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Old 01-10-2012, 03:31 PM
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v6 whats total price?
 
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Old 01-10-2012, 05:17 PM
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That particular rust spot under the hood is typical unfortunately. But if you find another Dakota, this is about the best and most helpful forum I've seen out there for pretty much anything. So many people willing to help out. I personally wouldn't buy one with sewn up seats. That's just a poor refurb job.
 

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Ill sell you mines 55k miles v8 quad 4x4 for 14k
 
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2005 v6 st quadcab.....just crossed 100k and have had no transmission problems. Getting about 21 mpg highway and around 17-18 city. As for suspension, it does float like a caddy up front, even with my drop. But no other suspension problems.
 
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Ill sell you mines 55k miles v8 quad 4x4 for 14k
oh snap!
 
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Old 01-10-2012, 10:23 PM
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WOW .. way over priced .. I have a 740 credit score so I usually get some of the best interest rates you can get on a truck and I am paying $280/month with nothing down with a loan amount of $16,000 (truck cost was $12k but I was upside down on the car I traded in and My truck might have had more miles when I got mine but mine is a quad cab with (6speed option) and a year newer and bought it 2 yrs ago... so with a perfect credit score looks like they are looking for $18k+ for that truck
 
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I pay 288 a month for mine, love it. I went threw hell with the front end. Go to rockauto.com to get a idea of what the prices are, then add 30% because that's what a shop will charge you for that part. Also my credit score was around 700, not bad at 20 years old Btw mine was 13,900 all totaled to like 15,500. I've already paid the interest off in a little over a year.
 
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Old 01-11-2012, 02:26 AM
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Originally Posted by durapu
WOW .. way over priced .. I have a 740 credit score so I usually get some of the best interest rates you can get on a truck and I am paying $280/month with nothing down with a loan amount of $16,000 (truck cost was $12k but I was upside down on the car I traded in and My truck might have had more miles when I got mine but mine is a quad cab with (6speed option) and a year newer and bought it 2 yrs ago... so with a perfect credit score looks like they are looking for $18k+ for that truck
Perfect credit doesn't always get a 0% rate though, especially at a place that advertises that they approve everyone. I bet their best rates are no less than 6%. Some people just starting out get robbed with rates like 20% and such. My guess is around 14.5 with a 9% rate. Still way to much for an 05' Club cab with a v6, torn seats, wet-dog-smoke-***** smell and an incredibly rusty core support.
 
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I paid $19k for mine I had horrible credit, I bought it 2 years old with less then 20k miles in perfect condition, no accidents, and with a 70k Dodge warranty. Main problems I had are front end, exhaust leaks at flanges on front end, and now sensor isn't reading proper pressure in the transmission at 100k miles.
 


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