Ya see down here in Texas, almost every day in the summer is over 100. I remember one summer we literally had a 100 day streak of 100 degree weather.

Plus, I'm a man, and men sweat. I don't like getting out of my truck and my back being soaked in sweat. Has anyone ever felt the air conditioned seats in Lincolns? Those things are awesome. The 2010 Rams have some crappy "seat ventilation" that doesn't even compare.

 

The difference is seared legs and butt in Texas

It gets HOT here. Interior temps on vehicles sitting in the parking lots get up to 120* easy, closer to 140* in the dead summer. Parking in a lot without shade and direct sun makes the leather a griddle. It's bad when you first get into the truck. And wearing shorts, even wearing jeans, the heat from the leather transfers to the legs. After the truck's been running and the AC cools the interior it is fine. Think of when you get in the truck and you can't touch the steering wheel it's so hot.

Having lived with both leather and cloth interiors in Texas, there IS a difference. For the guys it's butt sweat (yall are gross). For the girls, it's burned legs when wearing shorts every day (May-Oct).

Temps are in the low 90* here now. It's only beginning to get 'warm'

 

I was raised in Texas(not humid but hot),spent ten years in College Station (hot and humid) and am moving to San Antonio if my house ever sells. Guess the difference is I always wear Wranglers and don't own a pair of shorts, and my hands are so callused It doesn't both me. I don't have a problem with hot seats.

 

I wear Wranglers too and have callused hands. Born and raised in Texas. Humidity changes by region. But before we get into a pissin' match about who's got the tougher butt, you win

Leather is still hot.

 

Don't forget the hard head.(mine anyway)

 

It comes standard in any Texan

 

If you don't like the sweat ( who does), I'd buy a seat cover. There is a large difference in comfort( over the long haul) between the leather and cloth seating.......just look at the threads complaining about the cushions.

 

I was young and dumb and in my 20's when Farmers Branch tought me my next tuck need A/C.....never been without it since........haven't found that heat changes that much, but humidity sure does.

 

AKA swamp-a** . And yes we are gross, but what can you do?

Ain't that the truth.

 

From what I can tell in my poll, everyone that voted regular cab has one, and everyone that voted quad cab has one (or a mega).

So everyone loves what they have? Does anyone have a regular cab and wish they had a quad? Or vice-versa?

 

Regular cabs work for some people, not for others. The regular cab give much better visibility when backing. Just think back to how often you need to haul more than one passenger any distance and realize you can't do that with a regular cab. Not a big problem for me, have a four door sedan to fall back on for passenger hauling. Advantages / disadvantages either way.

 

Sounds like you got a good plan going, but if you lost the stacks, then wouldn't you gain the extra bed space your lacking with your short bed?

I don't think I could live without my Quad, it's a life saver when towing anything like boats, campers, motorcycle trailers... with a quad everyone can ride along (and usally offer to chip in for fuel or by lunch)... with a standard cab they will be following you in a car and talking smack about you the whole time (at least my lousy friends would be )...

 

I have an '00 long bed standard cab and an '06 QC long bed, no comparison to comfort and room the '06 wins hands down. Parking is a little more difficult but well worth the effort. One thing I don't like on the '06 cloth interior is that anything including water will stain the seats, just imagine how cow manure looks on them

 

It would be 7 inch stack(s) in bed that is 1 ft 8 inches longer. I still get 1 ft 1 inch over the short bed. And that is just on the lowest part of the bed. With a solid square shield over the stacks, I still get the full 8 ft front to back if I go over the stacks. I am not worried about the space being gone in the corners, the wheel wells usually keep me from having anything in that space.

Plus the stacks aren't definite, just an idea. But with or without them I have more space in a long bed.

 

I see what your saying, and I don't have any knowledge of putting stacks in trucks, but the ones I have seen have never been installed up against the back of the bed and need some area around them to keep the heat from damaging things. So a 7" stack could easily cost you 9-10+" of lower bed space and probably more in the corners just to keep things away from the heat.

Again I don't know anything about stacks, but I know murphys law will not allow a 7" pipe to only take up 7"s of usable space. Maybe some of the "stack" guys will chime in about the space needed.

You ever considered one of those "bed extenders", unless your just hauling that much stuff... That would give you a quad comfort, but a usable 8" of bed space (unless your doing stacks)...