Vinsil wrote:
GeoBoy wrote:
Jat4,
Keeping a truck 10+ years, a diesel isn’t going to give you a big advantage with resale. The Ford or GM 350/3500 with a gas engine will do everything you want to do with a Northstar 950sc on the back. Good luck.
I respectfully disagree as I just traded in a 10 yr old Diesel. They gave me 30k with almost 100k on it. A similar hemi truck was worth $12k..
As to the OP, the Ford XLT I bought was the same price as a similar Ram, Ford offered more options and the diesel option was cheaper, over 11k for the Cummins and that aisin trans was another 2500k, Ford gives you the diesel for $8900..
No brand war, Ford is all new and Ram is a 2010 design.
I finally did locate a comparable Ford (gasser still) which I'm going to take a look at today, and you're right, the price is right around where the Dodge is. My diesel isn't worth quite as much as yours, but I'm hoping for a trade value of $16-17k, the Dodge dealer offered $16k so far.
