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Old 06-05-2008, 08:14 AM
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So after you guys put up with my other thread "Looking to buy", I did buy. I bought an '07 1500 QC 4x4 Hemi chrome 20's w/ 22k miles on the clock for $16k. Dang it's a beautiful truck!! I got it last weekend, right after the terrible storms went through Indiana and a tornado touched down about a mile from house. If I had bought it the day before, a large limb would have landed on it. Good fortune there.

The truck does have a bedliner but the rest is stock. I guess I will be looking for upgrade suggestions soon. My wife has said that stepbars are the first mod, since she can barely get into it! Then I suppose gas mileage mods would be next!

I'm loving it so far, except stopping by the gas station!

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Old 06-05-2008, 08:23 AM
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congrats on the buy. Seems like you got a good deal too. $16k for a QC 4x4.... WOW. Guess gas prices are doing some good..LOL!!!
 
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Old 06-05-2008, 08:35 AM
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Congrats on the purchase, it looks good.
Yea, the price of gas REALLY makes it a buyer's market. I was looking at trading my '04 in on a 2500 CTD 4x4 a year ago, and balked about the lousy $16,000 they offered me in trade.
Since you just paid that for an '07 4x4, I'd shudder to think what I'd get now...
 
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Old 06-05-2008, 09:06 AM
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Yeah, I'm glad you like your truck, kinda depresses me though that you only paid $16k for it though... hmmmm... Oh well, I plan to keep mine till the wheels fall off... I would say let the modding begin, but I know with me, gas prices have kept me from do anything to my truck lately...[:@][:@]
 
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Old 06-05-2008, 09:12 AM
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yea, i paid 17k for an 04 with 50k just a few months ago. but i'm no hater, congrats on getting a great truck for a great price! and it looks damn good too.
 
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Old 06-05-2008, 01:17 PM
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They had it marked down to 18,995. They said they took it in trade in February and had 19.5k in it. I severely doubt that, but they really didn't want to budge on it. They technically didn't come down on the price, but they finally gave in and upped my trade-in by $2500 to make it work. It's probably going to be easier to sell the 4cyl Mazda 6 I traded in, then to let this beast sit on the lot for several more months.

Patriot Blue is my favorite color, with Cool Vanilla a close 2nd. I actually tried to buy an '06 cool vanilla with 16k miles on it, but they wouldn't budge on the $22k sticker price at a different dealer.

I feel comfortable with the deal I received, and I suppose that's all that really matters. I'll have to keep it for a long time though, because if I tried to turn around and sell it, I'd probably still be out at least $6k!

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Old 06-05-2008, 01:40 PM
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Out of curiosity, what kind of warranty did you get on a used '07?
 
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Old 06-05-2008, 01:47 PM
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Very nice!
 
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nice truck. it looks brand new!
 
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Old 06-05-2008, 08:26 PM
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I received the 3 year / 36,000 mile warranty, of which there is 14k miles and 1 year left.

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