The Amusement of Owning a Large Truck

As I stood in front of the massive truck, I couldn't help but feel a sense of excitement and trepidation. The sheer size of the vehicle was overwhelming, with its imposing presence and powerful engine. I had always been fascinated by trucks, but this one took it to a whole new level.

I reached out to touch the dashboard, running my hand over the various controls and buttons. It felt like a work of art, with intricate details and complex mechanisms hidden beneath the surface. As I explored the truck, I discovered all sorts of features that I had never seen before. There was a scale of what the truck looked like compared to a T-Rex and velociraptor, which added a touch of whimsy to the overall design.

I couldn't resist the urge to open the center console, revealing a treasure trove of off-road equipment and accessories. It was like stepping into a miniature museum, with all sorts of gadgets and gizmos on display. I found myself getting lost in the intricate details, marveling at the clever designs and engineering that had gone into creating this behemoth of a vehicle.

As I delved deeper into the truck's features, I came across a button that caught my eye. With a bit of hesitation, I pressed it, and the truck sprang to life. It was like magic, with the engine roaring to life and the lights illuminating the surrounding area. I felt a sense of exhilaration wash over me as I realized that this was going to be an adventure like no other.

I couldn't resist taking the truck for a spin, eager to see what it could do. As we hit the road, I felt a rush of adrenaline coursing through my veins. The wind whipped through my hair as we sped down the highway, the engine purring smoothly beneath me. It was exhilarating, but also slightly intimidating, like riding a wild animal.

As we pulled over to take in the views, I couldn't help but think about the local farmers and their reactions to this behemoth of a truck. Would they be intimidated by its size and power, or would they see it as a trusted companion on the rural roads? Only time would tell, but for now, I was content to bask in the glory of my new vehicle.

I popped open the bonnet, revealing the engine's inner workings. It was like a work of art, with intricate mechanisms and complex systems humming beneath the surface. As I gazed upon the V8 Hellcat engine, I felt a sense of awe wash over me. It was truly a marvel of engineering, with its massive displacement and potent power.

As I explored the truck further, I came across a series of emblems and badges that added to its mystique. There were dinosaur-shaped decorations, including a T-Rex eating a velociraptor, which seemed like a nod to the truck's off-road prowess. I couldn't help but chuckle at the whimsy of it all, feeling like a kid in a candy store.

As we continued on our journey, I found myself getting lost in the little details and quirks of the truck. There was the bull bar on the front, which added to its rugged appearance, and the Bilstein suspension, which hinted at the truck's ability to tackle even the toughest terrain. It was like unraveling a puzzle, with each new discovery adding to the overall picture.

As we pulled over to take in the views, I couldn't help but think about the importance of reducing our reliance on fossil fuels. As someone who had once driven a gas-guzzling SUV, I knew that electric vehicles were the future. And as I gazed upon this massive truck, I realized that even the largest and most powerful vehicles could be adapted to run on cleaner energy.

