Transmission problems is definitely something we do not want to deal with. When do the 2012s come out? (He only had the Escort & Mustang in '12 models on the lot yesterday.)

Like everyone else, we just want to most for our money. If the '08 is a great truck, we'd love to save money. If it's gonna end with more prob. than the '11, we'd rather just pay more now. But we definitely don't want to pay more AND have problems.

Thanks for all of the advice so far...