Re: thinking about buying

From: Bruce Aaron Hefner (gt9742a@prism.gatech.edu)
Date: Mon Oct 13 1997 - 09:47:39 EDT


I agree, you should really hold out for a V8 dak, because after having a
V8 you'll miss the power big time, later-

Bruce

>
> A v6? I am not sure yet if that is a fair trade, try looking a little bit
> harder for maybe a different dealer,and see how much you can get out of
> your ram, may be more. Try to find a v8 to because it will be well worth
> your money.
> Bryan Nored
>
> On Sun, 12 Oct 1997 16:57:40 -0500 Ben D Jarrett <bjarrett@micro.ti.com>
> writes:
> >Greetings,
> >
> >Right now I have a 96 Dodge Ram SLT 4x2 that I'm planning on selling.
> >I've been
> >testdriving different vehicles (from a '85 Ch#vy Blazer to a '98 Jeep
> >Wrangler) looking
> >for something somewhat praticle, nimble off road, and decent on the
> >highway. Well,
> >today I trekked over to the supersized use car lot (Autonation USA)
> >and
> >I saw
> >something that just got me really excited. I saw a '96 white 4x4 Dak
> >w/
> >air and
> >an auto tranny (I do like 5-speeds better, though.) Anyways, the
> >price
> >was less
> >than $14k (by $5) and it had less than 10k miles. Previously I took
> >my
> >Ram
> >there and they offered $14k for it. It would be even swap!
> >
> >So, what do you all think? Should I give up on my pretty grocery
> >getter
> >
> >4x2 Ram (you can see her at http://www.eng.uc.edu/~bjarrett/ram.html)
> >that
> >has so many nice features (318, 5-speed, bed liner & lid, nerf bars,
> >bug
> >shield,
> >tint, and keyless alarm w/ auto window roll up - installed by me) and
> >join
> >u guys w/ a basic mid-size truck? It was a white dak w/ the V-6, a/c,
> >auto,
> >3.90 gear in the rear and that's about it. I love its simplicity.
> >The
> >only
> >thing I'm worried about was there seemed to be a lot of rust on the
> >frame. Is this even remotely common?
> >
> >Well guys, look forward to ur comments.
> >
> >Ben (possible future dak owner)
> >
> >P.S. Any one have info on MRSP's and invoice prices similar to
> >Edmunds'
> >or Kelly's?
> >I'd like to see what the original price was of something like this dak
> >but these sites
> >only have 97 and newer.
> >
> >TIA
> >
> >
>



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