FOG LIGHTS Keyless Entry TURNOVER BALL Sprayin Bedliner NERF BARS Tow Package

2006 Dodge Ram 2500 SLT Description

2006 DODGE RAM 2500 SLT MEGA CAB

NO RESERVE!5.9 CUMMINS HIGH OUTPUT TURBO DIESELFOUR WHEEL DRIVE
3.73 ANTI-SPIN DIFFFACTORY CHROME WHEELSNEW TIRES
KEYLESS ENTRYPOWER WINDOWS/LOCKS/MIRRORSTOW PACKAGEFOG LIGHTSNERF BARSSPRAY-IN BEDLINER
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WATCH THE VIDEO IN 720 HIGH DEF! WATCH TO THE END FOR THE TEST DRIVE!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-aAFNruF-8

What can we say about this truck that you probably don't already know? This 2006 Ram 2500 SLT is the big dog of the diesel world. It's got the HIGH OUTPUT version of the Cummins turbo diesel plus it has 3.73 limited slip diffs so you know it can get it done off road just as well as it does on the road. Best of all, it's the MEGA CAB edition with unmatched interior space plus it's a short bed so it isn't a mile long and impossible to park.

This is no stripped down work truck either. It has a NEW set of matching tires, power windows/locks/mirrors, fog lights, and more! We installed a new 2" leveling kit to give it the right stance plus it has a turnover ball in the bed. Even if you don't need it, this is an expensive setup that only adds value to the truck down the road.

This truck is really the "just right" kind of truck you want to find. It's not super low mileage with a sky-high asking price but it's not ragged out and beat to death either. It is still running the stock exhaust, stock engine tuning, etc. and has not been modded or souped up by some kid that didn't know what he was doing. It's hard to find one of these trucks that is all original like ours. There are no warning lights lit. EVERYTHING WORKS.

With only 207k miles on the clock, it's barely broken-in! It starts right up hot or cold and runs great the whole time. Doesn't use any coolant or smoke either. It's clearly spent most of its time on the highway. The body is straight and the interior shows almost no wear. Even the dashboard is uncracked!

We wouldn't hesitate to get in this truck and drive it ANYWHERE. Our mechanic has gone over everything to make sure it works properly. Feel free to fly in and drive it home to where ever home may be. We'll be glad to pick you up at the airport at no extra charge or we'll find you a shipper to have it transported. Best of all, we got a great buy on it that we're passing along to you in the form of a NO RESERVE AUCTION so it will sell even if the final bid is THOUSANDS BELOW the book value (which runs low on these trucks compared to their actual value) of over $26,000!!!
Values Rough
Trade-In Average
Trade-In Clean
Trade-In Clean
Retail Base Price $12,800 $14,300 $15,525 $18,875 Mileage (207,000) -$1,250 -$1,250 -$1,250 -$1,250 Total Base Price $11,550 $13,050 $14,275 $17,625 Options: Aluminum/Alloy Wheels $225 $225 $225 $250 Nerf Bar $100 $100 $100 $125 Towing/Camper Pkg $125 $125 $125 $150 5.9L HO Turbo Diesel Engine $7,350 $7,350 $7,350 $8,175 Price with Options $19,350 $20,850 $22,075 $26,325
Road Test: The 2006 Dodge Ram 2500 4×4 Mega Cab Diesel February 13, 2006

Text by Dubspeed Media Staff, Zerin Dube
Photos by author, additional photos by manufacturer

Those of us in Texas love all things big. As evidence, I present you with the following trivia. The King Ranch in Kingsville is bigger than the entire state of Rhode Island. Dallas/Ft. Worth Airport is home to the nation's largest parking lot. Fort Sam Houston is home to more historical buildings than Colonial Williamsburg. Texas is home to three of the top ten biggest cities in the nation. The Port of Houston handles more foreign cargo than any other port in the nation. If Texas was its own independent nation, it would rank as the world's fifth largest petroleum-producing country. You can buy a 4.5 pound steak at the Big Texan Steak Ranch in Amarillo...they'll even give it to you free if you can finish it. And to sum up the sheer size of this state: El Paso, TX is closer to Needles, CA than it is to Dallas, TX. It's pretty clear that the old saying "Everything is bigger in Texas" is fairly true.

So then, Dodge must have used the state of Texas as their inspiration when designing the 2006 Ram 2500 Mega Cab Pickup Truck. The Ram Mega Cab is to the world of full-size trucks what Texas is to the United States. With the Mega Cab, Dodge wanted to give their customers "a little more" than what the standard Quad-Cab truck configuration offers There is simply nothing bigger or stronger in its class.

