07 lbz thanks everyone ((pics added))

IdaD wrote:

mkirsch wrote:
No offense but my banker would be flogging me for paying $28K for a 9 year old truck. Heck, she gave me a tongue lashing for paying what I paid for the truck in my signature when I bought it in 2010, and that was less than half what you paid, AND it only had 31,000 miles on it.

That's the market on used diesels these days, though, or at least that's the market on the desirable ones (I'm not naming names).

I shopped used trucks for quite awhile and ended up deciding it wasn't worth going with a used model unless I wanted to go with a gas truck. I paid $11k more for mine new than OP did used. Whether that $11k in savings is worth 8 years of use and 80k miles boils down to personal preference - I think either decision is reasonable depending on circumstances.

This is a good example of how diesels don't actually cost any more than gas trucks in terms of total ownership cost.

Congrats to OP - the reputation on that model is fantastic.

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Coming from a 2005 2500HD gasser I shopped hard for the exact same truck as the OP. Yes that truck is worth 28-33K all day long anywhere in the southeast. Heck I was ready to drive to Florida to buy one I wanted it so bad. At the end of the day though I felt like IdaD and went the new Ram route, although he got a better deal :M.
Congrats on the truck, even with a new Ram in the driveway I still envy ya! 2006-07 2500HD is one of the best looking trucks on the road, even if it is 10 years old.