Good deal. I chose the same path with our car. Much easier and lowers the purchase price on the new RIG.

 

I just paid 24 gs for one in Washington state. Nice as heck. From a dealer tho. Oh well. It was definitely worth it. Now I have a obs and NBS

 

Oh and it was a 6 speed crew cab. 125 k

 

East or wet side? (not a typo)

 

I bought it from a used Stealer. In Portland actually. But I live in a small town across hood river. Truck was from California

 

 

My bro-in-law just sold his 2001 for 16k here in missouri - First guy that looked at it bought it, He also said that a guy from Texas called him & was interested, dealer

 

thats a nice crew cab

 

As another example, here's a 2000 7.3L Supercab Lariat Leather one owner truck bone stock with only 58,000 miles listed for $25,999.

I just stumbled across this on CL a few minutes ago, and immediately thought of this thread, since the OP has a similar truck but with a lot more miles. I have no affiliation with the truck posted below, even though my truck is strangely the same year, same color, same mileage, same trim level, same engine, and same condition! But I swear, it isn't mine! (My truck is a "W57").




Check out this turn of the century engine bay:




And fawn over this flawlessly faultless four by four floor shifter: (Tugly, you can't fault me for the attempt.)




A clean dash, as if stepping back in time:




The whole point is this: the more stock the 2000 truck is, and the fewer miles on it, the more value it has. There are a lot of 7.3L for sale on the same CL page for half of $26K, but they are all lifted with their motors tweaked and twisted. A bone stock truck appears to be what some people will pay the bigger bucks for. Something to think about when smitten with PMS.

 

I paid $20,000 for my 2001 with 135,000 miles . That price included shipping from North Carolina to Connecticut. You can't find any of these 7.3's up here in the Northeast without them being complete rust buckets! I didn't mind paying a little extra for this rust free beauty.

 

He is. A friend just bought a sub 100k mile 2002 for $22k.

 

Wow I thought I paid too much for mine 7-8 years ago. $25k, 90k miles, 20" wheels and tires. AFE intake, full 4" exhaust, 4x4 Lariat, 4 pos chip, Leveling kit, flip ball goose neck. Guess I did okay. Still get compliments on it today. Previous owner took great care of it.

 

I'll eat my hat if that 2000 has that low, 58K miles. Take a real good look at that brake pedal(transfer case shifter pic). Its almost wore though the rubber pad to the medal on the right lower corner. Those are the things I look at when I go to a dealer. I would think more like 100-150k at least with that kind of wear on the pedal.



I would give him 12k for his white truck where it sits as is.

 

My 2000 truck has fewer miles (57K). And Neil's 2000 has half that... 27K last he reported, but I haven't read anything from him in about a year.

Is your hat made of straw or felt? I hear straw is better on the digestive tract.

On the other hand, I get your point about the brake pedal, and your concerns about odometer fraud. (yet look at the condition of the rest of the truck).

Naturally, the most obvious question to ask before swallowing all that straw is what does my brake pedal look like, with almost the same mileage?

I should have cleaned it up for the picture, but truth is truth, right?




Or is it? How do you know whether or not this pedal cover has been replaced already at some point over the years, with a readily available at any five and dime auto parts store chain, for a mere $5, like these in the photo below?





So while it is true that my (original Ford OEM) brake pedal looks a lot less worn than the brake pedal of the truck for sale in the earlier post above with similar mileage, I wouldn't put much credence in brake pedal pad condition for estimating the true mileage of the vehicle. They are far too easily and cheaply replaced, with no dealership markup necessary.