Maxmosbey
Final Approach
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- Aug 23, 2007
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I need to get serious.
OK, I bought a 2010 Silverado back in 2010. The sticker price was $36,800. With incentives and some dealing I ended up at $29,000. That price by the way was $250 more than a 2010 Silverado sitting right next to it with 6,500 miles on it. I traded a Dodge Dakota on it and paid cash for the rest.t I bought the Dakota new and drove it five years. I put 67,000 miles on the Dakota. The trade in was exactly $5,000 less than I paid for it. I put 37,000 miles on the Silverado. A couple weeks ago I bought a 2014 Ford Escape. Played the game and got the Escape down where I thought that it would work. Traded the 2010 Silverado. They allowed me $26,475 on it. I don't know what you are looking at that is going to lose 20k as soon as you drive off the lot, but if that is the case, it has to be one expensive pickup truck.I'm really torn by that "transition". I can't bring myself to sign the check for a new pickup truck. The thought of it instantly losing $20K drives me nuts.
On the flip side, buying some truck someone has not taken care of properly and fixing its problems, or that they'e already done heavy towing with for 100K miles, isn't very appealing either.
Most of the "neat stuff" dealers have added is available at the local car stereo dealer, when it comes to trucks. About the only thing that's not true of is the integrated trailer brake controllers that integrate with the vehicle traction control and accelerometers. You can get close in the aftermarket but not 100%.
New cars/trucks are only new for one trip home.