Home Forums Gear Hunting Trucks and Four-Wheel Drives Show of hands, plain jane work truck?

My 2003 F150 has the "work truck package".
5 sp manual, no ac, no power windows. Vinyl floor.
It has less things that can go wrong in my opinion.
No power door locks.
I like it.

Dave Smith motors shows a selection of manual rams on the lot.

http://www.davesmith.com/

In day's past manuals had a decent mileage advantage over autos and made sense, but with the current crop of autos you really don't give anything up.

Other than maintenance, reliability, maneuverability, off road capability, emergency handling, and theft prevention (most crooks don't know how to drive one).

Pulling a trailer with an auto drives me batty.

Driving my Ram with the manual has fooled more than one. There's a strong spring to get in reverse. A STRONG spring. Most guys think they're doing it wrong since it won't just slide in. It's good protection against accidentally shifting it to R when downshifting in a hurry, though.

Folks who would buy a new truck with out an A/C have obviously never lived in TX in the summer time.

I lived in southeast AZ with no ac in my rides and didn't die lol. But it is DAMNED nice to have.

Didn't have AC in my truck when I lived in San Antonio.

Well, I had 2/70 A/C. 2 windows down, 70mph.

I bought my Tacoma 20yrs ago next month. It's amazing how the time has slipped past, but I knew it would, and I bought rig with the long-term in mind. It has manual everything, and a set of fitted floor mats. That's the closest I could get to the Ford "Custom" in a Toyota. Everything still works like it did the day I bought it, and my only regret is there wasn't a crew cab option back then.

I'm not sure the exact year that P/Us got too fancy, but they definitely are now, and I don't lust for them even a little. For the same money I'd prefer a restored classic.

for the same money, I'd prefer a house.....

I will keep buying older nice stuff..My current 02 is a loaded Lariat, and while not as fancy as the newer stuff, it has everything I would order anyway. Cruise, tilt, air, power, leather, etc...

With less than 130,000 miles on, and about 5000 a year, this one will last me a while.

My 06 ram 2500 diesel was a base model work truck. The only thing I added was heaters to the seats, $100 well spent! If my kid hadn't wrecked the truck this fall I figured it would last me another 10 years.

I haven't replaced it yet. While I'd like to get a nice clean used truck, they seem to be priced much higher than I'm willing to pay for a used rig. I'll probably go with a new one this spring but am not sure if I'll go for another base work truck, or splurge a couple bucks for some features. I'm also debating going with a mega cab.

how about a Mercedes Truck :

Touche'............and I agree.