I am looking at a small local dealer that still has a new 2007 Ram 1500 Mega Cab SLT 4X2 on his lot. It has never been titled and has about 30 miles on it. The build date on it was 4/07 so it has been sitting for nearly two years. It has a MSRP of about 35,000 on it.

I am really impressed by the vehicle. It has the 3.73 rear end. The tow rating that I noticed via Trailer Life is 7750 lbs. I tow a camper that is about 5500-6000 lbs fully loaded.

What are your thoughts? Is this a good match? What do you think would be a fair price to pay on this vehicle?

Thanks

 

I wouldnt pay more than 17K...dont know if its a realistic price or not, but thats as high as id personally go.

 

hail damaged and fixed or something?

 

There is nothing wrong with it. It is a small rural dealer and I have been watching it sit for about a year.

 

i'd think right around 20,000 would be right... certainly not much more tho

 

Thank you for your responses. Does anyone else have any insight into purchasing a New 2007 Ram MegaCab?

Thanks

 

Just for a semi comparison, I just bought my '07 about 6 months ago, w/ 33k miles on it (4x4) and got it for right around 17k. That truck being a mega cab, no miles, but 4x2, Id imagine its somewhere along those lines, 17-20k.

 

I'm assuming since the MSRP was "only" $35k new, it's a Hemi and not a CTD. The 3.73 gearing in a gasser is gonna blow chunks towing 5-6k pounds. Get 'em down as low as you can and tell 'em you are only interested in the truck as a tow vehicle and make 'em put the factory 4.11 gears on it. They should be so willing to get that truck off their lot they'd do just about anything to make it the way you want/need it...

 

Same thing happened to me.

I bought my '06 Mega SLT in mid '07. Was stickered at $37, it was dropped in the ad to $26 and I walked out paying $24,500 and a drop in bedliner included. After that I had a '99 explorer w/ 150k miles that I traded in for an additional $2500 off of that.

Good Luck in the negotiations. You should be able to get a great price on that.

 

I agree with Hammer, 3.73's pulling over 5k lbs..... its a stretch. You wont be very happy with the performance. I tow a 4500lb Avion with my truck (4.11 gears) and I can really feel it back there.