Well, this is going to be a long road I have a feeling - I'm not 100% sold on any one direction, but I am committed to looking around at all the new versions of the big 3 (only because I promised [MENTION=47]SRT41320[/MENTION] I would sit in a Dodge). I'm also still keeping my eye open for the perfect 6.0 - but I really don't think there's one out there for me.
So yesterday, I drove around to the three lots in Woodstock to see what was out there - in hopes to get in each of these and check them each out.
First up was Bull Valley Ford - they only had 2 '17's on the lot, both are spoken for. One was a Platinum 350, the other a DRW with a few less options. I sat in the Platinum, it was very nice. Seems very well built, with the interior laid out quite nicely. Felt a lot like a F150 inside though. The giant double sunroof was MASSIVE and literally goes to what seems like the back of the back seats. It's really huge. The back seat seemed to have at least as much space as my '12 F150 had, which is a TON of leg room. I didn't get to start or drive it and I didn't get to really play with the electronics either. So I'll have to do that somewhere else... oh. And. These trucks are fuggin expensive. The platinum I sat in had a sticker of $77k. :eek4:
Next I went to Benoy Dodge on 14/47. I felt weird even driving onto their lot. Their used cars all look like garbage... hard to trust a dealer when their used stuff openly looks like trash. ANYWAY, I made my way over to their small handful of trucks. They had a few Cummins out there, the prices were significantly lower. Interiors looked nice enough, exterior looked like a Dodge truck. Had a boxed frame, but I think all the 3/4 ton trucks do now. So I looked at a few trucks, making several laps around each and no one came out to talk to me. So after looking a bit, I hopped back in the BMW and drove down to Woodstock Chevy.
These SOB's literally have the perfect truck I want to drive right in front of their main doors. '16 Duramax LTZ, CCSB, in the great blue color... I was excite. Salesman comes out with a quickness and asks what he can do for me, and I said GET ME THE KEYS TO THIS TRUCK! He replies... sorry sir, we sold that truck today. The guy is headed here to pick it up right now.
SO, I ask for any other LTZ diesel, they have none. Ugh. So he finds me a 2500HD LTZ gasser with the 6.0 in it to drive. I actually HATE the steering wheel controls. The controls are all chinsy and rubberised. DO NOT WANT.
Anyway, its getting late. I'll type up more later. This is just the beginning.
So yesterday, I drove around to the three lots in Woodstock to see what was out there - in hopes to get in each of these and check them each out.
First up was Bull Valley Ford - they only had 2 '17's on the lot, both are spoken for. One was a Platinum 350, the other a DRW with a few less options. I sat in the Platinum, it was very nice. Seems very well built, with the interior laid out quite nicely. Felt a lot like a F150 inside though. The giant double sunroof was MASSIVE and literally goes to what seems like the back of the back seats. It's really huge. The back seat seemed to have at least as much space as my '12 F150 had, which is a TON of leg room. I didn't get to start or drive it and I didn't get to really play with the electronics either. So I'll have to do that somewhere else... oh. And. These trucks are fuggin expensive. The platinum I sat in had a sticker of $77k. :eek4:
Next I went to Benoy Dodge on 14/47. I felt weird even driving onto their lot. Their used cars all look like garbage... hard to trust a dealer when their used stuff openly looks like trash. ANYWAY, I made my way over to their small handful of trucks. They had a few Cummins out there, the prices were significantly lower. Interiors looked nice enough, exterior looked like a Dodge truck. Had a boxed frame, but I think all the 3/4 ton trucks do now. So I looked at a few trucks, making several laps around each and no one came out to talk to me. So after looking a bit, I hopped back in the BMW and drove down to Woodstock Chevy.
These SOB's literally have the perfect truck I want to drive right in front of their main doors. '16 Duramax LTZ, CCSB, in the great blue color... I was excite. Salesman comes out with a quickness and asks what he can do for me, and I said GET ME THE KEYS TO THIS TRUCK! He replies... sorry sir, we sold that truck today. The guy is headed here to pick it up right now.
SO, I ask for any other LTZ diesel, they have none. Ugh. So he finds me a 2500HD LTZ gasser with the 6.0 in it to drive. I actually HATE the steering wheel controls. The controls are all chinsy and rubberised. DO NOT WANT.
Anyway, its getting late. I'll type up more later. This is just the beginning.
