agesilaus wrote:
OK here is the situation as of this afternoon:
Went to a RAM and a Ford dealer, neither had anything at a reasonable price. The RAM guy had a 2017 diesel in the lot at the upper end of our range. The bed was rusty, it was the low end trim model, the door groaned and squealed as it was opened. And when you turned the truck on the first thing you see is the "REPLACE FUEL FILTER". So these people were too lazy to oil the door hinges and service the filters on a $47000 sale. Does not inspire confidence.
The Ford guy just did not have anything except a gasser priced as high as the diesels
Went to the "Truck Spot" the owner came out, we told him our parameters and he proceeded to show us 6 or 8 trucks. All spotless.
Found one 2018 RAM 2500,4WD shortbed, not sure what trim level but has backup camera and such. Color dark red, not my fav but heck not a killer either. $39K, 43K out the door! As is but so were the dealer models.
Hopefully the insurance company will come thru Wednesday, otherwise we will put a deposit down. Off to the CU in the morning. The one potential problem is 204K on the clock. But with a diesel I'm not worried but the CU may not like it.
Assuming we get it I'll run it down to the RAM dealer for filter/fluid changes and to get them to check it out. Florida has I think a 72hr 'change your mind law' that says you can back out of a contract in that period of time. Not sure if it apples to used trucks tho.
It has a grill guard/winch bumper and front receiver. No winch but that could be added. Side steps too. Cloth seats but that is minimal concern.
We need a topper but the dark red color is problem. Maybe get a white one and have it painted.
Things are looking up. If the CU rejects based on odometer he had several under 200K
OMG, $43k for a 200k mile 4th gen? I wouldn’t give that much for a pristine Limited mega Dooley with those miles.
If you’re going to do that deal, I’ll sell you ours for $50k. 93k miles and it’ll never have an emissions issue. And I know the history of the truck since it was new.
He!!, I’ll fill out the gift receipt so you don’t have to pay sales tax and buy you a plane ticket to come get it!
Or we will be headed to FL in a few weeks. Delivery option?
Barring paying me too much money instead of someone else, honestly, regardless of your insurance settlement, if this is something you have to get a loan on, go find a nice Grampa owned mid 2000s GM 6.0 or Ford V10 and drive the he!! out of it for a year or 3, however long it takes for the economy to crash and has to get to $7 a gal and then buy a nice diesel for a normal price.
I’m appalled that 200k miles on an average truck = over $40k but sure as heck wouldn’t overpay if it was more than chump change to me.
