Hey, I've been reading this forum for a few months now and just joined. I think I've narrowed my search down to two trucks. The first one: 2001 Ford F350 $8,995 - Corona Auto Wholesale - Corona, CA 92880 Dealer) This one the dealer is going to put on towing mirrors and a stock rear bumper for me.
I live in Rhode Island, so the one on NY would be more convenient, but the one in California looks like a nicer truck to me. Do you think the one in California is worth the extra $1000 or so?
GET THE WHITE ONE!!!:woot:
:hehe:
Im sooo biased...
Seriously tho...Get Carfax and OASIS reports on them both, and decide from there. The white one has less mileage and a fancier trim package, but basically they are both the same truck....
If you can wait and have cash to buy a truck go down to richie bros auction out in Perris. They only do auctions there a few times a yr there but there are other spots too.
Thanks guys, I think I'm going to go for the white one. I was really hoping for a black one, but I think I can make the white one look pretty aggressive. Is anyone in the vicinity of Corona? I would be willing to paypal someone some money as a thank you for checking out the truck and making sure it's in good shape.
Also, is there a thread where people post pictures of white trucks? I tried finding one and I couldn't. I was going for a black one because I thought it looked aggressive, so I'm looking for some ideas on how to make the white one look badass.
Definitly the white one, but did anybody else notice the seats in that white truck? They look like 04 lariat seats to me with the seatbelt in the seat like that. I thought the 01's were off the roof like my 02 :dunno:
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Nevermind, I guess its a crew cab vs x-cab thing. I just ebayed pictures of 01's and 02s and the extended cab trucks have almost totally different seats than the crew cabs - weird.
Go for the white one,i agree option are worth the extra grand. Blacks my favorite also but white is easier to keep clean and those dings and scratches you aquire over the years dont show as bad on awhite truck. keep surfen the org theres some badass white truck on here.:thumb:
There is standard 4X4 which is just 4X4. Then there is 4X4 Off-Road and that is 4X4 with steering stabalizer and skid plates. The 4X4 Off-Road was from the model year 99-02. FX4 is the same thing as the 4X4 Off-Road package but Ford started calling it FX4 on the 03 and up models and offered Rancho shocks.
wow, thanks for the knowledge! Learn something new everday. By the way, I gotta say, you guys are definitely the most friendly car forum I've ever been on. Thanks again.
wow, thanks for the knowledge! Learn something new everday. By the way, I gotta say, you guys are definitely the most friendly car forum I've ever been on. Thanks again.
Well I went and looked at that 01 in Corona is really rough. It's been painted twice. It's original color is red, then it was yellow, and now it's white and the paint job was bad. Just taped everything instead of removing interior parts. The paint has been rubbed off in a few places. The door dinger is stuck on when the door is open with or without the key in. The armrest is done and the passanger front seat belt clip has been chewed by a dog. The inside of the bed has dips in it and I saw signs of rust on the cab. The engine was freshly washed and the undercarrage has a black under coating on it. It started up just fine. I didn't test drive it though. I say get the other one. This one isn't worth it.
That truck 00Turbo444 posted up looks to be in way better condition. I believe that you get what you pay for. I bought the 02 in my sig for $16K in Feburary. It's a 02 F250 crewcab shortbed lariat 2wd with 51K miles at the time. Did I pay more than it's worth? I probably did but it's a clean truck and really good history on it but I have a nice truck and nothing needs to be done or repaired on it. I'm really happy with it and have no regrets about paying $16K for it after towing a F-550 400 miles this past weekend :woot:
From Rode Island I'd be looking south not north for a truck. I don't see any rust on that NY truck yet but if it's spent it's whole life here it's either got rust you can't see or it's been fixed once. Either way you'll be seeing it soon.
When I looked at the interior of the white one.......I wondered if the dog lived to chew again ?????:hehe::hehe:
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