So, about a month ago I bought a brand new truck. Turns out, I hate making payments on it already It's a really cool truck but I just put it up for sale on Truck Trader. When it sells I'm going to buy an older one for 1/4 of the price and use the extra money for other stuff. This is my first, and probably last new vehicle. The only way I can picture myself buying new again is if I get really rich

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Ah. Goodbye nice looking truck.

Forgive my financial ignorance...but how can you sell something you're still making payments on?

The idea is that hopefully you can sell it for more than you owe on it. So say I owe 37k, and I sell it for 39k, then I pay 37k to the bank and pocket the difference.

You sell it for enough to pay off the debt you put down to buy it. Unfortunately a new car loses roughly 25% of its value as soon as you drive it off the lot so Brian will lose money when he sells it.

P.S. That is one ugly and (I bet) unnecessarily huge truck. Why on earth did you buy it?

That is one sweet truck.

Oh, and I sent you an e-mail... maybe the postman forgot to deliver it.

That truck is sweet...but it's a humongous gas guzzler anyways. Even moreso than most trucks. Damn Ford.

Kinda sucks though

Is that boat in the background yours? If so, I applaud your truck selection. If it's not...I still applaud your selection, that truck is bad-***. But that's smart to get a used one...new vehicles are good if you're custom orderign something exactly how you want it, but otherwise I'm not sure what the point is, apart from convenience.

That truck is big. What will you be carrying in it?

12 yards long, 2 lanes wide
65 tons of American Pride

Canyonero

Top of the line in utility sports
Unexplained fires are a matter for the courts

Canyonero

She blinds everybody with her super high beams,
She's a squirrel crushing deer smacking driving machine

Canyonero-ohhh woah, Canyonero!

Genius, Spork.

Nonetheless, this sucks Brian. I have to say, I don't really see the point in buying new cars. As tofu (I think) said, they lose value the moment you drive them off the lot, and there are used car places selling cars from a year old, so it's not even like you'd be far behind on any new designy stuff.

leave me outta this.

FORD - Found On Road Dead

FORD - Fix Or Repair Daily

Nice looking truck Bri. Sorry to hear you're selling it. I'd check eBay if you are looking to buy a truck pretty cheap. I just got a 94 Chevy Silverado 3500 Turbo Diesel, Crew Cab, Long Bed with 192k miles for $3400. Runs great, just needs to be tuned up.

Regarding all these liberal posts about how big it is and how much gas it uses... meh. I bought it to tow my boat (yes, that's it in the background). I needed the crew cab because when I go out to the lakes, I'm always bringing people and we used to end up driving 3 cars. So you do the math, does one truck + 2 other cars use less gas than all just going in one truck? I don't think so.

Also, yeah, it has gobs of power. It's got a triton V10 in it and it gets like 10-15 miles per gallon depending on whether I'm doing a lot of highway driving.

As you probably read a few months ago, I bought a house on 2.15 acres, and virtually the whole property was filled with old junk. So I borrowed my friends trailer and we loaded it up with 2 TONS of crap that was scattered around here. And I'm not exaggerating about the 2 tons, either, it was weighed before and after we dropped the junk and that figure is accurate.

The cool thing is that even hauling 2 tons, I could easily reach and exceed highway speeds faster than most other vehicles

Yeah, new cars drop in value as soon as you buy them. Trucks aren't nearly as bad though because they're in such high demand, they last longer, and they serve more purposes other than just transportation. For example, hauling 2 tons of garbage to the dump and towing around wakeboarding boats I looked in the truck/auto trader before I decided to sell mine and they are selling used ones for more than I paid for my new one! So either I got a screaming deal or those guys got completely ripped off (or both?).

So anyway, I put it up for sale, hopefully I can get out of it what I owe on it, but yeah, I will definitely lose some money. Hopefully not much.

Yes. That's why vehicles are considered to be liabilities.

Nice truck, though.

I hate big trucks.

I don't get people who can have an irrational hatred for inanimate objects. Without trucks, the vast majority of your food supply wouldn't reach you. Without trucks, all the goods you purchase from every store in your city wouldn't be there. Without trucks, people couldn't transport many of said products back and forth to their houses. Without trucks, the building materials used to build your house would what, be airlifted to the location? Those are some common commercial uses.

Now for some common more private uses - zillions of contractors use them to transport building materials and their tools to their job sites. People use them to tow boats, campers, trailers full of ATVs, etc. People use them to go camping, to assist in cleanup of their or friends properties. Thousands of events around the country have used personal pickup trucks to haul trash from state lands to landfills so areas wouldn't be closed. Around here, tons of people pick brush for a living and fill their trucks with said vegetation.

If you personally don't have a need for a truck, then don't get one. But there's no need to hate some inanimate object (or the people that buy them).

The soul-sucked corpses of Massassi's denizens.

Indeed.

We still don't like trucks. Don't get me wrong, I think trucks are great if other people drive them, but I still wouldn't buy it for myself.

I hate SUV's more than trucks though.

...It's a truck... I'm sorry, I'm not that excited.

Don't listen to 'em Brian, they don't know what crazy they're talking! Or maybe they're just...you know...big-city-folk.

At least you didn't get one with a 4 wheel rear axle. Those things are a ***** and a half and not worth the trouble if you ask me. Got rid of our 2000 Silverado 3500 extended cab, long wheel base 4 wheel rear axle a few months ago and replaced it with a 2005 Silverado 2500 4x4 short wheel base, crew cab. Soooo much better.

