I dunno, do you like your kids? He likes his kids, just thinks his wife is a waste of space.

Yeah, well the kids thing didn't end well for me. Hers are out of the house, and our son together passed away last year.

Don't worry, I'm dealing with it as well as I can. But I can certainly understand the waste of space. I just don't understand how someone can be super efficient at work, and totally useless at home.

 

Yeah, well the kids thing didn't end well for me. Hers are out of the house, and our son together passed away last year.

Don't worry, I'm dealing with it as well as I can. But I can certainly understand the waste of space. I just don't understand how someone can be super efficient at work, and totally useless at home.

Sounds like she's full of herself, she's good at work so thinks she doesn't need to do anything at home. She's "above" it

 

Yeah, well the kids thing didn't end well for me. Hers are out of the house, and our son together passed away last year.

Don't worry, I'm dealing with it as well as I can. But I can certainly understand the waste of space. I just don't understand how someone can be super efficient at work, and totally useless at home.

Aside from the kids you two are almost the same person. Sorry again about your kid, mine is 1yo tomorrow and I'd lose my shit if anything happened to him.

 

Aside from the kids you two are almost the same person. Sorry again about your kid, mine is 1yo tomorrow and I'd lose my shit if anything happened to him.

Mine turned a year oct 4th. It's so cool watching him at this age. He started walking the next day. I'm not trying to add salt to any wounds, I'm just a proud dad. He's our first.

 

Hey, it's all ok.

I can't say that you ever get over the death of a child, but with time you learn to focus on the good times you had to cope with it.

What sucks is all the stuff I have obtained over the years that I was going to leave to him to enjoy, don't know where it's going to go now. Neither one of the stepkids are gearheads in any way.

 

Car shopping sucks.

Wives that make me spend more money on a vehicle with more miles and less towing capacity because she wants third row seating are aggravating. I wanted to keep our truck

 

Car shopping sucks.

Wives that make me spend more money on a vehicle with more miles and less towing capacity because she wants third row seating are aggravating. I wanted to keep our truck

Trade her in instead of the truck. :thumb:

 

Trade her in instead of the truck. :thumb:

Keeping her is cheaper.

I could have it far worse, she is actually thrifty and isn't into clothes or shoes. If this is all she asks for I guess I can deal with it. It allowed me to go up a trim level and get the seats that air condition your balls.

 

Car shopping sucks.

Wives that make me spend more money on a vehicle with more miles and less towing capacity because she wants third row seating are aggravating. I wanted to keep our truck

Yup, selling Fusion and getting an SUV, truck isn't any good anymore with 2 kids :sonicjay:

 

Yup, selling Fusion and getting an SUV, truck isn't any good anymore with 2 kids :sonicjay:

I compromised and made her get a Suburban :teehee::sonicjay:

That said, I cannot believe how low the towing capacity is.

 

I compromised and made her get a Suburban :teehee::sonicjay:

That said, I cannot believe how low the towing capacity is.

Well most of it goes to toting twenty feet of roof around lol.

 

I compromised and made her get a Suburban :teehee::sonicjay:

That said, I cannot believe how low the towing capacity is.

Just went through your struggle, wound up with a low mileage hemi commander. Pleased to see it is rated for 7200. Wife wanted a tahoe but they just cost too damn much

 

Just went through your struggle, wound up with a low mileage hemi commander. Pleased to see it is rated for 7200. Wife wanted a tahoe but they just cost too damn much

We were looking at Tahoes, but got a good deal on this.

It's weird, the way they advertise them they make it look like they tow 7400, advertising that gvw rating. The manual says 5k... I was like WTF?

I'm not willing to pay to have Chrysler interiors and electrical, I haven't been happy with either of the last two Rams I've had for work

 

We were looking at Tahoes, but got a good deal on this.

It's weird, the way they advertise them they make it look like they tow 7400, advertising that gvw rating. The manual says 5k... I was like WTF?

I'm not willing to pay to have Chrysler interiors and electrical, I haven't been happy with either of the last two Rams I've had for work

Not sure the exact difference in numbers between Suburban and Tahoe, but they can't be much. Without the towing package the Tahoes are down around 5000. With it(basically just a brake controller and auxiliary trans cooler) they're 8100 or 8200. I thought my wife's 09 Tahoe had the towing package but turns out it doesn't. Gonna add a trans cooler, swap my brake controller over, and throw some helper bags in back and see how it does with the 7500 lb camper. It has almost the same power as my 05 3/4 ton, and I think the 2 extra gears will make it nicer for finding the sweet spot.

 

Not sure the exact difference in numbers between Suburban and Tahoe, but they can't be much. Without the towing package the Tahoes are down around 5000. With it(basically just a brake controller and auxiliary trans cooler) they're 8100 or 8200. I thought my wife's 09 Tahoe had the towing package but turns out it doesn't. Gonna add a trans cooler, swap my brake controller over, and throw some helper bags in back and see how it does with the 7500 lb camper. It has almost the same power as my 05 3/4 ton, and I think the 2 extra gears will make it nicer for finding the sweet spot.

The axle gears are different as well, 3.42 vs 3.08

I was surprised because the same year truck same drivetrain is at least 7k

Our crew with the 3.42 gear set was tasted like 9k

 

God damnit. I am buying a fucking Ford next time because of the fucking moron engineers who determined you should have to remove 17 fucking bolts to replace a headlight bulb on a Silverado.

Along with the battery and air intake on my sierra duramax.

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Along with the battery and air intake on my sierra duramax.

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I only have to pull a little bar up lol.

 

Yup, selling Fusion and getting an SUV, truck isn't any good anymore with 2 kids :sonicjay:

I traded in a ranger for a crew cab f150. I miss the ranger but I love my f150.

Wife thinks I'll be buying another truck down the road. Downsize, new tech, whatever. I'm adamant this was the last truck I am buying. Has everything I need and want.

I had the ranger 7 years and was hoping to turn it into a off road toy.

 

Yup, selling Fusion and getting an SUV, truck isn't any good anymore with 2 kids :sonicjay:

We had a crew cab Chevy, it was perfectly fine with two kids. My wife was convinced my son is going to have friends over all the time and she would need to haul them. She also says her parents will need to ride with us (maybe twice a year - they live in Illinois and Texas) We take my son to a different district ~ 7-10 miles away. He won't be having friends over for awhile.

She also was obsessed with rear air/heat because the kids are always cold or hot... that was BS. My son does complain all the time about being hot, but the same kid sleeps in the coldest room of the house and still kicks his blankets off. We will never keep him comfortable.

I'm just pissed because I loved that truck

 

Found out a month ago my company was bought out by a national firm. Found out today i still have a job, that was a long four weeks.