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Well, first of all, hello. Ive been lurking around here for about 5 months now. About 5 months ago i was looking at buying a new truck. It was between a used CTD or a new hemi. The main purpose of this truck is a DD that i can tow my jeep with on the weekends. So i ended up getting a 08 1500 hemi. Its a beautiful truck, it is loaded, big wheels, leather remote start ect ect ect. Well, right after i got it i towed my jeep on a 8 hour round trip to haspin acres offroad park. I wasnt happy. it wasnt that it lacked power, it had a ton but you had to have your foot so deap in that no matter what i did i couldnt get more than 8mpg. We are talking a 4000 pound jeep on a 1500 pound trailer. but of course it was to late by then so ive been dealing with it.
well, last week i took my truck in to have some warrenty work done (front shocks). i desided to drive the lot to see what they had and there was a 06 CTD that i fell in love with lol.
it was gold colored, it has 36000 miles, it has some form of aftermarket exhuast (looks like just a cat back), leather, heated power seats ect. Only this it doesnt have that my truck does is a sunroof, remote start, and a rear power slider. it had a sticker on it that said 29999. So i went inside to talk to the sales people. (yes i had to go get them) they said they could give me 19000 for my truck that has 6500 miles. HAHA i knew i was going to take a loss but damn....I paid 33000 for it 4.5 months ago. then they said the best they could do on the CTD was 1000 bucks off. HAHA. I hate car salemen. So end of story, they want me to add over 10 grand to my loan. i think they are screwing me on both trucks.
They way i see it the 06 has high mileage (for a 06) It had a dent in the rear bumper, needed a bedliner, needs tires (some idiot put d rated BFG all terrians on it). my truck needs a bedliner (dents and scratches there) and has a small 1 cm long scrape in the rear bumper. Plus it is 2 years newer and has 30000 less miles. So....I have desided that i wont do it unless i can get within 3 grand...As in my truck and no more than 3 grand for that one. (and i plan to get a bed liner and tires in the deal lol)
Do you guys think that is to much to ask? What would be a good price to pay for the CTD? I know no one wants a big gas truck right now because of fuel prices but desiel is the same way. Plus it is kinda hard to find in my neck of the wood. there is only like 2 stations in town that have it.
Also, I think it is stock other than the cat back. But that worries me. I dont want a truck that has had a huge chip on it and stuff with no tranny work. I looked on the fuse box (and every other flat surface) so see if i could see where there was any vecrow or anythign where someone had mounted a chip or something. But what else should i look at? Im not even 100% sure the exhuast wasnt stock with a big tip welded on. Does anyone have a picture of a stock exhuast (under the truck)? it looked like about 4 inch pipe after the muffer to at least a 6 inch tip. but i couldnt see any brand names on the muffler or anything.
Anyways, thanks in advance for any help or advice.
(ill see if i can find the pics from the dealer site real quick. there was a couple good pics of it and a good one of the exhuast...)
well, last week i took my truck in to have some warrenty work done (front shocks). i desided to drive the lot to see what they had and there was a 06 CTD that i fell in love with lol.
it was gold colored, it has 36000 miles, it has some form of aftermarket exhuast (looks like just a cat back), leather, heated power seats ect. Only this it doesnt have that my truck does is a sunroof, remote start, and a rear power slider. it had a sticker on it that said 29999. So i went inside to talk to the sales people. (yes i had to go get them) they said they could give me 19000 for my truck that has 6500 miles. HAHA i knew i was going to take a loss but damn....I paid 33000 for it 4.5 months ago. then they said the best they could do on the CTD was 1000 bucks off. HAHA. I hate car salemen. So end of story, they want me to add over 10 grand to my loan. i think they are screwing me on both trucks.
They way i see it the 06 has high mileage (for a 06) It had a dent in the rear bumper, needed a bedliner, needs tires (some idiot put d rated BFG all terrians on it). my truck needs a bedliner (dents and scratches there) and has a small 1 cm long scrape in the rear bumper. Plus it is 2 years newer and has 30000 less miles. So....I have desided that i wont do it unless i can get within 3 grand...As in my truck and no more than 3 grand for that one. (and i plan to get a bed liner and tires in the deal lol)
Do you guys think that is to much to ask? What would be a good price to pay for the CTD? I know no one wants a big gas truck right now because of fuel prices but desiel is the same way. Plus it is kinda hard to find in my neck of the wood. there is only like 2 stations in town that have it.
Also, I think it is stock other than the cat back. But that worries me. I dont want a truck that has had a huge chip on it and stuff with no tranny work. I looked on the fuse box (and every other flat surface) so see if i could see where there was any vecrow or anythign where someone had mounted a chip or something. But what else should i look at? Im not even 100% sure the exhuast wasnt stock with a big tip welded on. Does anyone have a picture of a stock exhuast (under the truck)? it looked like about 4 inch pipe after the muffer to at least a 6 inch tip. but i couldnt see any brand names on the muffler or anything.
Anyways, thanks in advance for any help or advice.
(ill see if i can find the pics from the dealer site real quick. there was a couple good pics of it and a good one of the exhuast...)