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Love my truck and hate it also
Old 03-27-2005, 04:05 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Love my truck and hate it also

I really enjoy driving my tuck since I got the new transmission, it is really nice. The problem is I see more and more 99' with the 53 cracking. i don't buy all the heavy towing stuff. I think its like the Draft, when your numbers up its up. With that said I have been thinking about selling my truck but probably will not be able to. See I have a bit of rust developing under the door. I totally blame Chrysler for that little gem. Anyway The truck is really nice otherwise and I would like to drive it till I go Belly up. Hell no death wobble and handles great. With the aftermarket I feel like I can bulletproof almost anything that breaks within reason. (damn 53)
Worried about ULSD also. Somewhat worrie about quality issues early on but more worried about price. I am afraid it could be sky high if some of the distribution issues I read about are true. Hate to see anything mess with my HRVP44 either. I can stomach paying more for fuel if the damn truck does not suffer a huge $$ failure along the way.
To top if off my almost 2 year old son launched a smoothie from his car seat cause he was done with it, guess he wanted to see if Smoothies could fly I laughed so hard my stomach hurt. It cleaned up fine but right then and there I decided not to upgrade the interior with Katskinz I swear if I ever get stuck in a snowdrift I could survive for days on cheerios and Goldfish. Just stick your hand down behind the seat and you have an instant meal Ah, life is good, The boy realy helps me keep things in perspective, maybe I don't hate my truck afterall. Think I'll just try to smile and keep on keepin on.
Thanks for the shoulder I feel better all re ady
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