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good deal?
I have been in the market for a new vehicle to tow my 6000lb travel trailer. The old lady wants a new 250 or f150 but I just found a 2001 excursion limited with 49xxx miles at a dealer down the street for 27000. I think I can get them down a little. It is 4x4 with the 7.3 and looks great. Nothing on the carfax, looks like it spent it whole life in Florida. You guys think it is a good deal? I was not looking for an excursion (don't know much about them) and have heard some negative stuff about transmission failure and the suspension. Other then that all I have heard bad is the door locks break.
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Seems a little high but that is really low mileage.
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27k for 2001 even with 49k miles seems real high... come fully loaded?
Course out here in TX you'd be paying over 20k for that too... just depends on how good it looks and how bad you want it
Saw a really modified 4x4 with the 7.3k and like 69k miles for 21k bout 2 months ago here in TX... if the wife wasn't pregnant and we didn't have to put so many kids in car seats I'd have bought it up... to bad it was lifted like 16 inches...
Course out here in TX you'd be paying over 20k for that too... just depends on how good it looks and how bad you want it
Saw a really modified 4x4 with the 7.3k and like 69k miles for 21k bout 2 months ago here in TX... if the wife wasn't pregnant and we didn't have to put so many kids in car seats I'd have bought it up... to bad it was lifted like 16 inches...
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$27,000 is way high! But it depends on how bad you want it.
Plus, it's 10 years old in a bank's eyes. Can you pay cash? It's going to be a hard sale trying to get all of it financed. Kelley Blue Book says the "private party sale", excellent condition, is worth $16,990 in my zip code (Virginia), even with low mileage. The retail on a car lot would be $18,640.
Plus, it's 10 years old in a bank's eyes. Can you pay cash? It's going to be a hard sale trying to get all of it financed. Kelley Blue Book says the "private party sale", excellent condition, is worth $16,990 in my zip code (Virginia), even with low mileage. The retail on a car lot would be $18,640.
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check autotrader.com and cars.com I don't think low miles is
as important as the age of the vehicle AND it's mileage.
Make sure it's not an XLT also, some sellers "omit" that detail.
Bring a DVD *AND* CD, and an ODBII gauge reader with you.
Make sure the front CD player and rear DVD player both work.
Adjust the pedals, mirrors, and BOTH front seats (if they have power).
These are the things that wear out inside.
There is a trade-off between an '01 with 41k miles
vs. an '05 with 60k to 90k. The interior and mechanicals are so
much newer in the '05. Even with only 41k - the '01 is 10 years old.
If you plan to keep it for a LONG time, then that's different.
If you want 4x4 there are more things there to watch for as well.
I'll let those with 4x4 speak to that...
You also should consider test driving several vehicles (new and old)
so you can experience the differences as well, not all '01 drive the same.
Not all '05s drive the same. I drove 5 '05 w/PSD. Only the one 1 bought
drove acceptable, the others wandered, hesitated, or had other issues
which I found while being in them (adjustable pedals that don't move, mirrors that didn't adjust, DVD players that didn't play, seat covers needing replacement).
as important as the age of the vehicle AND it's mileage.
Make sure it's not an XLT also, some sellers "omit" that detail.
Bring a DVD *AND* CD, and an ODBII gauge reader with you.
Make sure the front CD player and rear DVD player both work.
Adjust the pedals, mirrors, and BOTH front seats (if they have power).
These are the things that wear out inside.
There is a trade-off between an '01 with 41k miles
vs. an '05 with 60k to 90k. The interior and mechanicals are so
much newer in the '05. Even with only 41k - the '01 is 10 years old.
If you plan to keep it for a LONG time, then that's different.
If you want 4x4 there are more things there to watch for as well.
I'll let those with 4x4 speak to that...
You also should consider test driving several vehicles (new and old)
so you can experience the differences as well, not all '01 drive the same.
Not all '05s drive the same. I drove 5 '05 w/PSD. Only the one 1 bought
drove acceptable, the others wandered, hesitated, or had other issues
which I found while being in them (adjustable pedals that don't move, mirrors that didn't adjust, DVD players that didn't play, seat covers needing replacement).
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It does seem high on the price, but as far as the Excursions go, the only suspension problem that seems to be consistent is the Ball joints, which you will still have to deal with on the F-250. I have not heard many transmission issues, so that's a new one to me. If you could get the price down, I think it'd be a great rig.
