint and body fixes
Paint matched parts
Tow mirrors
And so on. Mostly all depends on pricing, again.
But, I'm really not wholly sure. Again, on the point of the offer at hand here and the pros/cons coupled with not wholly knowing what I want/want to do/can do in the future, I could use a little guidance. Or at least some respectable opinions...
He did, however, say that he would have much more use for my truck, and has since offered up a trade of sorts -nothing solid yet- of that car for my truck. Gents, this thing would triple my fuel economy, easily, and that alone, especially since I have to pay insurance starting in January, would be a big help. At this point, I'm still impoverished [officially, based on the national averages and all that BS, but I feel it literally, too, what with hardly being able to save $500-750 a month period...] and I don't really know what I want.
Do I want a 3g? 3.5g? 4g? Single cab? Quad with shorty conversion? Custom cab size? A fricking different truck altogether? Would I even still be a truck guy if I owned and drove and modded something else? What if I got my hands on a ****load of money and could do anything car-wise?
I'm just not totally sure. I'd kinda really like some input, TBH. At this point in my life I need a savings account and a plan more than anything, and all I use my vehicle for is daily driving and -if I had more money[or better MPG]- road trips.
I know for SURE that I'm not going to do all the crazy ******* I thought of or posted in my OP up above to this truck, in fact, I want to edit my OP to reflect this, but can't, for some reason in the site's coding. {{There's no more edit button on the OP, but there is on all my other posts... Can a mod/admin please help?}}
If I continue to do anything to this truck, unless it's maintenance, can be removed/go on the next truck, has to be done for preservation or to increase resale value, 'won't hurt'[IE nitto 420s instead of just any tire] or something beneficial to a DD like tint, I'm not really gonna put anything more expensive than a $100-$200 mod on this...
My new list would look more like:
Wheels
Tires
Rear shackle or 1/2-2/3 drop
Maintenance
Tilt steering fix
DeeZee tailgate assist
Tint
Toolbox
Tonneau {already bought, have to bedline bed after removing plastic liner}
Herculiner
Bed extender
Re-install steps or a set of running boards
06+ facelift [since I already have the fenders and they're out of return date]
Paint and body fixes
Paint matched parts
Tow mirrors
And so on. Mostly all depends on pricing, again.
But, I'm really not wholly sure. Again, on the point of the offer at hand here and the pros/cons coupled with not wholly knowing what I want/want to do/can do in the future, I could use a little guidance. Or at least some respectable opinions...