BTW, congrats on the nice-looking truck! Greg
-----Original Message----- From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Curt Raymond via Mercedes Sent: Friday, September 05, 2014 11:28 AM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: [MBZ] OT: The secret revealed Today's trip to the Dodge dealer was a success and I returned with this: http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz353/curtludwig/IMG_20140904_163905569_z psjlcqf19w.jpg 2010 Dodge 1500, 4 door (all the extended cab Dodges are 4 doors now), 5.7l v8, 4wd, 5spd auto. We had tried a brand new one on Sunday and while we liked it I just didn't want to pay that much money. This one was considerably cheaper than new and only has 75,000 miles. Anyway, goodbye rusty Ranger, hello fullsize truck goodness. Now if I need to drag a car home I can do it with confidence. The Dodge is rated 1mpg better on the highway than the Ranger. It'll be interesting to compare fuel economy on long trips. The best I could ever squeak out of the Ranger was 19mpg, the Dodge is rated at 18 so it should at least hit 20mpg. Its geared higher and should do well on the highway. I do plan a couple upgrades, you'll notice the front end is very close to the ground, its going to get a 2" leveling kit, maybe a new, smaller bumper and probably a limited slip differential. I'm debating what to get for a diff, I'm debating between a Detroit TruTrac or an ARB air locker. The TruTrac is gear only, doesn't require friction modifiers and is half the cost of an ARB while the ARB would give better offroad performance and the option of a front locker if I wanted to get really serious. -Curt _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
