The gorilla lug nuts should have worked fine I had them with my original SRT8 reps
The sensors require no programming what so ever. All they had to do was put them in and have you drive around teh block and they would start working
Cant understand why people feel the need to cheat someone
STEVE

 

With mounting, balancing and tpms "programming" they quoted $140 and said it would be about an hours wait. I stayed there thinking it was my lucky day. Ho hum. At 1.5 hours boss says we're waiting for special valve stems. My D was just sitting there when they could have been checking fitment. AFTER valve stems finally arrive, THEN they notice lug nuts won't work. Another hours wait for them. Unbelievable.

 

That experience makes me feel great about going to get my tires mounted in 2 weeks lol

 

This is a pretty big chain and the district manager was there when I first arrived. He was telling another customer he had seven locations to manage. I know they will be sending me a survey to see how the did. Not a vengeful person. Will tell it like it happened.

 

Today I had the D towed from the intersection where I was hit by a red-light runner. No injuries and the D fared much better than the Pacifica that hit it, but still completely bummed that my ride is already in the shop for collision repair. Coincidently, I was en route to the dealership to have a CEL checked out and the "anti-hack" recall completed.

 

Ouch! Glad you're alright but damn.

 

First, I'm glad your okay!

Holy mother that sucks! Nothing worse then looking a beat up Durango especially when it wasn't your fault!! How was the other driver feeling after you punched them in the throat?

 

Thanks guys! The gal that hit me was very apologetic and immediately admitted guilt to both me and the responding Police Officer. She saw a traffic arrow for the adjacent lane turn green and unfortunately thought it was her light, she plowed thru the intersection without a second thought. USAA (my insurance) has always treated me right and is in the process of making me (and my ride) whole again. It sounds like her insurance (Geico) is playing ball and all should be good as soon as the shop gets the parts it needs from Dodge.

 

Washed and waxed the D yesterday. Today, I got a call while at work that there was a heavy downpour. This sucks.

I also heard my wife say custom auto cover is blown away. Feeling a little pissed off. Will see for myself when I get home...

 

Update. Not as bad as I thought... feeling happy once again

 

Washed my truck today, some how my dad was nearly thrown out of the truck by my 3yr old .

He said lil kid voice now ,
You keep bothering me you get out of Dada car now!!!
Kids are life's roller coaster scary in the beginning but was so worth it.

 

Last night I ordered the dead pedal to match my Mopar pedal set. It already shipped this morning so now we will see how long it takes to get here from Australia

 

Made a trip from north of Chicago to the tail of the dragon!

 

Enjoy...it's a thrill ride for sure. How longs that drive?

 

The ride is about 670 miles. The tail is fun, I did it on my motorcycle 2 years ago and it was awesome! But, on 4 wheels it's a bit less free feeling.

The 8 speed didn't like economy mode. It was shifting all the time and could find a good gear. Turned off it did better. Paddle shift was fun too!

Gotta find my pictures from those guys on the side of the road.

 

Look up a website called
Killboy.Com
He does most of the photos on the Dragon and he will have his photos categorized down to the day. You can also purchase them from him.

 

Took it to work on its one-day-per-week commute duty and passed 143000 miles. Runs like new. Road trip next week, should be a blast.

It's funny. A few years ago, I bought a used 09 Volvo XC90 for around $25000. It was slow, the ride was horribly harsh and it had around $2000 worth of repairs under warranty in the two years I had it. Traded it in in 2014. Late last year, I bought the 01 Durango. $2600. The ride isn't amazing, but better than the Volvo, it has much more get up and go because while the HP ratings are similar, V8 vs inline 6 means it's no contest in the TQ department. I have RWD full time, and four wheel drive HI and LO on demand, something I love. The Volvo was FWD with automatic AWD in slippery conditions (no on demand option!) and it was 10 TIMES more expensive. I like the Durango 10 times more than the Volvo so it's a 100-fold upgrade!

 

Did my first oil change at 4400 miles , I had 20% left so I figure get that stuff out.

They had a srt gc there msrp 74k asked about leasing it. Was told 1100$ I was like wtf !
Said they have 48% residual value . They know people gonna beat it up.
I can get a s550 for that price .

 

Hitch installed (need activation for wiring harness from dealer and picking up rear fascia from body shop tomorrow) I will be writing a short review of the install this weekend including pricing and part numbers
Installed husky mud guards, picture shows the wife's D without for comparison

Got my black lugs in the mail late today will install tomorrow!

 

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Hitch installed (need activation for wiring harness from dealer and picking up rear fascia from body shop tomorrow) I will be writing a short review of the install this weekend including pricing and part numbers
Installed husky mud guards, picture shows the wife's D without for comparison

Got my black lugs in the mail late today will install tomorrow!

Looking forward to the write up so I can do mine

 

My Durango had a staring contest with a Ford of some sort.

 

the Ford just blinked

 

I've done that in parking lots too, just so they know what they're are missing out on! HAHA!

 

Wheels ordered....:twisted:

 

Correction...wheels, tires, black gorilla lugs, tpms and trying to decide on caliper covers or not...

 

Shined her up and took her to the local cruise night

 

Shined her up and took her to the local cruise night View attachment 24205

Well I'll be damned did you go to bellmore? I stopped by massapequa just before.

 

Ordered wheels,tires, black lugs, got my 5500k HIDs installed & about to order the matching fogs.

 

Please post pics of the new wheels

 

I put in some yellow H11s in the fogs. I'd take a picture but my phone is a giant piece $&!#. If it cooperates later or doesn't get thrown across the room I can post a picture.

 

The Nokya's? How do you like em?

 

Finally pulled the trigger and ordered JCG SRT8 Steering wheel but it will not get installed until next weekend. Legmaker CAI installed and oil change this weekend!

 

Nice and yellow as promised. Haven't done any night driving yet, but I have high hopes.

 

I tried last night after I put them in, but circumstances arose related to the extremely crappy camera in my phone. I'll use a proper camera and take some in the light and dark later tonight.

 

Installed Gorilla Lug Nuts!