Finally, as we stood in the midst of the truck's interior, surrounded by all its various gadgets and gizmos, I couldn't help but feel a sense of pride and ownership. This was my baby now, and I was determined to make the most of it. Whether I was off-roading or cruising down the highway, this truck would be by my side every step of the way.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: entoday is a big day as we're heading into the city of Antwerp to pick up Richard's new daily driver for 2023 and then driving it straight back to him in the UK it will be a straight swap for the Hellcat and this new vehicle in my opinion is very Richard so let's pick it up get it back to him and see what he makes of it within moment of setting off Belgium decided to send us a flurry of snow oh one of these three cars will be driven by the boss over the next year but before we reveal which one is Richards how have all of these cars that are bursting with American Pride ended up here in the port of Antwerp in the first place well the sponsor of today's video is the company that supplied us with the Hellcat aec it is the chief importer of Dodge and RAM Vehicles into Europe allowing us to scratch the All-America Niche through stuff like Dodge Challengers Chargers Durangos and of course the range of Ram pickup trucks John muratori is the CEO at aec a man I had many questions for John thank you so much for inviting us to your Workshop here in Antwerp we've had so many questions about the whole process with our Dodge over our loan so I guess my first question is what is the state of play in Europe how do you convince Europeans to switch from their marks and nowadays to these V8 700 horsepower beasts thanks Mike really appreciate it um you know we're really proud to be the official importers of Dodge and RAM and the opportunity to bring these beasts into Europe is a real privilege and honor the biggest challenge actually for us is getting these customers to know yeah that they're available that you can actually drive one of these incredible machines here yeah so we're really grateful to you and Richard for the attention you've brought AC and the AC charger Hellcat over the last couple of months they're such special machines it's a supercharger I think that makes it just head and shoulders above all the other stuff it's visceral it's like I mean really it's so visceral um let's be honest you have to be a bit mad to drive one of our cars absolutely in Europe um as you and Richard have found out over the last couple of months and seeing parked here I love the Blue by the way for the record I will say I loved I love the blue yes the cars are big loud emotional Vehicles Dodge in general is coming up to what we're calling the last call um 2024 will be the end of Dodge as we know it right yeah okay so so it's a big deal this year is really the last year that customers will have a chance to buy one of these incredible machines Dodge and RAM will both go through an evolution that the industry is going through which is you know the evolution to electrification without giving anything away everything that I've seen is very exciting and I'm incredibly excited for what's in store okay so what is the process how do you get a Dodge from North America and import it into Europe what's the process that's happening in this Workshop yeah absolutely let's say hypothetically a customer in the UK or Europe falls in love with uh charger Hellcat uh what they've seen on as they should on drivetribe yeah the first thing we suggest they do is go to our website asearup.com where they can build and configure a car just like any other OEM website so that's interesting they can actually configure a car rather than just kind of take Forbes coming yeah absolutely so go to the website kind of play around to the website see what options are available you can then the really important step is find your closest dealer we have over 150 dealers spread across Europe and the UK go book a test drive all of our dealers have vehicles available for test drive vehicles available in stock go visit that dealer you're going to meet really passionate Dodge and RAM dealers who can educate you about the vehicle help you make a choice from a vehicle from stock or if you decide to order a vehicle that vehicle is built and manufactured in the US and then aec manages the importation of that vehicle to Europe to this facility that you're in today we handle the homologation the conversion and all the logistics back to the dealer that the customer ordered the vehicle from okay so guys click Link in the description below we'll put a link to the configurator and you can configure Chargers Challengers Rams whatever you want so we've got these three cars here you know which one Richard has chosen what do you make of his choice and you and I both know the car that he's chosen you literally can't get more American than the car that he's chosen yeah I can't wait for him to get his hands on it and you know hear that Schoolboy giggle as he peels out of his driveway in in this car you know he's had a lot of memorable dailies but in my very biased opinion this is going to be the most memorable yet okay cool well without further Ado let's reveal Richard Hammer's daily driver for 2023. foreign of course it's this one I'm bringing Richard A Ram TRX you could say this is the Hellcat of pickup trucks