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Old 10-13-2011, 11:57 AM
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Im looking into buying a 01 ram 1500 that has 284K miles on it its a 5.9L V8 is it worth trying to buy this truck and if so what all do i need to ask the dealer about and what would be a fair price? First time buying a truck and i just need a cheaper truck so my wife can take our daughter to school and i can have something to drive back and forth to work.
 
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Old 10-13-2011, 01:03 PM
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Where are you at, what options does the truck have? almost 300K miles is a LOT here....
 
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Old 10-13-2011, 01:05 PM
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dont pay more then a 3 figure price...
 
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Im up in North dakota and im not sure what all the options are as of yet.
 
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one thing i do know is that they are asking $2800 for it.
 
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and now i just found out that it has not even been inspected by the dealer and that it for sure needs a new power steering pump lovely
 
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offer them $800 and not a dime more
 
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Too much with that many miles.

Need more information to tell you anything more than that though.
 
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do you have the add from the website , with that many miles im sure alots been replaced already
 
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I was gonna say $500 at first but didnt wanna sound like a dick lol.... I would offer $500 and go down from there lol
 



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