Opinions on new F350 Diesel

I could be wrong, but if the truck has never been titled wouldn't the factory warranty start when you bought it? In other words, wouldn't the bumper-to-bumper go to 42,000?

IMHO I really wouldn't mind if the truck had 7,000 miles on it. You won't start getting the best MPG until later anyway. With mine my MPG started going up around 30,000 miles.

If you want to negotiate an ESP with them that is one idea, just keep in mind that there are Ford dealers online (Troy, OHIO) that will get you to 125,000 for under $2,000.

Maybe get the maintenance package thrown in so you don't pay for oil changes for the first 45,000 miles.

For that money, I would want a new one which had all the miles put on it by me and my wife. Not someone else.

Then you would know what you have got and how it has been handled since new!

As mentioned above, why spend that much money on essentially a used truck?

Just shopping around, the msrp for that truck new is $65-68,000, you could get that 7,000 mile truck brand spanking new for the price he is asking and be the one to put those first 7,000 miles on it. Anyway, just my .02.

I love to negotiate and usually walk away from a number of dealers before finding one that doesn't expect to make its month off of me. This will probably be my last truck purchase, so it's got to have all the bells and whistles my kids' inheritance can pay for!

You should be able to talk him to 45-46K... They are the idiots for demo-ing a platinum F350 diesel. That is a win for you!!!

At $54,000 you are not getting a great deal unless the dealer extends the warranty or better yet includes an extended warranty for the truck. As a whole the 2011 and later Ford diesel trucks (engine, drivetrain, transmission, heating and cooling systems, brakes, etc.) have been exceedingly reliable.

I paid under $42,000 for my GM Duramax with less than 50 miles on the odometer and with the intermediate trim level and with every options package except the navigation package, and included with the truck was the backup camera, remote start, chrome running boards, GM bed liner, GM aluminum diamond plate tool box. The sticker price on it was $58,000.

People expect to pay over $60,000 for a diesel pickup truck and the dealers are only too happy to oblige. No vehicle provides more dollars of profit to the dealers than pickup trucks and with the $9,000 bump with a diesel engine and its transmission, they do even better.

Bought my 2015 F-350 6.7 back in July, so far have 7500 trouble free miles and I'm loving the truck so far. In regards to towing, it'll do circles around my ole 2008 F-450.

Our 2012 F350 SRW now has 45,000 miles on it. I had a lower radiator hose leak at 35,000 and yesterday my right turn signal bulb went out. Other than those two very minor issues this truck/engine/tranny has been great! I am pulling a fiver that comes in at almost 16,000 and 80% of my miles are towing.

We only have 1600 miles on our 2015 but we have done some hay towing with it and hauled cattle also. The hay load was right around 20,000lbs and the stock trailer loaded was about 12,000lbs It pulled so much easier than our 7.3 does and that tow mode and exhaust brake are fantastic.
We found the new trucks we looked at were all around 60k to 70K MSRP and the out the door price was about 10,000 less than that.
So yeah , that price is to high because you can get a new one for the same price.

Loved my 2001 7.3. Never left me on the side of the road. Replaced it with 2011 6.7. No regrets whatsoever.