mostly down to the fact that in there it's the exact same 6.2 liter Supercharged V8 as a charger although it's slightly detuned down to 707 horsepower this thing totally dwarfs the charger it is enormous will it even fit on UK roads well let's get it to the euro tunnel over the channel and to Richard's place destination Ross online that's it play country and western asking Spotify to play country's Greatest Hits I'll do thank you we're on a phone we're feeling fine again oh welcome I'm gonna need a bigger yard it makes my Land Rover look like a toy car so what'd you think I think you've ever done it look at it Mike I knew they were big yeah a ram TRX yes as in literally Tyrannosaurus Rex because there's another company that does something called the Raptor yeah that's because this is locked in Mortal Kombat with it in the states absolutely so this is the answer to the Raptor the T-Rex so as you can see on the side there 6.2 liter Superstar so just about pretty much the exact same engine that was in the charger Hellcat it's about 700 707 in truck which is enough it does weigh 2.4 tons yeah bottle has 60 in well uh sub four three something oh it's it's spectacular so this is our truck for the next year oh I imagine you're probably gonna have the keys I might have a little go for a bit if that's all right if I can have a little borrow I'm just thinking there are places though where this won't fit York it wouldn't fit into York what about your own Archway no um no I don't think it will ah I can have a look in it I'm gonna try it on oh you know I'm not a particularly big book this isn't helping you there's a little step up for you there thank you so um oh we're gonna have such fun if you look down to the right you'll see it has launch control it's a truck it's down there I'm sorry for all my snacks in there by the way yeah it's a funny effect s such a oh no it's actually got quite a lot of Kit in it a lot of equipment for for what it is yeah um not quite your your mark but you know it's decent a nice big screen look at the size of the back it's got more seat room in the back than my S-class do you know what's my favorite thing so you're you were going to get another pickup before I brought this to the to the four yeah and I'm gonna have a play in this one that was going to what one was it what was the pickup you were going to get I was thinking about a raptor cool so if you open the center console there oh well and you look down in there you could fit my truck in and you will see there's a scale of what the truck looks like compared to a T-Rex and also a velociraptor also you have all your trigonometry for your off-roading there oh I'm gonna consult that regularly man can I just start it yes you chose achieved and then if you hold down that for five seconds I have just been elevated to god-like status around these parts well that's why I was thinking will you be you know the Envy of all the local farmers or will you be seen as a massive Prat oh come on if you think about cross herefordshire now okay you're small candy but it's very rural there are Hills and woods and Fields And if I do this there are locals and Farmers heads snapping up to hear the call of it echoing around my little castle yard Isuzu oh yeah yeah yeah so another thing I like pop the Bonnet it's just under there so I can't see in it can I there's a big earrings you might as well show me the roof of that Hellcat V8 is kind of in the side here but my favorite thing on the entire truck kind of like inside as well so again you're gonna get your Raptor they've embossed T-Rex eating a velociraptor how many other cars have got dinosaurs in Boston I love the childishness of it that is just yeah that's a heck of an engine it's funny that engine in the charger it looks big yes it doesn't it just disappears doesn't it yeah when we popped everything where the hell is it is this actually the V8 but yes it's right in there it's still got the nice Hemi orange heads on them there's two things that have been specked so there's the bull bar on the front and they've become right around the back it's quite a walk your bed back here it's got a nice oh lovely cereal on it so that nothing skids about I've got a lot of crap in there yeah take all that out the stuff at the front of the bed is gonna have to stay there pretty much forever because dive in after it wouldn't you yes a long way away well it's got presents hasn't it so it's off-road suspension in this isn't it full off-road suspension yeah off-road tires there's a whole load of modes you can Muck around with it's got active terrain Dynamics yeah Bilstein suspension also part of the homologation process because it's so tall you need to be able to tell everyone how tall the vehicle is how these lights low-flag aircraft and things here yeah yep yeah that's going to get some use you're going to need to get used to opening that yeah I had 14 to the gallon on the way back from Germany but I was on the motorway but on plus side from an ecological point of view we've got to stop using fossil fuels eventually yeah I'm going to use all that yeah then we have gone Fell Swoop gone so you know everything Drive electric car because there's nothing else yes it's all gone in there absolutely okay good oh my my little truck's hiding and there's cowering behind that container off because it's been your work it's brilliant it's pathetic