RobEB717678
Junior Member
- Joined
- Jul 21, 2018
- Posts
- 7
- Reaction score
- 10
- Location
- State of Denial
- Ram Year
- 2009
- Engine
- 5.7 Hemi
I have to make a confession... I was a fan of Fords since my teens. I have owned two F150s and one Bronco. First F150 was overly modified ‘99 4.2 V6 F150 that I was young and dumb with ( a lot of off roading with it). The second F150 which was a ‘04 5.4 V8 F150 had a few changes but mainly stayed stock. The third Ford being the Bronco which sits in my garage waiting for the funds to finish the restoration mods to it. It is a ‘71 302 V8 5 speed manual. With that being said, they were great trucks, never really had issues with them, granted the later years of ownership for the ‘99 had issues but those were my own fault (back to the overly modified part). I did have a hand me down ‘83 Jeep Grand Wagoneer for a few years (my first vehicle) before an accident where it was rear ended and insurance wrote it off.All this brings us to the present. The’04 F150, like I said, was a great truck with no issues but being a single cab truck was starting to be small for the growing family in my household. I started to search for a replacement truck (could of gone with a variety of different vehicles but I am a truck guy) and yes, I searched for newer F150s and some came up to be a good fit but the funds were not in place to pull the trigger.
Something took place that changed my views and started me down the road of looking for a Ram. I’ll keep politics to the side when talking to people but something stood out on how Ford took a stand against the Police in comments that were said last year. It wouldn’t be a big thing to many people but hit home with me. A few months before the comments were made about the police from Ford, my brother-in-law passed away. He was retired army and was a police officer in the city I live in. No, he didn’t die in the line of duty but died of cancer that came on quickly. He changed my mind of police officers as I had my run in with the police over the years (nothing too extreme, mainly speeding tickets). Now a days, I will stop and tell an officer “Thank you for your services” yes, I do not know them from my brother-in-law but they are brothers/sisters in a different family.
So, after all that went down, I changed things up and started searching for a Ram (will never buy a Chevy). I ended up finding one that seemed to be in. A good condition and fit the bill for the growing family. I pulled the trigger and purchased a Dodge Ram ‘09 5.7 Hemi Crew Cab.
Sorry for the long winded message, my GF tells me I am long winded in messages (if you ever meet me in person, you wouldn’t think so.)
