Looked at an 09 F150 this morning...

[Hatterasguy]

Hattie wants bad! Dark blue like the SDL was, chrome bumpers, light gray interior with actualy pretty decent vinyl seats, although I still would prefer cloth. I like Ford's new interior, almost as nice as my dads old 1994. I like the retro looking guage layout, much nicer than the sparten look of the previous model. I like the new tail lights and tailgate, it has kind of a built in spoiler look to it, with Lincoln ish tail lights.



It had the 3 valve 4.6L V8 with the 6speed auto, and 3.55 posi rear, so the drive line to get.

What it didn't have which I want is the towing package. The dealer is dumb not to order the trucks with it, its only $350 and you get a bigger radiator, transmission cooler, and a hitch wired in with a plug. For $350 I want the larger radiator and trans cooler!

The dark blue with light gray is a dumb combo to, blue shows everything. Good choice for an S class but horrible for a truck. I want silver, or gray.

$21k and some change, but Ford knocks $3k off right away, and I can get the $500 college discount. So its really about $18k before negotations begin. Plus supposidly the trade in value of the POS VW is $1,300. I need to save some more, I really don't want a loan but its so damn tempting...if I put $10k down it wouldn't be so bad...

Hattie wants a new truck bad, that new truck smell is like crack. Made getting back into the little tin can VW so hard, so much more room and power. Plus I can throw my friends ATV in the back with a bunch of guns and beer for some camping fun.

[865sp300e]

Did they offer you the free oil changes for life too?

[SwampYankee]

Originally Posted by Hatterasguy

Hattie wants a new truck bad, that new truck smell is like crack. Made getting back into the little tin can VW so hard, so much more room and power. Plus I can throw my friends ATV in the back with a bunch of guns and beer for some camping fun.

Every time I buy a new truck for one of our salepeople I always take delivery for them on a Friday so I can drive them all weekend long. It always makes me think of doing foolish things like financing a new truck.

If you're going to routinely wash your truck, white conceals scrapes and scratches real well. The salespeople are given color choices but all of our delivery vehicles are white for that reason.

[Hatterasguy]

I don't want white because its going to look like a fleet or UI truck. Silver is a nice middle ground, it hides everything and looks somewhat decent.


The VW almost stranded me on the way to school today. It decided to fry the plug wire end going to number 2 spark plug and it missfired horrible as I limped it home. According to the codes cylinder 1 is missfiring as well. Fantastic another $100 down that rat hole. If I had the money AAA would be towing it to the Ford dealer and I'd be driving home in a new F150. I'm tired of old junk cars, now I can't deliver the form to change my degrees concentration today, so I can graduate. VW's will be the end of me.

[SwampYankee]

Originally Posted by Hatterasguy

I don't want white because its going to look like a fleet or UI truck. Silver is a nice middle ground, it hides everything and looks somewhat decent.

You make it sound so dirty.

[Hatterasguy]

Originally Posted by SwampYankee

You make it sound so dirty.

When there my fleet I'll live with white, but since I'll be the owner I won't have to drive one.

[Fulcrum525]

Originally Posted by Hatterasguy

I don't want white because its going to look like a fleet or UI truck. Silver is a nice middle ground, it hides everything and looks somewhat decent.


The VW almost stranded me on the way to school today. It decided to fry the plug wire end going to number 2 spark plug and it missfired horrible as I limped it home. According to the codes cylinder 1 is missfiring as well. Fantastic another $100 down that rat hole. If I had the money AAA would be towing it to the Ford dealer and I'd be driving home in a new F150. I'm tired of old junk cars, now I can't deliver the form to change my degrees concentration today, so I can graduate. VW's will be the end of me.

I've pulled a VW like yours with both the G and my SDL. Give one of us a call the next time your stranded

[Skid Row Joe]

Sounds good!

[Kuan]

$12,000 off sticker?

[mwood]

I looked at them too. I have a 2003 that my wife drives as she has horses and needs hauling capacity. It's a beautiful truck and if they would make a deal I might just pull the trigger, but the salesman said they were not discounting them at all. I said thanks anyway and left.

[Hatterasguy]

Originally Posted by mwood

I looked at them too. I have a 2003 that my wife drives as she has horses and needs hauling capacity. It's a beautiful truck and if they would make a deal I might just pull the trigger, but the salesman said they were not discounting them at all. I said thanks anyway and left.

I'm hoping this summer, after they sit on those trucks for another 4-5 months they are in more of a negotiating mood.

[pawoSD]

I have a feeling that your Golf can sense your *slightly* negative attitude about it....and thus breaks down extra often to make you mad.

Our old Caravan is a POS but we've kept an "it will never break" attitude about it....and so far it has gone for nearly 2 years with essentially NO repairs or breakdowns.....just a couple oil changes.

Cars know....you have to be nice to them.

[Hatterasguy]

I don't get along with VW products.

[iwrock]

Can I run over the VW with the G?




I wonder what the insurance company would pay out....

[Hatterasguy]

I'm kind of hoping someone steals it.

I want to keep it nice now that I know its worth something as a trade in. I might even change the oil so the lifter tap quites down, and I'll clear the codes so the CE light is off when the dealer looks at it.

Before I was just planning on turning it into a small cube with the Komatsu and burrying it, now I want to trade it in!