traded my 97 dodge ram, reg cab, v8 360, automatic, black with 105,000 miles on it.

for

91 chevy silverado ext cab, 4 x 4, v8 5.7 v8 manual, turqoise with 133,000 miles on it.

good deal? i traded because I LOVE MANUAL, needed a 4x4 for the farm/winter. I love an ext cab for looks and because i have a big family. I like mudding and will be getting a fourwheeler not before long. I love that body style and love the older style trucks and plan to keep this forever. will eventually just be my backup/**** around truck.

I don't know a whole lot about the trucks, but i have multiple friends and family who are truck nerds and know everything about everything. So i should be alright in that aspect.

so do you guys think it was a good deal?

thanks,
Roth

 

this coulda been a much shorter post. all i needed to see was:

dodge

for

chevy.

good deal!

 

I have to agree. My opinion - Dodge makes a fantastic diesel motor and the 318 and 360 are decent although gas HOGS - but their transmissions SUCK and their interiors fall apart, especially the dashes. I worked in an upholstery shop for a few years and we had the account with the local Dodge dealer to replace all their dashes that seemed to just crumble away. Good Swap!

 

Thats a move up man, but id prefer newer than 91 for sure

 

Trading a Dodge for an oxcart would have been a good deal. As shamrock says, they simply aren't put together as well as the other two of the Big Three auto makers. If you'll look around at all trucks, you'll notice that the paint on the older Dodges won't hold up for 10 years either. They claim to have their tranny problems fixed, but they sure took a long time t do it. I even recall CarCraft doing an article on what was the problem with those trannys & how to fix it so yours wouldn't grenade. But Dodge just kept on making & replacing them, refusing to admit a problem. I personally now three people who had to replace trannys in the first 10K miles. Two vans & one truck. When they took them in, the trannys were on backorder & they had to wait weeks.

 

Yea my ram got like 13 to the gallon lol. My family farm is john deere and chevrolet and I had to live up to that.

My g-pa has a 01 silverado, my uncle has a 01 silverado, 79 scottsdale, jimmy and 04 gmc sierra. My cousin has a 06 silverado and now I have a 91 silverado. O and the 79 scottsdale my grandpa bought brand new in 78

 

haha i know exactly what you mean. my grandad bought my 97 brand new in 96 and i got it when he passed on, my uncle's got a 04 2500hd, my dad has a 10 silverado, my mom drives an envoy, my grandma drives a 03 impala, i could go on lol

 

U know what I mean. I also have 10 siblings and the 4 who have vehicles have 9hevys lol

 

I had a late '80s Dakota, bought new, that crapped its tranny at around 45,000 miles. Took the dealer 3 weeks to fix it (under warranty, thankfully). That was the last Dodge or Chrysler product I ever owned. To this day the wife calls any Chrysler "a piece of sh#!"... she doesn't like Mercedes either because of their association.