04ctd

I only found one 06 with Steering Wheel audio controls (was ~$50k with Navigation)

even other Laramie's did not have it.

my 04 SLT had these, and my 06 SLT does not:
power seat
power pedals.
auto mirror.

my wife is 5'0 and we had bought the truck before we drove it (we have driven TONS of them) and I guess i got confused on which of the 5 trucks we were gonna buy, (she drove it off the lot) and she was MAD when she realized it did NOT have power seats.

06 also missing:
lighted vanity mirrors.

other options other manufactures offer:
Delayed Accessory Power Shut-Off
perimeter lighting (i am working on this, in another thread - just need time)

other things that are worse:
that stupid cupholder.

things better:
headlights.

223 rules

My 06 Lonestar edition has the steering wheel radio controls and power seats.

megafast

My 06 megacab Laramie has steering wheel audio controls w/infinity speakers and NO navigation.

stezlaki

Would be nice if they had memory seats. I mean, what the #@#$.............every other vehicle known to man in that price range has them.........the power seats are there............HOW HARD CAN IT BE?

I like the idea of the turn signals on the mirrors too. Evidently Dodge doesn't.

OEM brake controller would seem to be a practical option...........well, maybe not.........I mean nobody really TOWS anything with these trucks anyhow, do they?

Oh, btw, our Laramie has steering wheel controls too. (Infinity/no Nav)

D.Wiggs

My '06 Mega Laramie has everything:

Rear DVD
UConnect (LOVE it)
Steering Wheel Controls
Navigation
Sun Roof
Power Pedals
etc.

53 willys

oh really, I hadn't noticed

D.Wiggs

That's why I wanted to share!

CD in NM

I read somewhere that the 06's with factory NAV should all have the controls on the steering wheel, part of the package. I guess some did not and this was being installed by the dealers. Mine does not have them and I do have the factory installed NAV.

I agree about the memory seats, turn indicators on mirrors, there seem to be a lot more options with other manufacturers right down to manual 4wd shift levers vrs shift-on-the-fly electronics.

DC seems to 'package' certain things in groups, if you want to go out of the package you have to choose another group. To be able to cross the packaging lines must be taboo. I don't get it, bottom line is that it is your $$$'s being spent. Oh well, not Burger King when it comes to ordering.

CD

04ctd

where are the cupholders in the back of the mega with 3 kids back there?

only ones we see are in the center armrest, which is uncomfortable for the kid in the kid in the middle to sit under, if it is folded down...

I can't believe you buy a FAMILY truck that doesn't have cupholders for the kids.

extremeshot

My 06 SLT Big Horn has steering wheel audio controls w/infinity speakers and NO navigation

goose2

My 04 had steering wheel controls. I don't think they are that nice of feature. My 06 dosn't have em and I don't miss them at all. The 2 opptions that I wish my 06 had are power pedals and power sliding rear window. Other than that, I'm good to go. The one thing that I have learned over the years with bying a truck every year sinse 1977 is you never get any money on trade in for all the extra opptions. So when I order now I kind of keep it to minimum.

stezlaki

Oh yeah, I forgot about that complaint.............I knew there was something I was forgetting!! I guess now they have a better excuse for spilling everything all over the place. I keep thinking there are some that pull out of the rear of the center console thing..........but then I realize that is/was our 11 year old Suburban. Guess we can get some of those 70's style ones that clip into the window channel and hang over the door panel...........that should look pretty sweet...........a $1.98 plastic thing hanging from the window of a $45,000 truck. Oh well.............at least it's got a Cummins!

Beavermike

Man, I've been asking for memory seats since I got my 04. I agree, you'd think by 06 or 07 they would finally add some of these features.

Regarding the mirrors, I think the Ram has some of the better truck mirrors on the market, much better than the Chev. But, the way they flip out (on the tow model mirrors) it would not work to have the turn lights. It looks like Ford and Chev and going toward pull out mirrors on their models, and I would think Dodge would need to do the same. Then make them electric. Oh well.

04ctd

Nah, just put a row of LED's along the bottom edge of the arm - not on the housing that rotates.

stezlaki

I swore the next vehicle I bought would have memory seats and the power pedals......guess I got half. Thing is my wife is like 2'8"................ok, so she's really about 5', but looking down from 6'2"ish it all looks the same to me.............anyhow, you can imagine the difference in our choice of seating positions. I'm sure our situation is far from unique.

There was an old Mercedes at my mother's house last time I was there.......think it was a 1993.......anyhow it had power seats (bottom and back moved independently) power side AND rearview mirrors, power pedals, and power tilt and telescoping steering wheel. The "memory" function controlled ALL of those things................pretty cool......especially for a 13 year old car. That car amazed me so much I sat there for about 2 hours playing with everything and even read the owners manual. Kinda sad that the average American auto still doesn't have the level of technology that a 13 year old Mercedes does!

Funny thing is, though, that it didn't have squat for cupholders!!!!!! Maybe Dodge IS copying them after all!!!!!!

Well, that was my first thought too. But then I thought it wouldn't really be that hard to have some of the hidden (behind the mirror glass) LED's on 2 edges activated by a pressure switch or something when they were flipped one way or the other. But that's just me.......I'm no engineer.

Our mirrors are definitely more attractive than the GM's..........I don't know what the f&*# they were thinking when theirs were on there crooked...........I mean SURELY somebody noticed????? I guess it's nice to know that GM meets their handicap quota..........just seems like they wouldn't fill those spots in the engineering/development dept.!!