frankly compared to this it's just not in the same realm well yeah I mean it's a European truck not a full-size American one right well this is going to be fun thank you welcome my big friend yestoday is a big day as we're heading into the city of Antwerp to pick up Richard's new daily driver for 2023 and then driving it straight back to him in the UK it will be a straight swap for the Hellcat and this new vehicle in my opinion is very Richard so let's pick it up get it back to him and see what he makes of it within moment of setting off Belgium decided to send us a flurry of snow oh one of these three cars will be driven by the boss over the next year but before we reveal which one is Richards how have all of these cars that are bursting with American Pride ended up here in the port of Antwerp in the first place well the sponsor of today's video is the company that supplied us with the Hellcat aec it is the chief importer of Dodge and RAM Vehicles into Europe allowing us to scratch the All-America Niche through stuff like Dodge Challengers Chargers Durangos and of course the range of Ram pickup trucks John muratori is the CEO at aec a man I had many questions for John thank you so much for inviting us to your Workshop here in Antwerp we've had so many questions about the whole process with our Dodge over our loan so I guess my first question is what is the state of play in Europe how do you convince Europeans to switch from their marks and nowadays to these V8 700 horsepower beasts thanks Mike really appreciate it um you know we're really proud to be the official importers of Dodge and RAM and the opportunity to bring these beasts into Europe is a real privilege and honor the biggest challenge actually for us is getting these customers to know yeah that they're available that you can actually drive one of these incredible machines here yeah so we're really grateful to you and Richard for the attention you've brought AC and the AC charger Hellcat over the last couple of months they're such special machines it's a supercharger I think that makes it just head and shoulders above all the other stuff it's visceral it's like I mean really it's so visceral um let's be honest you have to be a bit mad to drive one of our cars absolutely in Europe um as you and Richard have found out over the last couple of months and seeing parked here I love the Blue by the way for the record I will say I loved I love the blue yes the cars are big loud emotional Vehicles Dodge in general is coming up to what we're calling the last call um 2024 will be the end of Dodge as we know it right yeah okay so so it's a big deal this year is really the last year that customers will have a chance to buy one of these incredible machines Dodge and RAM will both go through an evolution that the industry is going through which is you know the evolution to electrification without giving anything away everything that I've seen is very exciting and I'm incredibly excited for what's in store okay so what is the process how do you get a Dodge from North America and import it into Europe what's the process that's happening in this Workshop yeah absolutely let's say hypothetically a customer in the UK or Europe falls in love with uh charger Hellcat uh what they've seen on as they should on drivetribe yeah the first thing we suggest they do is go to our website asearup.com where they can build and configure a car just like any other OEM website so that's interesting they can actually configure a car rather than just kind of take Forbes coming yeah absolutely so go to the website kind of play around to the website see what options are available you can then the really important step is find your closest dealer we have over 150 dealers spread across Europe and the UK go book a test drive all of our dealers have vehicles available for test drive vehicles available in stock go visit that dealer you're going to meet really passionate Dodge and RAM dealers who can educate you about the vehicle help you make a choice from a vehicle from stock or if you decide to order a vehicle that vehicle is built and manufactured in the US and then aec manages the importation of that vehicle to Europe to this facility that you're in today we handle the homologation the conversion and all the logistics back to the dealer that the customer ordered the vehicle from okay so guys click Link in the description below we'll put a link to the configurator and you can configure Chargers Challengers Rams whatever you want so we've got these three cars here you know which one Richard has chosen what do you make of his choice and you and I both know the car that he's chosen you literally can't get more American than the car that he's chosen yeah I can't wait for him to get his hands on it and you know hear that Schoolboy giggle as he peels out of his driveway in in this car you know he's had a lot of memorable dailies but in my very biased opinion this is going to be the most memorable yet okay cool well without further Ado let's reveal Richard Hammer's daily driver for 2023. foreign of course it's this one I'm bringing Richard A Ram TRX you could say this is the Hellcat of pickup trucks mostly down to the fact that in there it's the exact same 6.2 liter Supercharged V8 as a charger although it's slightly detuned down to 707 horsepower this thing totally dwarfs the charger it is enormous