Mabel, my wife, bought her herself an new truck yesterday afternoon. She traded her 2004 Toyota Tundra extended cab 4X4 for a 2013 Dodge Ram 1500 Longhorn crew cab 4X4. It is a lovely truck with all the bells and whistles.
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COOL truck
that is COOL but 5.7L 
Now you need MY truck to keep up with her Carl....lol
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Nice truck.
Be very careful with that 5.7, every now and then Kim comes in and tells me she loves her HEMI and its NOT me she's talking about. She is usually pretty easy on the gas but every now and then she has been known to stomp that go button.
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Be very careful with that 5.7, every now and then Kim comes in and tells me she loves her HEMI and its NOT me she's talking about. She is usually pretty easy on the gas but every now and then she has been known to stomp that go button.
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I do indeed, AJ. But I need a 3.73 rear end. The 4.11 is just too low for my needs.
Tony, that hemi will definitely get up and GO!!
Congrats on the new ride for your lovely bride
I must confess, cars don't normally rattle my cage. This however is the exception to that comment. Very Very nice indeed.
I like how you've caught yourself in the front grill. :y24:
Hope you have many happy and safe miles together
I like how you've caught yourself in the front grill. :y24:
Hope you have many happy and safe miles together
Gasoline
Thats the sort of truck I like,but over here at $2.25 per litre, or $8.55 per US gallon,its drive a truck like that or eat.
First.....hemis are gasoline engines.
Second....isn't petrol and gas the same thing? Or do you mean natural gas?
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Carl,
Does that RAM have a short bed or is that just the angle of the photo?
Looks like a 6 foot bed as opposed to an 8 footer.
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Does that RAM have a short bed or is that just the angle of the photo?
Looks like a 6 foot bed as opposed to an 8 footer.
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We Australians call your "gasoline" petrol and gas is always natural gas. If I went into a service station and asked for gasoline they would look at me strangely while they figured out what I actually wanted.
"hemis are gasoline engines".
For some reason can't they do a (natural) gas conversion? My daughter drives a GM V6 that was built for petrol but now runs petrol or gas. Saved heaps of money, our government pays for the duel fuel conversions.
Yet they call 'em "petrol tanks". 
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Yes there are LPG/Propane/Butane conversion kits available. Some of the farm trucks run the conversion to have dual fuel trucks. Cost of fuel, conversion kit and availability of LPG/Propane/Butane are the major factors. LPG/Propane/Butane vehicles get lower fuel mileage but they have cleaner combustion cycles so periodic/regular maintenance schedules can be extended over petrol fuel powered vehicles. There is also the "Fear Factor" most city folks have when it comes to LPG/Propane/Butane systems plus finding a filling station is harder in the city. Many subdivisions/communities/cities have ordinances agains having a large LPG/Propane/Butane tank you could use to fill up from. I would love to have the conversion in my wife's truck but getting her to agree to it wouldn't be worth the effort.
Interesting, almost all of our service stations have LPG pumps, availability isn't an issue.
I don't understand "Fear Factor", are you suggesting people think gas tanks will explode?
Gas is safe, clean and inexpensive compared with petrol, it's only the cost to convert that can put people off. I forget the exact amounts involved but I paid about $2,000 to convert my daughters car and then got a government payment of about $1,500. The approx $500 out of pocket was recouped years ago with cheaper running.
I don't understand "Fear Factor", are you suggesting people think gas tanks will explode?
Gas is safe, clean and inexpensive compared with petrol, it's only the cost to convert that can put people off. I forget the exact amounts involved but I paid about $2,000 to convert my daughters car and then got a government payment of about $1,500. The approx $500 out of pocket was recouped years ago with cheaper running.
