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Ari Gold
Hi Everyone,
Recieved a call from my father today letting me know he sold my mom's work van. It was a 1995 Chevy Astro Van AWD and was pretty loaded. He bartered it for some contracting work to be done. But anyways, the thing has seen its share of heavier loads and miles (115,xxx) as my mom uses it primarily for her creative gardening design and maintenance business. It hauls around all of her tools, wheel barrows, and most of the time a reasonable amount of manuer, fertilizers, plants, etc. - In short, a true work horse. The vehicle has receieved about $1000-1500 in maintenance and other repairs per year which is more than my dad would like to shell out. So, earlier this year they discussed a pickup truck as a solid solution, so here it goes...
The 3 choices he presented me with are the 2005 Ford F-150, 2005 Dodge Ram 1500, and 2005 Chevy Silverado 1500. The truck must be extended cab and come with the longest bed available, V8 engine, 4wd, power everything, etc. He doesn't need leather, navigation, or anything too fancy and would like to keep the price in the sub-$30,000 range. If he can't find one on the lots, he will most likely order it as we will probably have it for a long time.
Now, as of now, my vote goes for the F-150, my uncle's vote goes for the Chevy, and mom's goes to the Dodge. My dad is not necessarily the deciding vote, but he'd like to hear from some owners of these machines or anyone who knows about them if possible.
From an DC'ian standpoint, it will most likely be an easier color to keep clean since it will be dirty a lot no matter what. I was thinking a white, champagne, or charcoal...Kind of those in between colors that don't show "too" much dirt from a little bit of a distance.
I'd appreciate any knowledge or views you have on any of these 3 vehicles.
Thanks in advance!
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Recieved a call from my father today letting me know he sold my mom's work van. It was a 1995 Chevy Astro Van AWD and was pretty loaded. He bartered it for some contracting work to be done. But anyways, the thing has seen its share of heavier loads and miles (115,xxx) as my mom uses it primarily for her creative gardening design and maintenance business. It hauls around all of her tools, wheel barrows, and most of the time a reasonable amount of manuer, fertilizers, plants, etc. - In short, a true work horse. The vehicle has receieved about $1000-1500 in maintenance and other repairs per year which is more than my dad would like to shell out. So, earlier this year they discussed a pickup truck as a solid solution, so here it goes...
The 3 choices he presented me with are the 2005 Ford F-150, 2005 Dodge Ram 1500, and 2005 Chevy Silverado 1500. The truck must be extended cab and come with the longest bed available, V8 engine, 4wd, power everything, etc. He doesn't need leather, navigation, or anything too fancy and would like to keep the price in the sub-$30,000 range. If he can't find one on the lots, he will most likely order it as we will probably have it for a long time.
Now, as of now, my vote goes for the F-150, my uncle's vote goes for the Chevy, and mom's goes to the Dodge. My dad is not necessarily the deciding vote, but he'd like to hear from some owners of these machines or anyone who knows about them if possible.
From an DC'ian standpoint, it will most likely be an easier color to keep clean since it will be dirty a lot no matter what. I was thinking a white, champagne, or charcoal...Kind of those in between colors that don't show "too" much dirt from a little bit of a distance.
I'd appreciate any knowledge or views you have on any of these 3 vehicles.
Thanks in advance!
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