Need a new truck (advice, please?)
While your on the topic, is there a "reasonable" size pickup I can get that
won't make me a partner with Exxon?
I bought a 2003 Dodge 1500 Quad Cab (4 full doors) for $22K. Great
truck! LOVE it and I am towing around 4000lbs with the small V8 and no
problems. The new 4 wheel disc brakes are much better then on the
previous style and it has the safest crash test rating (along with the
Toyota full size) of any p/u. With 0% financing and a 7 year powertrain
warranty it was a no brainer.
Best of luck with whatever you buy!
Bill
Butch Ammon wrote:
Hello there...
Well, the fateful day is fast approaching. You all know I have that old
beatup
'87 Ford Ranger 4x4 (hey it's old, dinged, scratched - but it has
character!)...
My old Ranger has 139,000 miles, automatic tranny is messing up, it's
got a
hole in the muffler, the A/C unit hasn't worked in 6-7 years, and just
now it
developed a hairline stress fracture in the right side front brake
rotor. I
refuse to pay $300+ bucks to get new brake rotors - because it's a 4x4
and the
labor is a killer.
Anyway, I desperately need a new pickup truck, and one with power to tow
my
boat with. I absolutely refuse to get a new truck. I mean, I won't
even look
at a 2003 Chevy, Ford, Dodge at around $35,000 only to drive it off the
dealer
lot and have it worth $28,000 or thereabouts.
My wife and I have a 99 GMC Jimmy 4x4 which is really nice, but doesn't
have a
trailer hitch for the boat. We also bought our daughters a 98 Chevy
Cavalier
for them to share and run around town, go to work, and drive it to
school in
September, etc... We just have to get something for ME!
I test drove a base model 2000 Chevy Silverado 1500 pickup the other
day, 5
speed standard, very nice and has a class III hitch on the back.
$11,950 is
the price. I like it a lot, except that it is a 5 speed manual
transmission.
What is a very, very, reliable, pickup truck that has cajones to pull a
2100
boat? Thanks for all the help, suggestions, opinions, etc...
Butch Ammon
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