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My new 2020 is in! When I ordered it back in May the sales manager said he was interested in my truck, if I wanted to trade it in. At the time he said "around 10,000" without really looking at it. What would you take for it? It's a 2000 F350, 7.3 CCLB, XLT, manual trans. with a 6 inch lift, new clutch and new tires.(5,000 on them). 165,000 on the odometer. I bought it new in December of 99. Has some rust on the bed cross members, otherwise in good shape. Thanks for any help!
I always trade in my vehicles, and generally they go by blue book value. They don’t care about upgrades, lifts, etc. They will knock it down though for rust, dents, etc.
Don’t know what your time frame is, but if want more than blue book, stick it on Craigslist for what you want and see what offers you get. You never know.....
Also....if you do trade it in, take off your good wheels/tires and throw some old ones on (before the dealer looks at it, of course). They won’t add value to the truck, and you’ll probably come out way ahead selling them yourself.
Look at the NADA web site! The dealers use KBB when trading in cars/truck, it is the lowest price! The NADA is a more true value of the vechicle price. There can be up to at least $3000 difference between the two.
Smokeploe
I think on Ebay it would sell between 11k and 15k. Detailed information in the listing will set the price, and very well done pictures. The plate shows NJ, if there is rust, to include undercarriage corrosion, all bets are off for an educated buyer. The lift kit may not add any price increase, some purchasers that want a 7.3 want it for a work purpose, the lift kit may actually make the truck less desirable to those type of buyers.
Things that will get the higher price include:
Detailed service history
Clean carfax
You are long term or even better original owner
Details with pictures the truck is rust free
Pictures, pictures, pictures
^ Whoa everything is expensive in the Bay Area nothing like a 20 year old truck for $20K+ to go along with your $1.2M 1200 sq/ft Ranch House :LMFAO
My buddy just traded in a similar truck to the OP's (Screw 4x4 7.3 PSD) and he got $8,500 for it; here's the kicker a tree fell on the roof (quoted $8K at the body shop to repiar) and it had 300,000 on it! But here in Colorado your truck would sell for $15K easily if it's not really rusty (surface frame rust is acceptable, start talking body rot then price begins to fall off).
It's very market dependent. Here we have a million bro brahs that want a lifted Diesel and are willing to pay $10K for a truck with 300K on it. In Jersey I have no clue what the market is, maybe $10K is fair, check out what similar trucks are advertised for on Market place and Craigslist or even sold listings on eBaymotors.
That manual trans might mean that a private sale could really get somebody on the hook who will pay more. I bet you would have a guy driving from Michigan with a 15K bank check. Original owner is rare and 165K is low-ish.
Not exactly your scenario, but I recently sold a 2003 7.3 Excursion with rust issues and 205,000 miles for $7800. I think I could have gotten more but the rust spooked me! Anyway, detailed the truck and took high quality pictures. Placed the ad on Craigslist and Facebook Marketplace. Got 10 replies on Craigslist and 44 on Facebook. In less than 24 hours. As a matter of fact, I took the ad down after 23 hours because I sold the Excursion for the asking price to the first buyer. The buyer was local (Western NC) but I had responses from as far away as GA, TN, MS and Kansas!
Lessons?
1. Get her clean and pretty!!
2. Take good pics with a nice background.
3. Don't discount the power of Facebook Marketplace.
That 2000 is a New Mexico truck. Huge potential difference from a New Jersey truck for a educated buyer. Not that is matters to a buyer that falls in love with tires and lift fits.....
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