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Would Like Your Opinion.
It's time for a newer truck. I was looking at a 2004 f-150 Lariat Ext. Cab 4wd. I had it looker over and all it needs is brakes and rotors. Buddy has all new brakes in the backseat. The truck has 70,000km's on it and the lowest I could get him was $17,000Can. I checked out the clean retail on the internet and it came up at 15,600 at the most. The truck has everything except the moon roof. What do you think?
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depends on how bad you want it
if you pay his price, it means you are carrying over his negative equity
while the truck might be a very nice one...that is alot of money IMO to pay for a 5 yr old Extended Cab (Scab).
the lower mileage is nice though...still a toss-up on how badly you want that truck vs. paying about $1,500-2,000 too much
if you pay his price, it means you are carrying over his negative equity
while the truck might be a very nice one...that is alot of money IMO to pay for a 5 yr old Extended Cab (Scab).
the lower mileage is nice though...still a toss-up on how badly you want that truck vs. paying about $1,500-2,000 too much
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Well just to add to the story I'm 18 years old and I would like to think I have a very reliable job for my age. The truck I drive now is a 1998 4.2L F-150xl 5 speed reg. cab with 275,000km's, it works and looks good but it's getting to that point where it's going to need some work that I feel wouldn't be worth it for me. And I guess it still goes back to how bad I want it vs. paying to much. I'm thinking I might be better off to wait it out.
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Just for comparison, i bought a 04 STX crew cab 4x4 with 70000 miles last year from a dealer for $9995. My truck doesnt have all the frills that the Lariat has and you should be able to find a deal like i got on a 04+ F150. So you have to ask yourself is all the extras that the Lariat has worth and extra $7000? Just my thoughts.
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I checked around. The Ford dealership wants $24,900 for a 2006 S-crew with no kind of warrenty and theres another dealer who wants $22,777 for a 06 S-crew with Lubrico warreny. I think I'm gonna wait this 04 Lariat out. I'm leaving for work for 2-3 weeks so I'll see what the deal is when I get back.
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I checked around. The Ford dealership wants $24,900 for a 2006 S-crew with no kind of warrenty and theres another dealer who wants $22,777 for a 06 S-crew with Lubrico warreny. I think I'm gonna wait this 04 Lariat out. I'm leaving for work for 2-3 weeks so I'll see what the deal is when I get back.
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