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foghorn23 Senior Enthusiast

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Good luck with the Ram. I have to admit I am intrigued by the upcoming 2013 model with it's 8 speed. Anxious to see how Chrysler

does with the Hemi and that many gears. Best wishes.

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Stick around and keep us update on how you like it.

 

 

Very kind offer. Think I will do that, mostly because of the great character of the posters here.

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I wish you luck my friend, nice lookin rig. They look nice with a level and 33's...

 

 

33's? I am afraid I am too old to be able to handle mods to that degree. I would leave that to you young folk. I would imagine that I would always be self-conscious about real or imagined ridicule, along the lines of, "hey, check out that loser old man in that truck over there trying to pretend he is still young." :)

Big Whiskey Senior Enthusiast

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I wish you luck my friend, nice lookin rig. They look nice with a level and 33's...

 

 

33's? I am afraid I am too old to be able to handle mods to that degree. I would leave that to you young folk. I would imagine that I would always be self-conscious about real or imagined ridicule, along the lines of, "hey, check out that loser old man in that truck over there trying to pretend he is still young." :)

 

 

Good luck with the new rig, it looks really nice. And just fyi...if it has 275/60/20 tires on it...those measure 33" tall...so maybe you're not as old as you think! :cheers:

Prokopchuk_9 Senior Enthusiast

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I wish you luck my friend, nice lookin rig. They look nice with a level and 33's...

 

 

33's? I am afraid I am too old to be able to handle mods to that degree. I would leave that to you young folk. I would imagine that I would always be self-conscious about real or imagined ridicule, along the lines of, "hey, check out that loser old man in that truck over there trying to pretend he is still young." :)

 

 

Good luck with the new rig, it looks really nice. And just fyi...if it has 275/60/20 tires on it...those measure 33" tall...so maybe you're not as old as you think! :cheers:

 

Ahahah ^^^ never too old for a nce set of rubber. I meant 33x12.5 or 13.5 wide...not factory wide..they are nice lookin trucks

Porter_ Enthusiast

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nice truck, you'll love the power (among other things). you won't love the required spark plug change every 32,000 miles. yeah, you read that right. 16 of them too.

00Silverado4x4 Senior Enthusiast

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Don't leave us, you have to stop by from time to time to let us know how the new truck is working for you. It really is a sharp looking truck.

 

To Porter_: I feel your pain, my wife's Jeep is every 30k miles along with front, rear diffs and the transfer case. She doesn't even have the Hemi. Only good side is her's only takes 8 plugs.

GPGuy Senior Enthusiast

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No need to leave...I mean it's not like you bought a Tundra. :M16:

jdubub Senior Enthusiast

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Yea stay around. Congrats on the new truck! Hope it serves you well. So far I haven't been kicked around when I just bought a new Ford. Lol.

 

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