What Would YOU Do?
It's a fairly long story, but I'll try to keep to the essence. Coupla years ago we decided to upgrade from a popup to a travel trailer. Realized fairly quickly we'd need to upgrade tow vehicle as w...
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atreis wrote:Jebby14 wrote:
good choice. have you considered that with 20k down you can go new on an f150 and get the aluminum body the 5.0 (the 2010 will be a 5.4) and a full warranty for VERY small payments. May work out better than gambling on a 7 year old vehicle
x2, or nearly so. I've found that one can usually get pretty good deals on 1-2 year old low mileage vehicles.
That said, I'm guessing they're looking to not have a payment... (IMO though, it'll come in the form of higher maintenance costs. Pay it forward, or pay it later ...)
Yeah. One person's definition of "very small" payments is another person's fortune. I'm in the earliest years of retirement and really don't want even a $300 per month payment. Those new F-150's look nice, but even with our $20K trade we'd be saddled with much more than we are willing to pay in a monthly payment.
Are these (2010 or 2011) vehicles really going to cost me hundreds of dollars in monthly repair/maintenance costs? If so, I'd better start re-thinking this whole thing. Again.
-Speak