[Sylvanfan]

Well my wife and I need to upgrade or get a different vehichle here. We have two dogs and need something a bit bigger than what we currently own. One dog is a 50lb Samoyed, and the other is a 6 month old SheppardXLab who's 50lbs already. We like to bring our dogs with us if we do road trips to visit our parents. Mine live in Kamloops, and hers live in Prince Rupert right now but are moving to Langley next year. We've argued and thought about it, and seem to have decided that we should get a full size truck with a crew cab.

Based on being able to haul more stuff on trips, wanting something I can drive to B.C. in the winter, and being a homeowner trucks are extremely handy. Now fuel is quite expensive these days so we need something with size, but would still like something efficient. So right now I'm leaning towards a full size truck with a Deisel engine. Of course these vehichles are quite pricey. The big three seem to be the best options out there for this type of vehichle, and right now Dodge looks like my first choice. But if anyone owns one I'd love to hear your reviews of any make.

Has anyone looked at the employee pricing discount and what is it? Is it enough that it would be worth looking at a new vehichle, or would I be better off trying to find a used one? By the looks of it a used Dodge Ram 2500 with less than 100,000k on it and 3 years old still looks to be 31-36k. If anyone's been in a similar situation or knows where to look for good used vehichles let me know.

Thanks