Am I crazy, or is the dealer?
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My 01 7.3L Excursion is worth high teens, your truck is worth a LOT more than he is offering you. I was in the car biz for many years and as someone else said, they are sucker fishing. $35k is dead nuts lowest trade in value I would take but even that is low for that truck.
Keep looking, hell $40k on the street is a good deal for your truck IMO.
here #'s for you.
http://www.cargurus.com/Cars/invento...sModified=true
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here is a few examples in our area of what they are asking for and being in the biz for a while a lot of guys are getting these crazy ass prices.
$25k
http://tampa.craigslist.org/hdo/ctd/5300613113.html
$22k
http://tampa.craigslist.org/hdo/cto/5308571479.html
$25k
http://tampa.craigslist.org/psc/ctd/5291076828.html
filthy for $15k
http://tampa.craigslist.org/psc/cto/5307649632.html
#17
Diesel trucks a few years old like yours are worth $ on the lots, the mileage does not affect them like the gassers. I have been thru this ordeal 3 times in the past 6 years. Last one I bought 2012 F350 6.7 King Ranch Crew Long Bed SRW, black and gold, 20" wheels, nav, etc. 90K miles and the dealer paid $35k trade in for it, sold it to me for $40K. That was the best deal I could find went from Ohio to Texas to buy it.
The GM diesels do very well on the used market. If your not having luck local maybe worth a call to the big diesel players in the U.S. like North Texas Truck Stop or Dallas Diesel. They wanted my 7.3 Excursion and offered good $ sight unseen but I already had a deal in Ohio.
The GM diesels do very well on the used market. If your not having luck local maybe worth a call to the big diesel players in the U.S. like North Texas Truck Stop or Dallas Diesel. They wanted my 7.3 Excursion and offered good $ sight unseen but I already had a deal in Ohio.
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When the dealers and public sales are getting close to those crazy asking prices you have to say...yes, that is what they are worth. Now area and location also play a large part as well.
While you can't see it cause my Sonic makes it look like a hotwheels....mine is lifted as well, wheels/tires, tune, Limited, and some other goodies.
While you can't see it cause my Sonic makes it look like a hotwheels....mine is lifted as well, wheels/tires, tune, Limited, and some other goodies.




