..... I can't believe it but I've gone domestic....

Domestic any and all
#14

Euro, sucks to see you leave the 4 ring family, but like you said you will be back at some point! I’m very glad to hear your happy about your purchase, having a truck is really starting to grow on me, been thinking about building a new shed/greenhouse, not to mention I already started digging to build a koi pond, their would be no way for this to happen without paying for shipping, and with bedrock it gets stupid expensive. Not to mention a few buddies go on a annual 2 week offroad adventure on a trail locally called whipsaw, so I’m excited to go on that as well.

It would have been fun for the fact that I could drive over top of half the prius’s on the road, but that would be about it lol

The diesel is what sold me on the truck, 181hp and 370ftlbs good to tow 7600lbs in the 4x4. Heck I’ve even read some guys were pulling some massive 10,xxxlbs boats down in Florida(flat roads granted, and not ideal) although was interesting to see that the v6 was able to do it, Not to mention it’s expected to get 35+mpg highway.

Placed and then took back a deposit.

Ordering a midsize now, tacoma/frontier sizing, actually believe it’s pretty much the same size as a 92 dodge 3500, just about 6" shorter.

#15

I was seriously looking into those, they are very nice trucks! And pretty damn efficient for a FS, and was my second choice behind the canyon.

#16

I keep borrowing vehicles to tow stuff. Luckily I never have a shortage of family or in-laws willing to trade cars for the day :slight_smile:

I picked up another house rebuild side project downtown, and I need a truck or big SUV. I have an enclosed now, pretty sure I’m going with a used Sequoia or something. The 2008 has a 10000 lb rating, but they adjusted it later to some new standard so I think it’s more like 8000. Crazy it can do a low 15 in the quarter.

I have too much stuff to tow.

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#17

I’m still part of the family (Q5), I’m just a slow, rounder overweight cousin now.

I was also eyeing the new Titan XD that will have a new Cummins motor in it, but I really didn’t like the way the truck looked, but was very interested in the powerplant.

#18

I had the Diesel Canyon in my sights (wasn’t available yet) but I decided I wanted the next size up for my intended purpose…mainly towing our Airstream. After owning it for a week or so it’s become a big comfy family vehicle. My son and dog have oodles of room in the rear.

#19

What the hell is a rambox

#20

Not my photo, and I can’t say I’ve used them like this but you’ll get the idea. There’s one on each side and it’s a very handy use of the dead space between the wheel wells.

http://charlesandhudson.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/rambox-beer-tailgating.jpg

Here’s another picture:

http://i39.tinypic.com/10gz87m.jpg

#21

There isn’t normally that much dead space though. I think it’s a pretty cool idea, but how wide is the usable portion of your bed now? 4 feet or so?

Will it fit a sheet of plywood, 4 wheeler or a lawn tractor?

Again, really cool idea but it’s too permanent IMHO. You basically have to keep a bunch of shit in them or they are useless…or you drink a lot and always have cold beer on hand, lol

#22

it’s not taking away width. If you could fit a drywall sheet or tractor in there without these boxes, you can fit it in there now with them. The wheel wells are the limiting factor.

#23

^ exactly, there is no bed width loss except for the area outside the wheel wells. Plywood fits fine.

Perhaps you won’t see the beit until you live with them for a few days. They’re water proof, lockable and perfect for smaller items when you have your cab full with people/dogs and you don’t want (the small items) rattling around in the bed. Went to get a gas can filled for the lawnmower, perfect place. Grocery shopping, perfect place. These will also be perfect for carrying misc camping supplies (haven’t made it out yet), and some use them to lock away their hunting rifles. I’ve heard golf bags fit too.

Every pickup should have them.

#24

Ah, it’s kind of an optical illusion to me.

#25

I joined the Domestic club today.

Got the F250SD with a 7.3 liter Power Stroke diesel and a manual transmission.


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#26

Nice jimmy gonna mod, or is it for official biz only? Sell the a6 or 850?

#27

I am going to leave it stock. If the exhaust rusts out then I will get a bigger exhaust but that is a minor thing. It is a good thing that I know a guy that works at Ford and has had a modded 7.3 diesel.

Got it mostly to tow my cars, take trash to the dump, and as a back up work vehicle.

Still have the S4, A6, 850i, and my car hauler trailer. Not selling any of them right now.

#28

Congrats, man! Truck looks good.

Would be interesting to poll the forum to see how many have owned domestics. I never have. Owned four cars - an Infiniti, 2 Audis, and now a Lexus.

#29

850i…I forgot about that thing. Bet you could sell it for exactly what you paid for it.

#30

I’ve never owned one either. Might need one to haul a bass boat.

#31

That’s what the V10 Touareg is for!

The Wrangler was my first domestic, and it’s not going anywhere anytime soon.

I’m probably going to buy something similar to your pickup there Jimmy in the next year or so to replace our Chevy 2500 work truck that is well past its useful life. That’s a pretty solid truck you got!

#32

Thanks, it is the first domestic that I have ever owned. That would be a good poll.

With a car wash easily. But I have bigger plans for it right now. Just need to finish tweaking my S4 and working on everyone else’s cars at the moment so I can get some time to work on it.

What year Wrangler? I worked on a bunch in high school since my auto shop teacher was apart of ALL the local Jeep clubs.

Thanks, it took almost six months of looking to finally find that truck. I really wanted a manual transmission and they are extremely rare. Plus that truck was in a spot where no one wanted it (since it is only RWD) so the dealer was willing to sell it for way under what sites like KBB had it listed for.

#33

I bought a 2003 wrangler probably 4 or 5 years ago. I bought it on ebay and thought it looked pretty cool not really knowing much about wranglers (at least I knew to buy the 4.0 with the 5MT). After having it for a while I learned it was much more of a “mall crawler” build than proper build (i.e. 2" body lift with 1" spring spacer, rancho shocks, and all stock control arms; all so it could run 33" tires basically). I think I posted pics of it somewhere on here.

Last summer the D35 took a shit so I swapped it out for a ford 8.8 and a High Pinion D30 up front with a locker and re-geared to 4.10. At the same time I did a 4" long arm kit, custom tummy tuck, and SYE kit. Then last week I added a rear locker, rear corner body armor, flat tube front fenders, and am in the process of new rock sliders and front bumper. This fall/winter I’ll probably outboard the rear shocks and I may look into doing a triangulated rear link setup. I think I’m also going to wrap it a orange/copper color once I get all the body armor done which will go well with the black body armor.