will it even fit on UK roads well let's get it to the euro tunnel over the channel and to Richard's place destination Ross online that's it play country and western asking Spotify to play country's Greatest Hits I'll do thank you we're on a phone we're feeling fine again oh welcome I'm gonna need a bigger yard it makes my Land Rover look like a toy car so what'd you think I think you've ever done it look at it Mike I knew they were big yeah a ram TRX yes as in literally Tyrannosaurus Rex because there's another company that does something called the Raptor yeah that's because this is locked in Mortal Kombat with it in the states absolutely so this is the answer to the Raptor the T-Rex so as you can see on the side there 6.2 liter Superstar so just about pretty much the exact same engine that was in the charger Hellcat it's about 700 707 in truck which is enough it does weigh 2.4 tons yeah bottle has 60 in well uh sub four three something oh it's it's spectacular so this is our truck for the next year oh I imagine you're probably gonna have the keys I might have a little go for a bit if that's all right if I can have a little borrow I'm just thinking there are places though where this won't fit York it wouldn't fit into York what about your own Archway no um no I don't think it will ah I can have a look in it I'm gonna try it on oh you know I'm not a particularly big book this isn't helping you there's a little step up for you there thank you so um oh we're gonna have such fun if you look down to the right you'll see it has launch control it's a truck it's down there I'm sorry for all my snacks in there by the way yeah it's a funny effect s such a oh no it's actually got quite a lot of Kit in it a lot of equipment for for what it is yeah um not quite your your mark but you know it's decent a nice big screen look at the size of the back it's got more seat room in the back than my S-class do you know what's my favorite thing so you're you were going to get another pickup before I brought this to the to the four yeah and I'm gonna have a play in this one that was going to what one was it what was the pickup you were going to get I was thinking about a raptor cool so if you open the center console there oh well and you look down in there you could fit my truck in and you will see there's a scale of what the truck looks like compared to a T-Rex and also a velociraptor also you have all your trigonometry for your off-roading there oh I'm gonna consult that regularly man can I just start it yes you chose achieved and then if you hold down that for five seconds I have just been elevated to god-like status around these parts well that's why I was thinking will you be you know the Envy of all the local farmers or will you be seen as a massive Prat oh come on if you think about cross herefordshire now okay you're small candy but it's very rural there are Hills and woods and Fields And if I do this there are locals and Farmers heads snapping up to hear the call of it echoing around my little castle yard Isuzu oh yeah yeah yeah so another thing I like pop the Bonnet it's just under there so I can't see in it can I there's a big earrings you might as well show me the roof of that Hellcat V8 is kind of in the side here but my favorite thing on the entire truck kind of like inside as well so again you're gonna get your Raptor they've embossed T-Rex eating a velociraptor how many other cars have got dinosaurs in Boston I love the childishness of it that is just yeah that's a heck of an engine it's funny that engine in the charger it looks big yes it doesn't it just disappears doesn't it yeah when we popped everything where the hell is it is this actually the V8 but yes it's right in there it's still got the nice Hemi orange heads on them there's two things that have been specked so there's the bull bar on the front and they've become right around the back it's quite a walk your bed back here it's got a nice oh lovely cereal on it so that nothing skids about I've got a lot of crap in there yeah take all that out the stuff at the front of the bed is gonna have to stay there pretty much forever because dive in after it wouldn't you yes a long way away well it's got presents hasn't it so it's off-road suspension in this isn't it full off-road suspension yeah off-road tires there's a whole load of modes you can Muck around with it's got active terrain Dynamics yeah Bilstein suspension also part of the homologation process because it's so tall you need to be able to tell everyone how tall the vehicle is how these lights low-flag aircraft and things here yeah yep yeah that's going to get some use you're going to need to get used to opening that yeah I had 14 to the gallon on the way back from Germany but I was on the motorway but on plus side from an ecological point of view we've got to stop using fossil fuels eventually yeah I'm going to use all that yeah then we have gone Fell Swoop gone so you know everything Drive electric car because there's nothing else yes it's all gone in there absolutely okay good oh my my little truck's hiding and there's cowering behind that container off because it's been your work it's brilliant it's pathetic frankly compared to this it's just not in the same realm well yeah I mean it's a European truck not a full-size American one right well this is going to be fun thank you welcome my big friend yes\n"