Okay, for you youngins that didn't know what the Aurora race car set, and I was unable to impress you...

I decided DH was soooo special, and sooooo good of a Dad, that he deserved a nice new truck for fathers day. So I left work and bought him a Silver 2003 Quad Cab, Dodge Ram. Its only a 2 wheel drive, and its the short bed, but hey, limited budget to work with, and I didn't trade in his 98 4x4 extended cab, which we will use for local running now.

Anywhoooooo. The sticker price was 24855. I got it, on the road, for 20,982. Did I kick some bargain a&&? Or did I get ripped? I figured that with sales tax, tags, and title, that the total came to about 26300, Dodge has 3500 in customer insentives, so they came down another 1900. Good? Bad?

Also for the newbies that have joined, if you are making a vehicle decision, and you don't want a Van or a Suburban, may I recommend the Dodge Quad Cab? We have the extended cab, and the back seat is so wide that there is a good six inches between the car seats that are in there, and it has seen us through three infant carriers, which fit perfectly, and then three 5 point saftey harness car seats, which have about 6 inches of space between them. The bed of the truck of course holds tons of equipment, excersausers, triplet stroller, heck, you could probably put a crib in the back or two!

Also, we've always managed great gas mileage in our Dodge trucks. They are supposed to get 14/19, and the 1998, has been getting closer to 25 on the highway. I'm hopping to get at least that out of this one because its a lot lighter, since there's no 4 wheel drive.

MTM - mom to Michael(84),Stephan(85), Thomas, Matthew and Kathryn - born 12/27/99 at 32w 0 days

Wow, your dh is spoiled. I'd love to get a quad cab, but we still need to use 4 car seats.

I got the best Father's Day gift ever....my triplets!

Phil
Proud papa to:
Brennan (20 mo.)
Jackson, Landon, Molly 6-10-03

Phil
Proud papa to:
Brennan (20 mo.)
Jackson, Landon, Molly

Yeah, I'd say that Fathers Day present beats the truck hands down, and that speaks volumns for you for thinking it does too! Congrats on the birth of those little ones.

Well, my other two are suddenly adults (19 and 17-both graduated from high school) so its back to me, he and the three, which freed me up from the stupid Suburban, and let me go back to 5 passenger (or 6) vehicles.

MTM - mom to Michael(84),Stephan(85), Thomas, Matthew and Kathryn - born 12/27/99 at 32w 0 days

You supposedly love this guy, but you buy him a Dodge????

Methinks your affections would have more meaning with a GMC.

oops! Almost forgot the LOL and the and the "just kidding"

Surviving husband to Tammie who passed in March of 2009.
Now married to Nina.
Father of Samantha Nicole, Kayla Shea , and Dominic Paul born on 10/14/02
Step-father to Kristina Nicole born on 09/24/85
Grandfather to Riley Faith born on 5/13/06
Come and see

EWWWWWW, GMC?

MTM - mom to Michael(84),Stephan(85), Thomas, Matthew and Kathryn - born 12/27/99 at 32w 0 days

While I don't if you got a good price or not (A new vehicle is not in sight for at least another 15 years), I think you should have got him a real MANS vehicle. To see what I mean look here....

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2418892965&category=5360

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