Yes I get a lot of compliments on the truck, especially now that it's lifted. There are not a lot of longhorns out there, and I have yet to see another 3500 longhorn other than mine. I am guessing they are pretty rare. The cummins is unreal. This truck can be going uphill and the engine doesn't even seem like it's working, just chugging along at 800 RPM's. I really want to see how ths low rpm torque is on an offroad situation. of course the truck doesn't have the approach/departure angles fo the Hummer, but it has power to spare.
I have a few more things I want to do, and then I wouldn't mind joining up for some offroading fun. I just need to protect the drivetrain a little better than factory. The stock setup protects the lower part of the engine to the transfer case, but the rest is pretty much open. I also want to add some decent rock rails. Most of what's out there are nerf bars pretending to be rock rails. I am still up in the air over adding lockers to the truck. I am not sure just yet. The only other thing I worry about is the rear diff. It's a massive hunk of metal, much larger than the H2 or the 3T was. I am guessing it can take a pretty good hit, but I just don't want to find out.
I wish Ram would start listening to customers, like the way GM ignored customers. There are literally thousands of people asking "when will there be a diesel power wagon?". At least they now offer the power wagon wth the upscale laramie package which is more H2 looking than any other truck I have been in and I ought to know what an H2 looks like inside
Until they make it, my only option is to build it myself, which is actually turnig out to be fun
The newest generation of electronics 2012/2013 is making the stereo, if you can even call it that, look more like an iPad than a regular stereo. Now they have apps you can install and upgrade. I expect that there are going to be some interesting changes coming in the near future once downloadable apps become a bit more popular. As it is, I can check weather, diesel prices (even with directions to the gas station), movie times, pandora, etc. A lot of the mobile phone stuff is showing up on the dashboard now and it all integrates perfectly with the NAV. The wireless streaming works perfectly too. As long as my phone is in the truck, then I can play any music I have downloaded to the phone through the stereo wirelessly. The truck has 3 USB ports. I keep a phone charger hooked up to one so I can keep the phone charged while I am driving. I have an Mp3 player hooked up to another port. I can switch back and forth from iphone, mp3 player and sat radio through the stereo and control either one without ever touching the phone or the mp3 player or taking my eyes off the road. It even works with the voice commands.
There is one really nice feature that they added that in my mind finally makes satellite radio worth paying for. The truck streams the music to the hard drive temporarily. I can bo go back and listen to a song from the beginning if I want to. With favorites, I never miss music that I happen to like. Some times I stack up the tunes and just listen to them when I am ready. In fact I found when I hit around 40 favorite artists on the radio it is literally non stop with favorite music all across the radio dial. Now I have more favorites to listen to and there are not enough free minutes to listen to it all
It's pretty cool stuff.
