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Since when did pickup trucks start costing more than Cadillacs :-(

I finally pulled the trigger on a used 2014 F350 Lariet crew cab short box . I've been a diesel guy , but couldn't bring myself to pay $ 45 K for a used truck !! My new used truck has the 6.2 gas motor -- 385 hp . I'll miss the power and torque of my old 7.3 , but I think I'll get by just fine for $ 10K less !!


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Posts: 1311 | Location: Catskill Mountains N.Y. | Registered: 13 September 2011Reply With Quote
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Lots of new pickups coming - Jeep, Tesla etc.
Anyway enjoy you're new/old f350 Smiler
 
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Since when did pickup trucks start costing more than Cadillacs :-(

I finally pulled the trigger on a used 2014 F350 Lariet crew cab short box . I've been a diesel guy , but couldn't bring myself to pay $ 45 K for a used truck !! My new used truck has the 6.2 gas motor -- 385 hp . I'll miss the power and torque of my old 7.3 , but I think I'll get by just fine for $ 10K less !!


If you are a guy that maintains their rig and doesn't "need/want" a new one every three years the diesel is always the wiser choice. Plenty of 5.9 Cummins out there with over 1,000,000 miles on them still running strong. The 7.3 is a decent rig as well.

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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Bear Cat:
Since when did pickup trucks start costing more than Cadillacs :-(

My 2016 f-150 lariat cost 1.75 times my 2014 cadillac cts.

They are stupid expensive. But I like it Cool


Also I want to keep my pickup for as long as frostbit keeps his.

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Living in an area that the vehicles rust out in 10 to 15 years.

One hardly ever gets the mileage on to make a diesel pay for its self.

So unless your driving 50 thou plus a year your truck well be a rusted out piece of junk before you break even.

That said if you need the power for pulling and hauling heavy loads they work well for that.

Even then after the 10 year mark a lot of little things start going on vehicles.

That said I drive my vehicles into the ground the trk I had before the one I have now I drove for 12 years then rear spring hangers rusted off.

I done the math many times for the extra cost the diesel options just doesn't pay for most.
 
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I'm in the same area as Bear Cat ,also the rust area so we know. Some larger truck owneres spray the underside of the trucks with soy oil [the cooking oil ] at least once a year which helps a lot .
 
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I was wondering what I could do to help prevent rust . ( besides not driving it and leaving it in a heated garage ):-)

Years ago there was " Rusty Jones " and Ziebart". I don't ever see them around anymore .


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Living in an area that the vehicles rust out in 10 to 15 years.

One hardly ever gets the mileage on to make a diesel pay for its self.

So unless your driving 50 thou plus a year your truck well be a rusted out piece of junk before you break even.

That said if you need the power for pulling and hauling heavy loads they work well for that.

Even then after the 10 year mark a lot of little things start going on vehicles.

That said I drive my vehicles into the ground the trk I had before the one I have now I drove for 12 years then rear spring hangers rusted off.

I done the math many times for the extra cost the diesel options just doesn't pay for most.


Twenty years old.... zero rust. We don't use salt up here. Just let the snow (if there is any that year) compact into a drivable surface. Ice they gravel.



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Yep Frostbite , they know how to handle the winter road conditions without salt in Alaska !! People learn how to drive :-)

The northern panhandle of Idaho is the same , when elk hunting there , I see pickups in the 70's in better shape than my 2000 . Seems like a conspiracy to rot your vehicle out intentionally , when they spray calcium chloride or some sort of salt solution on the roads . What a waste of money in more ways than one :-(


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Yep Frostbite , they know how to handle the winter road conditions without salt in Alaska !! People learn how to drive :-)

The northern panhandle of Idaho is the same , when elk hunting there , I see pickups in the 70's in better shape than my 2000 . Seems like a conspiracy to rot your vehicle out intentionally , when they spray calcium chloride or some sort of salt solution on the roads . What a waste of money in more ways than one :-(


Grew up in PA so I feel your pain. Living in the 907 has its advantages.

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Twenty years old.... zero rust. We don't use salt up here. Just let the snow (if there is any that year) compact into a drivable surface. Ice they gravel.


I try now to buy my used vehicles from rust free areas. those from he rust states are rusted junk in 15 years.
 
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I bought a 2016 four door 3500, 6.7, 4x4 with a manual. All in at 50k, tax and fees. It is not cheap to hang with the cool kids
 
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I bought a 2016 four door 3500, 6.7, 4x4 with a manual. All in at 50k, tax and fees. It is not cheap to hang with the cool kids


Nice looking ride.


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