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So I visited the local Ford dealership in our little community to visit the parts counter for some headlight clips, which they did not have. They however did have a limited edition F250. Check out the sticker. It sold that day.
No thanks, hard pass. I'll take my 2002 F-250 CCLB 4WD anyday over that electronic disaster on wheels. I paid $33K back in 2002......That thing looks to be loaded with too many bells and whistles..
as long as people keep paying that much for them, they will continue to increase in price unfortunately....eventually they will be 200 grand and let you finance for 20 years is where we are headed... Sure does make me appreciate my 01 that drives great still.
That is insanity. I bought a new 07 and it was under 25K OTD. Granted its 17 years later but nobodies income hasn't come close to that level of increase.
I love the SD's, but I'd have to be Scroodge McDuck rich before I even thought about spending $100K on a fairly run of the mill, production, Ford pickup.
I wonder what percentage of people buying $75K+ vehicles can actually afford them, vs people living dangerously off credit?
I'll also take a HARD pass.
My 2013 Lariat f-250 6.2/6R140 will be my last new heavy duty truck.
Having had every truck combo available over the years, made from 1987-2024, the 6.2/6r140 in the 2011-2016 block of trucks is on the list of the best (it's a short list). The only thing I wish they had was a reliable 8+ speed trans, and/or more power, but those are first world problems.
Same here. The guy who bought that truck (salesman told me) was not going to tow a thing. He just wanted the biggest luxo HD truck he could find. I laughed when Ford started this stuff making Lincoln branded trucks, platinum editions, and Harley Davidson editions. People buy them though.
I said this in another post, but the buyer was a local rich dude who keeps a vacation house here. Flies his own personal jet aircraft. Money does not matter to him. Seems ridiculous to me though. A gussied up truck like seems odd. Sam Walton drove his old Ford (with a dent in the side of it) with great admiration and pride. We sure need more men like Sam Walton.
I love the SD's, but I'd have to be Scroodge McDuck rich before I even thought about spending $100K on a fairly run of the mill, production, Ford pickup.
I wonder what percentage of people buying $75K+ vehicles can actually afford them, vs people living dangerously off credit?
Take a look through the 2017+ forum. Enough threads on best finance rates, best trade in values, and many smug posts all while screaming my truck is bank owned and I dont understand finance.
2019 was the last year of the manual transfercase and 2022 was the last year of crank windows and manual locks. Unfortunately I have to buy these trucks for work and cant get away with keeping a truck for 20+ years. Even the most basic XL F250 is now 50k brand new with power everything and over the air updates connected to Ford. 2013-2016 in my opinion are the best years of pickup and chassis cab. 2017-2019 chassis cabs are decent with the old 6.8L and 6R140 but these newer 2020s have plenty of issues and poorer build quality.
2017 they added intake manifold runner to the 6.2L and they fail very often and require a new manifold which was on a lengthy backorder for years and as of late I read they are not producing anymore and have not come out with a revised version. Great way to screw up the reliable 6.2L.
My 2001 cost $43K new and even then, that's not what was paid for it.
My 2005 cost around $50K new and even then, they were cutting $10K off the top with dealer discounts on both.
My faithful and reliable 6.0 and 7.3 Excursions will always remain in the fleet. I too agree that the 2013-2016 6.7 are the ones to buy. I'm partially biased because I like the steel body trucks better than the 2017 look.
