Well ladies and gentlemen, I finally got to pick Whitey up yesterday! Aaron and Robert at MD were simply fabulous and even filled up the 5o gallon tank! Even Aaron couldn't believe how long it took our friends at Ram to build this truck. During our brief wait, I mentioned to my girls that this was the first dealership I've been in that didn't have a vehicle inside. I also mentioned that this was the first dealership (and probably one of the few businesses) where everyone was upbeat, happy and asked if we had been helped. What a culture they've created at MD! They had also just received an award to be the first CDJR dealership to sell a vehicle in all 50 states. They also mentioned they are currently the number one volume CDJR in the country and had moved somewhere around 555 vehicles last month and that was down a few from the previous month.
As many have mentioned, the truck is way worth the wait. Our friends at Ram carried through enough previous items to make it feel like "home" and added a few to give it that new exciting feel. (I really do think that those of you buying your first Ram will find the controls fairly intuitive.) The last Whitey was a 2016 and was a great truck. I do very much like the way it drives and the H.O./Aisin combination is really nice. The feel of the skinny pedal on the right is far better than the way the '16 came, but not as good as my '16 was after it's weight loss program. The Longhorn package is way swank, especially coming from a BH. (The main reason for the LH over a Laramie was for the power folding mirrors.) The Uconnect 5 seems to be much more responsive and user friendly. Our 14 yo daughter loves the backseat and all options it gives her with the leather, plug ins and cup holders and says she really looking forward to the heated rear seats in just a few months. Last night we found the interior accent lighting on our way home. We've got a few miles to drive on the way home to discover a few more features. And I'm looking forward to getting it back to the shop so we can make it "mine".
While I'm not going anywhere, thanks to
@brv10 and
@OfficerDirtySanchez for all you do and to everyone else here for the good times while I waited and from this point moving forward!
Anyway...here's a few pictures of Whitey. We ran down to the end of the Mississippi. It's the first time on this end as we only live about 70 miles from the headwaters and are spoiled as we get there whenever we want.