Deal or No Deal?
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07-14-2011, 06:36 PM
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Deal or No Deal?
Hello all! I need your guys opinion. I'm thinking of purchasing a used 97 Dodge Ram 1500 5.2L Laramie with 112k miles with the price tag at $5,500. Body is really good, very small size rust on the bottom and the body paint is still good. There is no engine light but here is the trouble part.
While idling, the engine makes this loud blower noises very 30secs. (Good or Bad?, not sure)
Shakes while stopping at an intersection.
Wooble movement between 30-50 mph.
Little engine struggle when I stop at a red light.
I can't make my mind up, please help. You think its a good deal?
While idling, the engine makes this loud blower noises very 30secs. (Good or Bad?, not sure)
Shakes while stopping at an intersection.
Wooble movement between 30-50 mph.
Little engine struggle when I stop at a red light.
I can't make my mind up, please help. You think its a good deal?
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07-14-2011, 06:44 PM
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the only advantages I can negotiate my brain into releasing for a truck that age and with that many miles are:
- most the issues are known and documented, which makes repairing them on your own a LOT easier
- if you like to tinker, and not just twist the key and get from point A to point B
- nostalgia of owning one of the series of trucks that 'changed the game'
of course, you could get a lot better truck for the same money, so I would say no to your deal.. Don't take Chevy's or Ford's off the list.. their parts and pieces are easier to find and not made of precious metals..
- most the issues are known and documented, which makes repairing them on your own a LOT easier
- if you like to tinker, and not just twist the key and get from point A to point B
- nostalgia of owning one of the series of trucks that 'changed the game'
of course, you could get a lot better truck for the same money, so I would say no to your deal.. Don't take Chevy's or Ford's off the list.. their parts and pieces are easier to find and not made of precious metals..
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the only advantages I can negotiate my brain into releasing for a truck that age and with that many miles are:
- most the issues are known and documented, which makes repairing them on your own a LOT easier
- if you like to tinker, and not just twist the key and get from point A to point B
- nostalgia of owning one of the series of trucks that 'changed the game'
of course, you could get a lot better truck for the same money, so I would say no to your deal.. Don't take Chevy's or Ford's off the list.. their parts and pieces are easier to find and not made of precious metals..
- most the issues are known and documented, which makes repairing them on your own a LOT easier
- if you like to tinker, and not just twist the key and get from point A to point B
- nostalgia of owning one of the series of trucks that 'changed the game'
of course, you could get a lot better truck for the same money, so I would say no to your deal.. Don't take Chevy's or Ford's off the list.. their parts and pieces are easier to find and not made of precious metals..
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07-18-2011, 10:35 PM
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X2 Dont take chevy or ford off the list. Starting to double think our purchase of the RAM. We did mad research on these RAM's on the net/other forum's then came across this site with all these mad electrical issue's with no starting issue's n such we are double thinking our purchase hoping the truck dont leave us stranded one day.
nostalgia of owning one of the series of trucks that 'changed the game'
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