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Kind of kicking myself for letting myself lose out on a f250 that I don't think will come up again anytime soon. It was for sale for 12 weeks at a dealer while I was out of the country over the winter, I came back and made them a somewhat low (but I felt fair offer given how long it had been sitting, probably around what they paid for it to be honest) Long story short they came down a bit but we were $1000 apart, and when I made up my mind to buy it a week later, it finally sold... had a very rare factory installed Warn winch ($4,000 option) $700 ford bed ramps, $500 center console safe, factory spray in liner, etc and extremely clean and low km for the year....
Now will be paying the same $$ or more for one with more than double the km on it, and not as many options from what's been popping up for sale. Prices haven't dropped a penny since last summer on this model... Every single one that gets listed is within a grand or two of last years prices, if not more. So much for a bad economy.
 
Mikedezo44 said:
Kind of kicking myself for letting myself lose out on a f250 that I don't think will come up again anytime soon. It was for sale for 12 weeks at a dealer while I was out of the country over the winter, I came back and made them a somewhat low (but I felt fair offer given how long it had been sitting, probably around what they paid for it to be honest) Long story short they came down a bit but we were $1000 apart, and when I made up my mind to buy it a week later, it finally sold... had a very rare factory installed Warn winch ($4,000 option) $700 ford bed ramps, $500 center console safe, factory spray in liner, etc and extremely clean and low km for the year....
Now will be paying the same $$ or more for one with more than double the km on it, and not as many options from what's been popping up for sale. Prices haven't dropped a penny since last summer on this model... Every single one that gets listed is within a grand or two of last years prices, if not more. So much for a bad economy.
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There's going to be one coming through the auctions soon. There is no way @GP_RZ 's truck requires $42K to get it back on the road. As a work truck, the salvage title may not matter as you plan on using it for work which beats up the value of any truck.
 

I know this is borderline ridiculous, but I want one so much.
 
PacoT said:

I know this is borderline ridiculous, but I want one so much.
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With Ford doing their LOBO trucks, good on Dodge for joining the party and seeing how the market is. We may not see many of these trucks sell in Canada but the US is a plenty with people putting supercharger kits on V8 trucks right out of the showroom floor.
Buddy of mine has a TRX and loves it (he has no use for a truck, never puts anything in it, just wanted it). Obviously these trucks aren't for everyone but hey if they sell, cool. I like it as it reminds me of my youth with the lowered trucks, S10's with V8 swaps, and the GMC 454.
 
Wonder what insurance will be like . Or when the insurance companies don’t want to touch them . My sixty yr old friend is just over two grand for his Raptor, he drives under ten thousand Km per


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Picked it up ye
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Well I ended up getting a new 26 f250, Insurance was trying to give me the gears, last Monday the agent called and said it going to be around 42k to fix your truck by Trillium Ford Alliston, so it look like it will be a total loss. I asked him if i should go and clear out truck and start looking for another truck, he said he would advise that. 20 minutes later I was at dealership clearing out my belongings, then went in and asked sales if they could get a truck I saw in Ottawa, said yes and left a deposit. Fast forward to Friday and get home and wife says they want to fix the truck for 42k...I was ******, turns out the agent opened his mouth to soon, we complained they reviewed the calls and had to do the right thing...cut me a cheque for 70k , so kicked in another 10k and got the truck I wanted with 430 gears, pick up next week just waiting for new tires and line-x installed....thank the lord for recorded phone calls, all happy now!

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Picked it up yesterday, very happy so far and really like the 4.30 gears!

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After literally years of searching/thinking/deciding I finally found one I am happy with and upgraded. Kind of a unicorn truck. Was owned by Ford corporate, used at one of their plants, a bit of a mystery why they kept it around so long or what they did with it as it is in literally new condition looking like it's never seen rain underneath or trailer hitch ever used. Barely even looks like anyone had a drink in the cupholder, but has 4,000km on it. The dealer said they buy quite a few from Ford corporate that come up for sale every couple months from executives or whatever. This one might have even been stored indoors, it's that clean.

2022 F250 Diesel, Lariat. Only year of this body style with the upgraded big navigation screen(that comes on the newer ones) but still has the older analog gauges in the dash (not a complete video screen) Exactly what I wanted/searched long for a clean one. Obviously all of them have 80,000km or more on them now for sale by this point so really lucked out getting a pretty well brand new truck at a lower end of the market price that doesn't have 100k on it. 98k window sticker, now to build on their website same options would be $112,000. Salesman said he sells a ton of diesels to farmers (near Chatam) without major issues so hoping for a good 10+ years of service out of it.
Driving it back to back coming from a F150 it sure feels more like a serious "truck" with the stiff suspension and Diesel power. Bit of a brute around the city but feels good on the highway. Keeping my F150 for at least the summer and will decide if will keep it around longer if not really costing me much after I had just paid for the safety and upgraded registration etc not long ago might as well.
 
