!!!!!OUCH!!!!!

[willholl79]

Well here's a bit of bad news.......the 01 F250 that my wife drives(see specs below) is becoming a bit of a burden on the wallet with $5/gal diesel. In Jan 08 we took it to a local Ford dealer to get an idea on what trade in would be. They told us $12,000. We didn't trade at the time but lately have been thinking about making a move. We went back to the same dealer today and the trade in value is now $4500!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The trade in on the truck has dropped $7500 in 4 months!

I'll park it in the field and throw rocks at it before I take $4500 for trade in.

If anyone is interested in a good truck let me know.

[RollinEarly99]

Did you ask them why the trade in price went down so much? That's really wierd!

[willholl79]

Well I know why it went down. The market for these trucks is not to good. With fuel prices up: people who can afford to buy a truck that runs on diesel and gets 18 mpg can afford a brand new one!

[TennesseeDuck]

Prices have plunged hard on these trucks. Last weekend we bought my wife a loaded mint 04 250 crew cab lariat fx4 with 49k on it and they gave me a warranty to 100k, it was owned by a Dr. Got it for 19k, 3 months earlier they wanted 33k for it and if I had waited I probably could have got it cheaper yet.

[willholl79]

Oh yeah, and to make matters worse, she got pulled over by the GA State Patrol and got a ticket for windows tinted too dark? WTF???? Is there nothing better to do? No crackheads to arrest or DUI's to give? What an a$$hole. Besides, the windows were tinted 4 years ago when I bought the truck. I've been pulled over several times and nothing was ever said about the tint.

[TennesseeDuck]

I've been waiting for the window tint nazi's to get my wife too. Hers is a Tn truck and looks to have 20% on the windows and Ohio cops are kinda anal about it. I agree tho, murders, mass shootings, drugies and your lookin at my tint!!!!

[TennesseeDuck]

Willholl79, And my pride and joy 1989 Ford GT65 Diesel Lawnmower. I saw this in your sig and told my wife I wanted one. First I got the "your a idiot look" and then "I am not paying 5 bucks a gallon to mow the yard. To which I replied "I bet ya do before its over!" which got me the "you need to learn when to shut up look".

[willholl79]

Yeah, I love that darn lawn mower. If it hits a patch of thick grass it just blows a couple puffs of black smoke and keeps on trucking!

[TennesseeDuck]

Here the city makes us keep the grass cut or I'd have a jungle, I hate cutting grass. I'm thinking of getting a cow or a goat, at least I could eat them at the end of summer.

[AJF]

It would seem with prices the way they are it would just be better to hold on to the truck and ride the fuel wave