Well, this is number 4 that I looked at. I found an 04 in Atl that got sold the morning that I applied for the loan. Then I found another 04 in Ozark, AR but they guy agreed to meet me just outside of Nashville to make the trade. He got there and it was a pile so I had to walk away from that one. Then... I found an 05 in Bremen, Ga at a dealer but the price was way too high for what it was. So I called the dealer and they said the price was flexible so I went down there. Well, they were asking $24,000 plus fees on the internet. After several hours of trying to work with them, they would only drop to $23,177 out the door. Which is basically perfect truck price for a non perfect truck. It had a bunch of little stupid stuff wrong with it but stuff that had to be takin into account while pricing, and it wasn't. It had been wrecked twice, had 118,000 miles, junkyard transfer case, bent step bars, a couple broken interior panels, blown out drivers seat padding, etc. I told them to come down to $23,000 out the door and they would not... so we left. Next day they called begging me to come back and finally agreed to drop the price to $23 even and fill it up with fuel after I told them I wasn't interested in it unless they could arrange that too. So they agreed but I told them I would have to spend a day at the bank before I could come get it. Well the next day they called again and even offered to deliver it to my house! I was like no thanks! That was all this past week, Mon-Wed. Well on Tuesday night I found this one freshly posted on Cummins Forum in Taylorsville, KY for $24,000 but it has half the miles, and s in perfect shape. Got him to come down to $23,500 so I got it. It is more money than I wanted to spend for sure... wanted something in the $18-19000 range, but I got a whole lot of truck for a great price. Heck, it still under warranty! This truck is basically brand new!
So I guess all I can tell you is to keep looking, I was ready to give up and then finally found this one. Also, don't be afraid to look further away. They are out there for cheaper if you aren't looking for a perfect truck.