I hear ya Brian. I will buy a truck eventually. My Grand Cherokee will have to continue to perform my tow duties for now. New trucks are just way too expensive. At least once they're equiped the way most people want them. Seriously. A top line four wheel drive crew cab with a diesel has got to be well into the $40K range if not $50K. I saw a loaded halfton crewcab Ford for $39.9K. No way I'm paying that much. Dodge is finally going to offer a true crew cab and it's shaping up to be the biggest cab in the market. I may look for a used one around the time I retire from the Army (about four years from now). The only thing is these type of trucks usually have loads of miles on them used because most people that buy them drive them alot.

I'm also with you on this irrational hatred people seem to have for trucks and "SUVs". Hell, there far more usefull than the average car. I think it's more of a jealousy issue.

My dad has a Dodge Ram 1500 extended bed. I looooove to drive that thing. And my dad has a legitimate use for that size of a truck. He's an electrical contractor. He has to carry, .5, .75, 1, 3, and even 5 inch conduit, has to carry literally sometime a ton of equipment.

I'm with the distaste of irrational hatred of big vehicles. Although I will say, I'm not fond of H2s. But, if you want one, go ahead.

The nice thing about America is that you don't have to justify your desire to own something. You are free to own what you want, regardless of your need, as long as you have enough money for it. The state made $4000.00 off my purchase

All you need now is a Rebel Flag on the back...ROTFL.

j/k, nice truck Brian.

ReT

I'm not big on hummers myself, unless it's one of the originals. Those are cool...the new ones just strike me as...silly. But as brian said, the great thing is that people who buy them don't HAVE to justify it. Also, I'm legally able to say "Look at that moron." when they drive by in their shiny H2s with pimped-out rims.

Another nice thing about America is the right to hold your own opinions about other people's purchases.

Well, it's kind of a human right to hold an opinion. Still, it's pretty stupid to opine against a truck purchase for someone who needs a truck.

If he has need for a truck I have no problem with him purchasing one. All too often though people purchase trucks and other expensive cars to be used only as status symbols.

Why have a problem with anyone's vehicular purchase, regardless of the rationale? To each their own.

It's fine to personally dislike a type of vehicle as your preference. Maybe you could say it's fine to criticize someone's vehicle choice as it relates to their reason for purchasing it. Like if someone says they bought a truck because they prefer driving a larger vehicle then that should be fine. If they said they purchased it because it offers exceptional fuel economy, is easier to drive in congested city traffic, and fits well into small parking spaces then that's ready for criticism.

Whatever. Just seems kind of dumb the way some people criticize certain classes of vehicles. All of the arguments seem so illogical.

You were expecting a logical discussion in regards to these liberal "hot topics?" hahahahaha

I think it is illogical to buy a vehicle designed for carrying heavy loads if you have no need to carry heavy loads. That is all.

I just don't like it when people buy these gigantic gas guzzling vehicles... and don't use them to do anything special....

What I hate, is that it's a status-object. You aren't "in" if your car gets over 16 miles a gallon, nowadays.

If all you're going to do is drive your kids around, and shop for groceries, you don't need an SUV.




Brian had use for his, haul his boat, and his friends. That I can respect.

I hate how misused the term SUV is. Anyway, the above are excellent reasons to own one. Beyond that there are simple things to consider such as driving position and view of the road. SUVs generally offer a more conventional seating position and a better view of the surroundings. Even if all one does is drive from point a to b, these seem like logical reasons one might choose one of these vehicles.

That's a pretty badass truck, but I would have gone for something with a smaller box. Like an Avalanche. I can't specify how useful the Avalanche is, with that midgate. We have both an Avalanche and a Ford 1988 F250 quad-cab w/ 8 foot box. The '88 is impossible to park and turn. The Avalanche can do the gimmicky midgate thing whenever you need to haul a long object.

Just don't buy an Avalanche without the plastic cladding. God are those naked ones ugly.

Someday I hope to own an SUV/pickup of my own. Right now I just waste gas in my parents' various trucks. It's fun. I haul all my friends around with a brick foot on the pedal, breaking loose whenever possible. Then, we bring a big 55 gallon drum of gasoline out to a lake, splash it on some baby seals, and just burn it. Then we take out our guns and shoot stuff while pouring motor oil onto small animals.
Someday I will learn not to troll :[

I would also really like to commend you on your cool wakeboarding boat and house. Very nice. You've really assembled yourself quite a life. I should have taken you up on that offer to forget college and start a business with you

Avalanches, besides being one of my most-hated vehicles, don't have the towing or hauling capacity I need to tow a boat. They have independent front suspension which I absolutely hate for trucks/SUVs (solid front axle is the only way to go). It's also a piece of chevy

Re: the small bed, I looked at the short bed and while I really like the look of them, I don't like the functionality. With the 8 foot bed you can throw full sheets of plywood and still close the tail gate. I bought a riding mower and even with the crate fully intact, it fit in the back no problem

Re: 1988 Quad Cab - this is exactly what I'm looking at replacing my truck with. I want the quad cab, long box, and 460 v8 with fuel injection. I'm hoping I can find one in reasonably good condition for a decent price.

I was surprised, a few hours ago I got a call from someone interested in my truck - the ad was just posted this morning! Hopefully this is good news and hopefully I'll get more calls. This guy sounded sort of like a dip**** but meh, whatever.