| cowboywanabe |
06-06-2007 09:21 AM |
Rangerless Rob
Guess it's time to confess. I unloaded the Ranger. But, I didn't defect to another manufacturer. I get X-plan pricing through my employer so I stayed with Ford. I picked up an 07 Five Hundred. The incentives and the 1.9 financing were too good to pass up. I couldn't justify going with another truck with all the commuting I do. I kind of like this 29 MPG thing! And, the trunk on the Five Hundred is big enough for me to work part time as a mafia shuttle driver. :-X06
The last straw on the Ranger came last week when I was underneath it changing the oil. The transfer case was leaking. Nothing good can come of a 40 MPH collision with a concrete wall. The latest on the drivetrain vibration was a suspected bent axle, but they didn't think it was bad enough to fix yet. The bottom line? State Farm spent $14K to fix a truck that was only worth $17K on a trade in. I'll be paying for this loss for the next five years!
I traded at Anderson Ford in Omaha. They were pretty good to work with, X plan makes the negotiations pretty easy. They were able to give me $1500 more than anyone else on the trade too.
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