[Jimmy N.]

Meanwhile, I simply bought a set of slingshots for my '18 as soon as I got it, because I prefer those over the 5-spokes it came with.

A grand total of 20 lug nuts' worth of work involved.

 

[Jimmy N.]

I don't know anyone who wants a year old model car that they can't build. Do you?

Well, in my case I recently ordered a '23 Durango using the now two year old Build & Price.
What will it look like and consist of? I'll find out when it shows up.

 

[Jimmy N.]

Well, I would have to disagree just a little bit Jimmy.
So yeah, I would rather just get the right wheels to start with then mess with my local tire shops.

I have to admit that I left out what's probably an important part. I don't use tire shops.

Got tired of dealing with the problems they often cause, and bad balancing jobs, so I got my own tire machine and balancer. With more than enough vehicles, having that setup saves a lot of time, and a bit of money.

 

[Jimmy N.]

Thanks, JMA. But I would definitely not consider myself a master mechanic.

Yes, I've built one vehicle from the ground up, chopped a few, sectioned one, and modified a whole bunch of them, but that doesn't exactly make me a mechanic, let alone a master one. And I have yet to rebuild an automatic.

To me it's simply more rewarding to do things myself, and when things go wrong I can blame myself, which I much prefer.
Also, I don't mind spending 15, or even 30 minutes, to get a tire balanced to perfection. A tire shop can't really do that.

 

[Jimmy N.]

I mean, aside from your perfectly logical dislike for the HC models with the excessive number of doors that is.

There, I fixed it for you. That's not unreasonable, right?

 

[Jimmy N.]

Well, I must admit that it was a big disappointment when a Chevy pickup I had ordered finally showed up.

It didn't help that this was in Europe, so things weren't all that easy to straighten out. Anyway, what disappointed me was that while it was the correct color and a Stepside, what arrived was a longbed Stepside. Not exactly what I had in mind.