CalifBill wrote:

A Ford F-250 base model is nearly $51,000 depending on the
specific model.

Bull****!!!!!


May be close to that list price. My 2004 Silverado HD LT 4x4 Diesel was
list about $47k.

Did you just possibly happen to read "base model"??? Do you ever get
tired of being wrong?
Here is an example, MSRP is $34k can be had for $30k, do you consider
THAT close to $51k?:

http://autos.yahoo.com/ford_truck_f_...t _styleside/

The King Ranch version is only $40k directly from Ford's website:
http://tinyurl.com/yyjm23