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Posted by Troll
 - January 06, 2017, 18:05:21 PM

Just bought a Kentucky Long Rifle kit, that will keep me busy all winter. I don't need no stinkin' truck!

Posted by Zoar
 - January 06, 2017, 12:46:22 PM
Quote from: Trall on January 04, 2017, 17:07:38 PM

I just visited and looked at the all New Aluminum Ford F150 trucks.  Absolutely great looking trucks.  No body rust ever with the aluminum bodies is what I liked the most.  I've been having truck fever for a newer 4X4 Crew cab (Chevy, Ford or Toyota) and selling my rust free, 73 k 01 4x4 Chevy Extend cab.  After looking at the payments and prices I would have to sell my 1500 Drifter and 01 Truck to get the balance and payment range I want.
At this point I don't know if my truck fever is getting higher or its just the winter blues where I am thinking of selling both for a new truck and get another 1500 later and restore it all over again.......It's a lot to replace and some of the parts are getting so hard to find.......IDK

OUCH! You know you will regret the day you sold that Drifter IF you sell it!

1) New vehicles are a RIP OFF. Everyone knows this.
2) Winter makes us stir crazy. I am looking at buying another Mauser Rifle. (I do not need this)
3) Aluminum bodies are nice but not required and you have a RUST free truck now, and somehow you achieved that without an aluminum body. What??
4) As others have posted, wait until after the BIG showroom depreciation happens, then buy if you want
5) Maybe get a puppy?

Posted by CDNRatMan
 - January 06, 2017, 10:29:49 AM

   Something like that special paint GM used on some vehicles and it was never supposed to show rust, and it is all peeling off the vehicles now.......it is not showing the rust it is just not on the vehicle......

Posted by RockinRollin
 - January 06, 2017, 09:01:18 AM

I wonder about the Aluminum body on the Fords, They may not rust but up here in Canada we pour the salt all over the roads for 5 months of the year. The aluminum would have a protective coating but if it was scratched or peeled off the corrosion would start and it wouldn't take long for the holes to show up.  Maybe I'm wrong but I would wait a few years to see how they fair at least in Canada.

Posted by mittico68
 - January 06, 2017, 08:49:08 AM
Quote from: Old Drifter on January 05, 2017, 18:41:25 PM

Good choice...you would have had high payments and no dream bike to ride for therapy from those high payments.

Absolutely well said!

Posted by Old Drifter
 - January 05, 2017, 18:41:25 PM

Good choice...you would have had high payments and no dream bike to ride for therapy from those high payments.

Posted by Trall
 - January 05, 2017, 14:30:35 PM

My new truck fever subsided.  Definitely keeping Drifter.  Just too much hassle to replace all the hard to find parts from the past two years and all the hours and dollars invested into my 1500 to get it to the dream bike level that I always wanted.  The more I think about it,  I am just getting a bigger payment for the connivence of a crew cab.  My 01 4x4 Silverado is already mint and rust free which in IL is rare by itself.

I still might upgrade to a Used crew cab 4x4 if my truck sells for what I want out of it and wait for a estate deal and super private party buy that comes up once in a great while if you constantly watch the for sale ads. I already drive a car daily - 1998 Olds 88 with only 64 k miles- bought it two years ago with 24k miles to save on gas and keep miles down on my 73K Miles  01 Silverado.

The new truck was a close impulse buy if the dealer gave me a market value price on my Silverado instead of a black book / trade in price like they do or make you fill good and give you a market price for your trade in and jack the new truck price up.

As you can tell.  I don't like big payments based on the vehicles I own so I definitely won't be buying a new truck.

Posted by DC
 - January 05, 2017, 11:07:32 AM
Quote from: greenbarn on January 04, 2017, 19:52:23 PM

My thoughts are to buy used.  A new truck is nice, but a 2-year old truck with low miles is nearly as nice, with a lot lower payments.  Just my 2 cents....

This is the way to do it, if you can.  You get the most bang for the buck.  But I get wanting a new truck.  I was looking at GMS Sierra Denalis, with a Duramax.  Mucho bux.  Nice to dream though.  I had the fever for it, for about 2-3 months.  Finally after looking at them for a while, the fever subsided.  I think I'll just supplement my old truck with a small high mpg car, as it looks like gas prices are going to significantly go up.
Posted by pcarrell
 - January 05, 2017, 07:55:24 AM
Quote from: greenbarn on January 04, 2017, 19:52:23 PM

My thoughts are to buy used.  A new truck is nice, but a 2-year old truck with low miles is nearly as nice, with a lot lower payments.  Just my 2 cents....

Exactly!  Let someone else eat all the depreciation!
Posted by mittico68
 - January 05, 2017, 02:04:49 AM

Keep the Drifter with you and wait until there will be some second hand F150 truck, as GB stated.
It will allow you to spend much more money for some new add-on for your bike!

Posted by CDNRatMan
 - January 04, 2017, 21:47:31 PM

 :o sell the Drifter, wow that is drastic, sad part is you buy another one and you might not get what you want or in as good a shape and then to spend all that money to get what you had, and might not find those hard to find parts.......

Posted by greenbarn
 - January 04, 2017, 19:52:23 PM

My thoughts are to buy used.  A new truck is nice, but a 2-year old truck with low miles is nearly as nice, with a lot lower payments.  Just my 2 cents....

Posted by Pilgrim
 - January 04, 2017, 18:50:37 PM

Might as well wait because you may not get much for the Drifter till spring. You could prob sell the 4x4 right now though.

Posted by Trall
 - January 04, 2017, 17:07:38 PM

I just visited and looked at the all New Aluminum Ford F150 trucks.  Absolutely great looking trucks.  No body rust ever with the aluminum bodies is what I liked the most.  I've been having truck fever for a newer 4X4 Crew cab (Chevy, Ford or Toyota) and selling my rust free, 73 k 01 4x4 Chevy Extend cab.  After looking at the payments and prices I would have to sell my 1500 Drifter and 01 Truck to get the balance and payment range I want.
At this point I don't know if my truck fever is getting higher or its just the winter blues where I am thinking of selling both for a new truck and get another 1500 later and restore it all over again.......It's a lot to replace and some of the parts are getting so hard to find.......IDK

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