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Keep a few thousand dollars handy if you want a 10 year old truck. When they come up for sale by an individual ready money is your friend. Not necessarily so with dealers, they want the finance or lease money. Buy from an individual.

Just curious. Did you get a price below MSRP?

No offense but I think some of you guys are out of the loop concerning the current market.

True.

I keep a nickel in my britches in case I want some sugar candy at the general store.

I have noticed a lot of the people at auctions are just used car lot owners buying them for their lots.

Anyhow you may pay more at an actual dealership for a used vehicle than from an individual, but at the same time a dealership (usually) will have their mechanics go through it and make any necessary repairs before selling. Same with a used car dealer if they have a mechanic, or they'll take it to an autoshop they work with before reselling. Most individuals selling their vehicles sell them as is, and often bandaid any issues so you don't notice them until you make the deal. I am sure exceptions to this exit, but as a general rule this has been my experience.

If you finance, you often get a better interest rate buying new vs used, regardless if you go through a dealer or not.

There's lots of ups and downs to decipher.

You guys are cracking me the fugk up.

My wife's Highlander is one year old. ONE year old.

CARMAX (read that again) will give me $10K over what she paid. On a fugking Highlander.

Buckle your seat belts, it's gonna get worse.

Yeah, man, buy from an individual. 'Cuz some random dude on craigslist wouldn't lie to you, nor misrepresent the car, would he?

For several years I was friends with one of those guys, he had a lot in Michigan and wintered in Yuma at our same RV Resort, he ran his business by phone from there. He gave me some good tips. The main idea I got from him is when looking at a used vehicle, dont focus so much on what it is, instead look to see what it will take to bring it up to speed. This has worked out very well for me, for instance about 10 years ago I bought a 2003 F150 single cab, paid $7500 for it and spent probably another $2000 on it, over a thousand of that was for the ARE topper. New tires and shocks, full service, etc, bits and pieces. I still drive it daily and it has been a good ol' truck for me, I would not have done any better buying a new one. Probably today might sell for what I have in it.
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I’m getting ready to sell half the cars in my driveway and the three in the front yard

Used car dealers getting them from auction.....canada, north east and michigan.
10 yrs old, 150 k miles and rusty underneath.
15 grand

But they offer financing for everone LOL

Not a clean rig at fair price anywhere.


Pickups going well above normal price.
Buy a new one, drive it a couple yrs and sell for more than paid

Crazy.

5 dollar gas will kill that game

You’re funny today.

I understand, but the best deals I've been able to get are from folks with a extra car/truck on their hands maybe due to a death or whatever. The market is strange right now. I bought a new GMC 4WD crew cab in February of 2020 and could easily get as much or more than I paid for it with 18,000 miles on it.

Is the DMV allowing you to keep driving?

It's shocking how quickly the government ruined the dollar's value.

Just got rid of my 2012 F350 with 111k for $35k

Glad my old Dart is still kicking.

Did they use lube?

I have never had a problem buying from an individual but this is pretty much what I do. If the asking price is close to the value of the vehicle, I calculate what it will cost to make any necessary repairs. With the internet it is not hard to estimate the value of almost any vehicle. I am still able to do most of my own repairs and have the facilities to do so. I still include some labor for myself.

Same stuff I use on your sister