Am I mad to want a Dodge Ram?
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Title says it all. Of course right now I can't afford one, but after uni if I get a decent enough job I have a strange attraction to the Ram; namely the SRT10, as the idea of a pickup truck powered by the 8.3 litre V10 from a Viper is both mad and at the same time so appealing, if only to p
s off the eco mentalist society who seem to think everyone at our uni should be driving a Prius. Something like this should certainly do it http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1387291.htm
£20k sounds so tempting, thats Mondeo money! I know, its vulgar beyond belief, would be hideously expensive to run and being LHD it would be hopelessly impractical, but I just can't help but want one.
Any owners out there want to scare me off the idea with an estimate for running costs? I'm guessing around 10mpg if I'm lucky, but I still want one.
s off the eco mentalist society who seem to think everyone at our uni should be driving a Prius. Something like this should certainly do it http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1387291.htm£20k sounds so tempting, thats Mondeo money! I know, its vulgar beyond belief, would be hideously expensive to run and being LHD it would be hopelessly impractical, but I just can't help but want one.
Any owners out there want to scare me off the idea with an estimate for running costs? I'm guessing around 10mpg if I'm lucky, but I still want one.
dpbird90 said:
Title says it all. Of course right now I can't afford one, but after uni if I get a decent enough job I have a strange attraction to the Ram; namely the SRT10, as the idea of a pickup truck powered by the 8.3 litre V10 from a Viper is both mad and at the same time so appealing, if only to ps off the eco mentalist society who seem to think everyone at our uni should be driving a Prius. Something like this should certainly do it http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1387291.htm
£20k sounds so tempting, thats Mondeo money! I know, its vulgar beyond belief, would be hideously expensive to run and being LHD it would be hopelessly impractical, but I just can't help but want one.
Any owners out there want to scare me off the idea with an estimate for running costs? I'm guessing around 10mpg if I'm lucky, but I still want one.
Dodge Ram is very very cool s off the eco mentalist society who seem to think everyone at our uni should be driving a Prius. Something like this should certainly do it http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1387291.htm£20k sounds so tempting, thats Mondeo money! I know, its vulgar beyond belief, would be hideously expensive to run and being LHD it would be hopelessly impractical, but I just can't help but want one.
Any owners out there want to scare me off the idea with an estimate for running costs? I'm guessing around 10mpg if I'm lucky, but I still want one.
in my book and I want one.Personally I say if you want speed, go diesel
Seriously, all the quick guys run the 5.9 Cummins straight 6 diesel. A few tweeks and they'll make 550hp easy and apart from busting gearboxes 800hp and 1200lb ft is not such a daft or unrealistic proposition as it might sound
Get something cooler and have LOTS of money left over:
http://pistonheads.co.uk/sales/1620780.htm
£2900
http://pistonheads.co.uk/sales/1620780.htm
£2900
Edited by Rusty Arches on Thursday 22 April 11:41
The Crack Fox said:
bazking69 said:
20k, yank tank, not an particuarly good product, LHD, totally unusable in our society, 6MPG at £1 a mile in fuel, crap dealer network, Rio Ferdinand image and everyone looking at you like a .
Yes you are mad.
I agree. . Yes you are mad.
would never have seen that coming......... but then again I guess excitement might be a little too much for you 
Some guy has a white one that he drives around Guildford. IMO they look totally stupid over here, chintzy chav wagon, the last word in tasteless IMO.
They work in the US, having seen many on my travels, over here they are ridiculous, plus everyone will think you’re a bigger prick than a BWM driver to have one
They work in the US, having seen many on my travels, over here they are ridiculous, plus everyone will think you’re a bigger prick than a BWM driver to have one
bazking69 said:
20k, yank tank, not an particuarly good product, LHD, totally unusable in our society, 6MPG at £1 a mile in fuel, crap dealer network, Rio Ferdinand image and everyone looking at you like a .
Unusable?. MPG can be a lot better, depends how you drive, but to be fair, how good is an X5M on fuel?? Or a RRS if you rag it.
As for size, have you never seen a Transit van, LGV or lorry on the roads
LHD is perfectly usable, even more so in a high up vehicle - gone on ask me how I know... lol
Running one is no bother, very reliable and well built and loads of fantastic independent specialists, most service items will be stocked on the shelf and anything oddball probably available in 48-72 hours, which is often better than cars sold on mass in the UK with large dealer networks.
300bhp/ton said:
bazking69 said:
20k, yank tank, not an particuarly good product, LHD, totally unusable in our society, 6MPG at £1 a mile in fuel, crap dealer network, Rio Ferdinand image and everyone looking at you like a .
Unusable?. MPG can be a lot better, depends how you drive, but to be fair, how good is an X5M on fuel?? Or a RRS if you rag it.
As for size, have you never seen a Transit van, LGV or lorry on the roads
LHD is perfectly usable, even more so in a high up vehicle - gone on ask me how I know... lol
Running one is no bother, very reliable and well built and loads of fantastic independent specialists, most service items will be stocked on the shelf and anything oddball probably available in 48-72 hours, which is often better than cars sold on mass in the UK with large dealer networks.
Edited by MidlandDan84 on Thursday 22 April 11:51
MidlandDan84 said:
300bhp/ton said:
bazking69 said:
20k, yank tank, not an particuarly good product, LHD, totally unusable in our society, 6MPG at £1 a mile in fuel, crap dealer network, Rio Ferdinand image and everyone looking at you like a .
Unusable?. MPG can be a lot better, depends how you drive, but to be fair, how good is an X5M on fuel?? Or a RRS if you rag it.
As for size, have you never seen a Transit van, LGV or lorry on the roads
LHD is perfectly usable, even more so in a high up vehicle - gone on ask me how I know... lol
Running one is no bother, very reliable and well built and loads of fantastic independent specialists, most service items will be stocked on the shelf and anything oddball probably available in 48-72 hours, which is often better than cars sold on mass in the UK with large dealer networks.
Edited by MidlandDan84 on Thursday 22 April 11:51
The Crack Fox said:
300bhp/ton said:
The Crack Fox said:
bazking69 said:
20k, yank tank, not an particuarly good product, LHD, totally unusable in our society, 6MPG at £1 a mile in fuel, crap dealer network, Rio Ferdinand image and everyone looking at you like a .
Yes you are mad.
I agree. . Yes you are mad.
would never have seen that coming......... but then again I guess excitement might be a little too much for you 
[goes back to finalising next months 'ring trip in a 350Z and Norwegian roadtrip in June]
Grand Cherokee SRT-8 instead?
Much more usable, still with plenty of Yank-style tyre smoking performance if you like that sort of thing.
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1634739.htm
Much more usable, still with plenty of Yank-style tyre smoking performance if you like that sort of thing.
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1634739.htm
MidlandDan84 said:
Some guy has a white one that he drives around Guildford. IMO they look totally stupid over here, chintzy chav wagon, the last word in tasteless IMO.
They work in the US, having seen many on my travels, over here they are ridiculous, plus everyone will think you’re a bigger prick than a BWM driver to have one
Agreed.They work in the US, having seen many on my travels, over here they are ridiculous, plus everyone will think you’re a bigger prick than a BWM driver to have one
You just have to resign yourself to the fact that some things work elsewhere, but not here.
Here's another example - scooters. Uber cool if you're in Milan, but slightly sad in England.
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