I went to the local Dodge dealer a few weeks ago with a serious intention of looking at new trucks. I drive a 98 Dakota 4 cyl 5 speed now. I love that truck. AC blows cold, it drives fine, it gets 21 mpg in town, it ALWAYS starts, and it hauls anything I need to be hauled. It is getting a bit rough though. So I looked at new ones. EVERY truck at the Dodge dealer was LOADED and EXPENSIVE. They all had a hemi (are hemis stock), were a quad cab, and all but just a few were 4x4s. First, I'd like a smaller truck, but Ford, Chevy and Dodge evidently no longer make them. Second, I don't want a loaded, expensive, quad cab, gas sucking hemi. I do not need a truck like that. On the way home, I stopped by the Toyota dealer. Yea, I know, sorry, but they had a BEAUTIFUL plum metallic red smaller size truck with a V6 that was at least $10 less than anything on the Dodge lot. Dodge (and Ford and Chevy) sure are making it hard for me to buy American.
