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I bet you'll like the Tundra. Best friend and a fellow Rancher that I grew up with just got a new Tundra. He absolutely loves it. Only thing that pisses him off is that my 6.7 Diesel gets better fuel mileage than his Tundra.
But, of course, he reminds me that he spent a hell of a lot less money than I did, and he's proud of it. He's Definately got a good point, too.
Anyhow, congrats on your new truck! I bet you will like it.

I hope so. My dad's had one for 7 years and has loved it. I've worked a pretty good deal so I feel pretty good about it.

I like my 2011 Tundra better every day, but am kind of needing a bigger truck for towing/hauling stuff.

It should get it done for me. I just couldn't justify the added cost.

Traded in my 04 2500hd last year and was amazed at the price I got. Dealer had people waiting for an older diesel.

For your Tundra, and I am speaking from experience, don't get a full cold air intake. All they do is make more noise. If you want to change anything switch to the drop in air filter from either AFE or AEM. I don't remember which. You will get a better filter that is dry, it flows better and it is quieter. A hyper tech will get your 7-8 rwhp. the only thing that really works is a supercharger for power or long tube headers and a full exhaust. The bullydog is a waste of money until they release some programing that actually works. Hopefully some day...

Thanks.

I recently bought a new Chevy (2014) for work (state). It is a 1/2 ton gas 4x4 crew. Window sticker was around $43k. We paid $27k, so I know they still have a ton of markup in them.

I'll be sticking with my 05 Dodge Cummins for a while. it's got 90k trouble free miles on it.

Funny thing though. Truck prices have sky rocketed in the past 7-8 years. However, we bought my wife a new 4Runner in '05 and the sticker was $38k (not what we paid). Looked at one last week ('14 model) and for the same options as hers (except that her's is a V8) a comparable new one was $40k. Very surprised to see that the prices were not far off what they were 9 years ago.

When I bought my '04 F150, getting 25% off list was no problem, especially since I was on their X plan (Ford supplier's deep discount plan)

Maybe because the economy is good here, it was a tough battle getting anything close to a discount on my 2014 Ecoboost 4x4. My research said I got an excellent deal, but % wise it was a lot less of a discount than the 04. And I saw the current X plan (which I don't qualify for any longer) and it's no better.

I'm surprised at how many folks trade their vehicle in to a dealer instead of selling it usually costs you 10 - 20% of what you can get selling it yourself. Daughter bought her first new car last month and got $4100 from a private party in 4 days vs $2700 trade in offer from the dealer. I can wait 4 days to make an extra $1400 pretty much every time. Dealer prices varied $1500 on a Subaru Impreza so about $3k savings selling it herself and shopping around - but it took an extra week of waiting.

With 6-7% sales tax in Georgia, your trade amount reduces your tax liability on your purchase, so unless you can sell your vehicle privately for more than 7% of your trade offer, you're not gaining anything.