Mega Cab has over 145 cubic feet of interior space. Fold the 60/40 split rear seats down and you have 24.9 inches of flat floor loading area. With the rear seats folded flat, interior cargo space is also the biggest in its class at 71 cubic feet. That's 7 cubic feet more than the available space behind the 2nd row of a Chevy Tahoe. This, ladies and gentlemen, is a BIG cabin. So big, in fact, that the rear seat passengers can even recline their seats...a feature normally reserved for big luxury sedans. And speaking of luxury sedans, Audi's massive flagship A8L (Long-wheelbase) has 44.3 inches of rear seat legroom...Mega Cab offers 44.2 inches. That's over 2.5 inches more than a Ford F-250 Crew Cab offers.

One detail that Dodge engineers gave careful attention to is the size of the rear door opening and the angle at which the rear door opens. The rear door opening is 34.5" wide, and 35.5" high. This, combined with rear doors that swing open 85 degrees, allowed me to fit several pieces of furniture securely in the cabin of the truck without having to worry about throwing them in the bed and tying them down. There is no way the furniture would have fit in a standard quad-cab truck. Dodge also provides plenty of tie-down hooks on the rear cab wall, along with a storage bin on the floor.

The cabin isn't all that bad of a place to be either - Dodge has refined the Ram's interior for 2006, giving it a more upscale look over previous models. The six-way adjustable and heated leather power seats are comfortable and supportive without being too firm. The gauge cluster is no-frills, but provides the driver with clear, easy to read information. The large center stack in the 2006 Ram houses all the HVAC, radio, and on-the-fly 4wd transfer case controls. Cup holders, following the theme of "big," securely hold even the largest of Mega-Gulps without having to worry about spillage. All controls and knobs in the cabin were designed to be used easily, even with bulky work gloves on.

To squeeze all the extra space out of the existing Ram, Dodge engineers started with the 160.5-inch wheelbase Ram 2500 long box model. Engineers then replaced the eight-foot bed on the long box model with a six-foot, three-inch box, providing an additional 20 inches for the cab. This results in a cab that has an overall length of 111.1 inches, or more than a foot longer than a Ford F-250 Crew Cab. Dodge engineers wanted to give their customers the space of a full-size luxury car for hauling large families, or work crews, while retaining the ability of hauling heavy loads.

Speaking of hauling capability, our test truck was equipped with the $5,550 optional Cummins Turbo Diesel engine. This engine dominates the full-size heavy-duty truck class by producing a mountain-moving 610 lb/ft of torque at 1,600 rpm and 325 horsepower at 2,900 rpm. This gives the Ram 2500 Mega Cab a towing capacity of 16,400 lbs and a payload of 5,020 lbs. Despite all this power and bulk, I observed a very respectable 17 mpg on the highway and about 13 mpg in heavy stop-and-go traffic.

Driving the Ram Mega Cab is an experience that can provide hours of entertainment even for people like me who are accustomed to sports cars and cushy luxury cars. When pulling up alongside other pickups on the road, you realize the sheer gigantitude of the Mega Cab. Your engine sounds way cooler than theirs too - almost like a Freightliner. The ever so slight twist of the frame when you blip the throttle makes you feel even more like a big-rig driver. The Cummins diesel engine propels this 3.25 ton behemoth to highway speeds at a rate that will certainly leave your passengers with lumps in their throat. Thankfully, the Mega Cab also has a set of brakes that hauled the truck down from highway speeds to a stop with no problem at all.

The 2006 Dodge Ram 4×4 Mega Cab might not win you any environmentalist friends, but there is a purpose behind all this size. This is a truck you can haul six people in comfortably, and even provide limo-like room for the rear seat passengers. Or, you can flip the rear seats down and haul a ton of furniture in the cab without having to worry about the weather or people taking things they aren't supposed to while parked. You can throw your ATV in the bed and still have enough power and towing capacity to pull a boat or your weekend race trailer. If you have to have the biggest and baddest truck on the road, this is it.

The possibilities of what you can do with Ram Mega Cab seem limitless...but it still doesn't make it a truck for everyone. The 2006 Dodge Ram 2500 4×4 Mega Cab in Laramie trim starts at $42,375. Add all the options our tester had and the price tops out at a whopping $51,475. That's A LOT of money for a truck, but it's also a truck that does A LOT This is Texas after all, and we like all things big. Doctors keep telling us that eating too much fast food will kill us, but that hasn't stopped us from supersizing our meals. Why would economics keep buyers from supersizing pickup trucks? Its all about the satisfaction of having it a little bigger and a little better than anyone else, and that's just what Dodge has created with the Mega Cab. With this supersized mentality in mind, I think Dodge quite literally has a huge hit on their hands.