Mikedezo44 said:
After literally years of searching/thinking/deciding I finally found one I am happy with and upgraded. Kind of a unicorn truck. Was owned by Ford corporate, used at one of their plants, a bit of a mystery why they kept it around so long or what they did with it as it is in literally new condition looking like it's never seen rain underneath or trailer hitch ever used. Barely even looks like anyone had a drink in the cupholder, but has 4,000km on it. The dealer said they buy quite a few from Ford corporate that come up for sale every couple months from executives or whatever. This one might have even been stored indoors, it's that clean.

2022 F250 Diesel, Lariat. Only year of this body style with the upgraded big navigation screen(that comes on the newer ones) but still has the older analog gauges in the dash (not a complete video screen) Exactly what I wanted/searched long for a clean one. Obviously all of them have 80,000km or more on them now for sale by this point so really lucked out getting a pretty well brand new truck at a lower end of the market price that doesn't have 100k on it. 98k window sticker, now to build on their website same options would be $112,000. Salesman said he sells a ton of diesels to farmers (near Chatam) without major issues so hoping for a good 10+ years of service out of it.
Driving it back to back coming from a F150 it sure feels more like a serious "truck" with the stiff suspension and Diesel power. Bit of a brute around the city but feels good on the highway. Keeping my F150 for at least the summer and will decide if will keep it around longer if not really costing me much after I had just paid for the safety and upgraded registration etc not long ago might as well.
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Known as a "cap car", or "capitalized unit" inside the plant.
Usually used by Managers, and higher ranking suit clad folks, their cars get detailed every day..
These type of units get posted on the bulletin boards, so employees can have 1st pick.
After a "bit of time" not selling, dealers step in, and buy them.
As a Ford employee, we can buy these on our plan at dealerships.......but, no thanks.
 
Any particular reason you would stay away from them? Only has 14 engine idle hours so not like it was just sitting and running like a security or police vehicle might...
He talked about tons of low mileage F150's that come up in these dealer only auctions.
 
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Any particular reason you would stay away from them? Only has 14 engine idle hours so not like it was just sitting and running like a security or police vehicle might...
He talked about tons of low mileage F150's that come up in these dealer only auctions.
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They're just as good as new, sometimes better, if recalls etc were taken care of already.
Personally, I wouldn't buy any Ford, new, capitalized, used, bent or straight, on any plan I have.
I prefer Honda.
 
Gary said:
They're just as good as new, sometimes better, if recalls etc were taken care of already.
Personally, I wouldn't buy any Ford, new, capitalized, used, bent or straight, on any plan I have.
I prefer Honda.
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I find Ford owners are very loyal, particularly truck owners.

If you want a truck, Honda is out and is struggling a bit with reputation for legendary dependability. F150s are good for light duty - but only if you use them like an urban cowboy. My experience is Dodge and GM trucks, while not perfect, are built much better for work.
 
Any truck is just fine for work , used within the design spec for that truck . Don’t buy the Vsix F series and expect to pull seven thousand pounds uphill . Guys with the new Tacoma turbo four pulling RV trailers , that’s going to suck . Just don’t under buy . If you decide , I only move the ten ton trailer twice a yr , well twice a yr you need the big truck .


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Any truck is just fine for work , used within the design spec for that truck . Don’t buy the Vsix F series and expect to pull seven thousand pounds uphill . Guys with the new Tacoma turbo four pulling RV trailers , that’s going to suck . Just don’t under buy . If you decide , I only move the ten ton trailer twice a yr , well twice a yr you need the big truck .


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We use fords, gmc, dodge and Toyota way up north. They are light duty use on rough roads and cold conditions, they rarely exceed 50kmh, get about 7500km a year.

They idle a lot, carry mostly people and light loads to worksites.

Half tons:
Toyotas are good (all 5.7), but suffer in the cold. Holding temp, broken plastics (handles) and free zips of traction control).

GMs are the most dependable.

Dodges are pretty good (4.7l)

F150s come here to die (5.0l) Everything plastic suffers in the cold, electronics fail, and like Toyotas the can’t maintain temps in the cold, all lose engines and trannies fast. Very hard to get repaired.

3/4 tons.

Dodge with Cummins have proven to be indestructible.

F250 are good, but they drive like crap on rough roads - bouncy and noisy as f.

Gmcs plug along but use a lot of brakes and suspension. Nice thing is they are simplest and cheapest to fix.

There are about 1,000 1:2 ton trucks in one community where I work. 40% dodge,40% gmc, 20% ford. In the dead pile, 80% f150, 20% other.
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