Well here I go again, back to square one. I just did the unthinkable, and traded in my '07 with only about 1 year to go on the loan.
I bought a '12 Outdoorsman. I couldn't beat the price. I went and checked out the truck because the current 0% incentives on the '12 was just calling my name. Heck, who says no to free money right? So I test drove the '12 and it was nice, but I wasn't blown away by it. After all, my '07 was loaded with options, so this truck didn't have a whole lot I didn't already have before. It does have Nav, heated seats, and remote start, which I didn't have, but most of the options are the same. So I told the salesman "it's nice, and I like it, but I'm not wowed by it". He said he thought it was a nice truck. I said I did too, but it didn't blow me away. He asked if I could be wowed by price. I said sure, wow me.
So long story short, we spent too much time yesterday trying to get a good price, and we ended up leaving just short of closing the deal. My wife said they'd call back and I told her that I didn't expect them to because they wouldn't offer enough to get where I wanted. Well today they called back (dang how is she always right about these things). Supposedly the owner wanted to see my truck, because the salesman claims to have been raving about it. So I figured why not, I'll kill another hour or two. About 45 minutes later we had a deal.
I got $18,000 for my '07 so now my payment is much cheaper than it was before. I figure if I keep making the same payments, I'll have the new truck paid off in less than 3 years. Not to bad for a brand new $39K truck.
Anyway, here's one of the sales photos they had online. I haven't taken any pics yet, but I have tons of pics from all my other cars/trucks, so no doubt I'll have some soon.
Now the question is, do I buy another BedRug? This has a spray in liner already in it, but I sure liked my BedRug. I guess I've got to sell that cap I just bought too (I didn't include it with the trade). Ha ha.
I bought a '12 Outdoorsman. I couldn't beat the price. I went and checked out the truck because the current 0% incentives on the '12 was just calling my name. Heck, who says no to free money right? So I test drove the '12 and it was nice, but I wasn't blown away by it. After all, my '07 was loaded with options, so this truck didn't have a whole lot I didn't already have before. It does have Nav, heated seats, and remote start, which I didn't have, but most of the options are the same. So I told the salesman "it's nice, and I like it, but I'm not wowed by it". He said he thought it was a nice truck. I said I did too, but it didn't blow me away. He asked if I could be wowed by price. I said sure, wow me.
So long story short, we spent too much time yesterday trying to get a good price, and we ended up leaving just short of closing the deal. My wife said they'd call back and I told her that I didn't expect them to because they wouldn't offer enough to get where I wanted. Well today they called back (dang how is she always right about these things). Supposedly the owner wanted to see my truck, because the salesman claims to have been raving about it. So I figured why not, I'll kill another hour or two. About 45 minutes later we had a deal.
I got $18,000 for my '07 so now my payment is much cheaper than it was before. I figure if I keep making the same payments, I'll have the new truck paid off in less than 3 years. Not to bad for a brand new $39K truck.
Anyway, here's one of the sales photos they had online. I haven't taken any pics yet, but I have tons of pics from all my other cars/trucks, so no doubt I'll have some soon.
Now the question is, do I buy another BedRug? This has a spray in liner already in it, but I sure liked my BedRug. I guess I've got to sell that cap I just bought too (I didn't include it with the trade). Ha ha.