Ive bought my 05 with 86k in 09 and its going strong at 114k right now. No problems besides for a few ball joints and a cv shaft.

 

Back on Wednesday, I just paid about 15000 and some change for my 2006 quad cab V8 4x4 slt with 53000 miles on it.

 

That seems awfully high in my opinion. I bought mine just over a year ago. It's an 05 and had 50001 mile on it when i picked it up and with taxes and registration and what not it came to a hair over 12k total.

 

I think I paid around 15k for my 05 4x4 slt h.o. v8 quad cab with around 45k miles, there were some for less but I am really picky about scratches and dings and this one was perfect and had the h.o. v8 so i went with it. Also since it was a one owner vehicle it qualified to have the 7 year 70k factory power train warranty transfered over to me. You may want to check if you are the 2nd owner and if so transfer power train warranty over to yourself I think you have 30 - 60 days to do so after your purchase. I forget how much it is but it is worth the piece of mind knowing you have 2 more years and 20k miles of power train warranty.

 

Yeah at first I was worried it was a little high, I know I'm sure there are better deals but after a few weeks of looking it was the best I could find with what I wanted. It is in excellent shape, no scratches, dings dents etc. It's flawless. I'm the third owner so the warranty won't transfer unfortunately. I found on for 12K but it had 121,000 miles and was just an ST. Maybe because I'm out in California and here we have fee's for everything!!!

 

I paid $11,625 to drive my truck off the lot in May, 2009. Today, its still blue booking at $10,500 in good condition.

 

Adding all the options that came with my Dakota the bluebook was $13,950 for good condition which is what it came to before taxes and licensing fees. In excellent condition which according to KBB it is in it's bluebook for private party was $14,600 and for a dealer was $16,600. So I feel ok. I'm just happy to have it!

 

I won't mention what I paid for my '05, but it's in the mid 4 digits, is what I'll say, after repairs and parts. That's why I couldn't pass it up.

Different areas will have different markets for these trucks.

 

so you got pictures of this new treasure you picked up?

 

Good call. Some of the ST models were REALLY basic (my 2005 ST didn't even have power windows and that was a huge PITA let me tell you.)