[Franco]

No offense taken Dave, I just have to rant once in awhile and I bought a case of soap boxes at the wharehouse club!!! I was trying to educate people on how not to get ripped off!!! As you know a few bad apples spoil it for the good people trying to do a good job. Those are the guys that give car dealers a bad name. In my case, I work in the service department. Everyday we have people that come in after having thier cars worked on at the local garage, the tire stores, or what ever. They come to us as a last resort after spending hundreds of bucks elsewhere, and expect us to fix it in 15 minutes fo 10 bucks. Then the check with the tire changer at walmart or the parts clerk at advance auto parts to see if we know whats wrong with the car. When that guy says that his 70,000 mile car should be fixed under warranty they want to get in my face. My guys at my shop average over 120 working hours a year ( 3 weeks) in training to learn how to work on one brand of vehicle! These cars change every six months, they have more computer power than nasa used to launch the apollo moon mission, and thousands of components that could fail. I just don't know how some guy, no matter how talented a technician he is, can out gun an educated dealership technician.
Okay enough of that stuff. You can beat dealers at their own game. You just have to educate yourself and you played the game pretty well. I can see that your not the average dolt that is impressed by the chrome plated whatcha callit that buys by impulse. You used your brain, knew what you wanted and I'm sure you will be happy with the new truck. It's the uneducated guy that is led around by his nose and buys a vehicle that won't do what he needs it to that is unhappy and bitter when he finally wakes up.
If anyone failed to notice, I do voice my opinions loudly sometimes, I hope I didn't give you a bad impression of me. I have put in over 30 years of my life trying to be a good technician, and now manager in dealership service.