I spent the night in Jackson, MS last night so I could spend more time with my new niece this morning. On the way to the hospital I stopped by the Dodge dealer to pick up a speed sensor for the goat, on the way out what should I see?? Brand new chassis cab 3500 HD sitting there yelling for me to drive it. I couldn't say no to it's heartfelt request so off I go to find a salesman
Popped the hoop and took a look around, no big changes that I could see other than an electronic wastegate, intercooler was kinda on the small side, but that's fixable
The truck itself was fairly nice, cloth power seats, tilt, cruise etc with the 6spd. It was a 2wd, but the HD uses a solid axle in the front and the same suspension as a 4wd, even has two gussets where the pumpkin would be on a powered front axle
The tranny shifts like a car, don't float worth a crap either, but it was brand new, a couple thousand miles of beating it around would likely cure that problem. The truck rode great, a tad jouncey, but with no bed on the back that's to be expected.
All in all I would buy one, and it does have me thinking costly thoughts
Oh yeah, ya'll want to know a bit on how it ran, doncha?? Like a scalded arse ape
For a truck that size it moves really good, tere is NO turbo lag and it will rap to the redline so quick it's not funny. Quiet as all get out too, with the window up you cannot hear it in the cab, no turbo whistle, no engine noise, nothing. Even with the skinny pedal mashed to the floor it's quiet, I don't know if I could drive it long like that, I need to hear an engine to judge when to shift, that one was way to quiet to do so and I found myself shifting at 28-3000 RPM. It pulls hard from off idle to 3k or so, no noticeable powerband like my truck.
I liked it, with a few mods it would be an awe inspiring tow vehicle.
