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Since they closed the order banks on me when I tried to buy a 2023, I searched used again and came across a 2021 75th Anniversary edition with more options than I would have ordered it with. 8107 miles.
I got it from a small town dealer in southern Illinois right next to the Indiana border, near Vincennes. They said they have an older farmer who gets bored and swaps cars to the tune of about 8 a year. He bought a Mustang in another city, drove it home and didn't care for it on the drive so he traded it to them with 250 miles on it. They said he had the Power Wagon just over a year (15 months, per Carfax) and it's one of the longest he's ever kept it. He traded in this and a Hellcat on something or other. He also has a Durango SRT, all in the same green.
The winch controller still has the zip ties on it, never touched. The truck is spec'd with the box that lets you easily wire in aftermarket electronic items, like if you want power steps tied to the door opening or whatever, and that pigtail is still in the unopened plastic. Those steps are Mopar, but not the original rock sliders. They are checking if he still has them and will give them to me if he does. Mud flaps are Mopar and dealer installed as well.
Crawiling around under it, it still has the assembly line number markings visible on many parts.
Now I just have to figure out how this Android Auto stuff works in Uconnect 4. They didn't get wireless until 2022, but I wanted a 2021 for the anniversary edition with the two tone interior. It's an exclusive to that year, and I like that more than I care about Uconnect 5 vs 4.
Faulkner Automotive was the dealership and I have honestly never had an easier transaction. I exchanged a few emails, my son drove me to the dealership, and I test drove it. I told them what I'd pay and why, they negotiated a couple of times but I was serious with my number, if they couldn't get there I'd just wait and order a new one. They agreed, I wrote the biggest check in my life for something that doesn't have a foundation, and drove home. Zero BS games in the F&I office, no trying to push warranties and rust proofing and all those high profit/low value add-ons dealerships love to sell you. Real small dealership in a small town, and so much better than the big city dealerships here. I was treated like a long time loyal customer despite never having set foot in the town, let alone the dealership, before.
