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  1. NorthStar

    Why Laramie over Big Horn?

    Wife loves the Laramie because it has the power passenger seat for her height challenged body. Personally, I've always preferred the Big Horn as I don't need all the bells and whistles but more importantly because it comes with cloth seats - I've never been a big fan of leather seats and yes...
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    Price negotiated from MSRP

    Mind if I ask which dealer in Houston you were working with? I've dealt with Gillman, Mac Haik and Northwest CJDR which all play this game. MD is the way to go IMHO.
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    Price negotiated from MSRP

    Yes, and then when you go into the dealership they hit you with their $2995 add on...Mac Haik, Autonation, Gillman, Helfman, Southfork, Gulfgate and Finnegan are all advertising with 20% off but then nail you to the wall when you get into the dealership via their add on and/or low balling your...
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    Price negotiated from MSRP

    Negotiated a deal late yesterday on a new 2023 Ram 1500 4x4 Built to Serve edition with 5.7L. $60,305 MSRP + TTL $1145 + Doc Fee $150 = $61,600 -$4,000 trade equity (I’m happy with trade offer) -$1,000 CC financing rebate -$11,600 dealer discounts and rebates $45,000 Out the door I’m supposed...
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    MOPAR OEM PARTS DIRECT - aka Grand Junction CJDR of Grand Junction, CO - DO NOT PURCHASE PARTS ONLINE FROM THESE FOOLS

    Thanks for askingI MD Anderson has once again performed a miracle with the good Lord's blessing and it appears I'll get to spend another twenty or thirty years watching my grandson grow up. I lost my all but 3" of my esophagus and 1/2 of my stomach, have enough scars to dress up on Halloween...
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    Oil change prices

    Yep, typical of your previous postings, you continue to prove the point I made in my earlier post…one more dealership idiot.
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    Oil change prices

    I don’t insult every dealer employee as often as possible - only you! I know it gets to you more than most and love ruining your afternoon!!!
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    Oil change prices

    Not the case with my Ecodiesel. I took it in with 400 miles on the odometer and a leaking transfer case seal. Service Manager had the nerve to ask me if I did any maintenance on it…I damned near died with a stupid question like that with 400 miles on the odometer. He said they’ve never seen...
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    Oil change prices

    That is the bare minimum I’d do on any vehicle. With my Ecodiesel, I’ve been following my standard procedure mentioned above PLUS getting the receipts notarized, obtaining three non-familial witnesses to execute and get notarized a form attesting to the fact they watched me do each maintenance...
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    Oil change prices

    I use a method which paid off on my wife’s Jeep Wrangler that had the 3.6L develop serious issues. It was a 2014 Wrangler with the 3.6L and I did all the oil changes. I had the same on one of our Cummins and one of our Hemi’s (minor issues that the dealer wanted to document routine maintenance...
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    2021 eco diesel gas mileage

    I’m old so I’m not in near as big a hurry as I used to be so keep my speed at 65 on the interstate. The truckers set their speed in the right lane and let the “bunny rabbits” fly by so I decided to adopt the practice. I’ll speed up when passing do as to not hold up traffic and it seems to work...
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    RAM lighting rant...

    Now I feel bad for wasting everybody’s time as it appears my rant about not having a GAU-8/A Avenger 30mm cannon mounted in the grill is minor. 😉
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    OBDLink MX+ and Ecodiesel

    Yes, I leave it plugged in 24/7 and have not had an issue to date.
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    MOPAR bug deflector

    Check out the link below as these may or may not be the size you need but there are a number of different ones at the middle of the link...
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    Hellwig? Hell, yeah!

    Many of us have done it. You'd think as many as Hellwig has sold on this forum alone that they could afford a 5 cent sticker that says "This Side Down" or "This Side Up". ;) It doesn't bother me when I mess up and my good friends on this forum help me get it corrected but that "Walk of...
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