My Truck is Worth What???

**brandtb1919** · 11-24-2021, 09:02 AM

After getting the 20th letter from my local Ford dealer about trading my truck in, I decided to go talk to them and call their bluff. To my surprise, they were in fact willing to offer me more than I paid for it almost three years and 27,000 miles ago on a trade.

Long story short, I saw this as a once in a lifetime opportunity to right a wrong without taking a complete bath. I should have bought a dually when I got my SRW truck. It tows my 310GK fine, but have never been 100% Ok with it.

Hopefully, in 3-6 month **fingers crossed** I will have my 2022 F350 dually.

Anyone else out there taking advantage of this insane used market?

Brian

**Jerryr** · 11-24-2021, 09:14 AM

I sold our 1-1/2 year old 2019 F150 to CarMax for $14,000 more than I paid for it new. A great short term investment. It was an extra truck for us. Who would have ever thought a vehicle would’ve be an appreciating investment? Crazy times.

When we bought it we negotiated $10,000 in dealer discounts, $6,500 in rebates and a $3,000 PCO. Those days are over.

**brandtb1919** · 11-24-2021, 09:16 AM

Originally Posted by Jerryr

I sold our 1-1/2 year old 2019 F150 to CarMax for $14,000 more than I paid for it new. A great short term investment. It was an extra truck for us. Who would have ever thought a vehicle would’ve be an appreciating investment? Crazy times.

When we bought it we negotiated $10,000 in dealer discounts, $6,500 in rebates and a $3,000 PCO. Those days are over.

Nicely done! I've never seen anything like this in my lifetime.

**TerryH** · 11-24-2021, 09:17 AM

Congrats! You'll be amazed at the difference between the SRW and the dually. And yes, used truck prices are crazy right now. The virtually non-existent new inventory has driven the used prices thru the roof. We bought our '17 Ram Cummins dually just over a year ago and the NADA retail value has gone up over 30% in the last year. We have no plans to trade it in though. I'm voting for keeping my paid for old dually.

**ajg617** · 11-27-2021, 03:52 PM

I figured the letter was just spam and ignored it after 1st oil change at a local dealer (not the one I purchased it from). It was back last week for fuel filters - maybe I'll get another. Dealer lot (largest RAM in the area) is decimated.

If an offer came my way, I'd have a hard time also. I'm sure the prices of new trucks have gone up (don't know around here - there aren't any) but my biggest fear would be trailer would come in and I'd have nothing to hook it up to for months if lucky.

**attaboy** · 11-27-2021, 04:21 PM

Originally Posted by brandtb1919

After getting the 20th letter from my local Ford dealer about trading my truck in, I decided to go talk to them and call their bluff. To my surprise, they were in fact willing to offer me more than I paid for it almost three years and 27,000 miles ago on a trade.

Long story short, I saw this as a once in a lifetime opportunity to right a wrong without taking a complete bath. I should have bought a dually when I got my SRW truck. It tows my 310GK fine, but have never been 100% Ok with it.

Hopefully, in 3-6 month **fingers crossed** I will have my 2022 F350 dually.

Anyone else out there taking advantage of this insane used market?

Brian

After 15 months and almost 20,000 miles I carried our Ram in for routine service and was floored when the GM offered me 15,000
more than I paid for the truck. I did not believe him him until he started on a sales contract. I declined the offer because I can't
replace the truck with the proceeds from sale.
As someone said Unbelievable:
Bob A.

**FedMill** · 12-09-2021, 11:49 AM

Have a 2022 Superduty on order. At present the Dealer I ordered the Superduty from is offering me 2k more than I paid for my 2019 F150 with 40k miles on the clock. Unreal !!! And getting XPlan on the New Truck so I consider the deal pretty good,,,

**brandtb1919** · 12-09-2021, 12:05 PM

Originally Posted by FedMill

Have a 2022 Superduty on order. At present the Dealer I ordered the Superduty from is offering me 2k more than I paid for my 2019 F150 with 40k miles on the clock. Unreal !!! And getting XPlan on the New Truck so I consider the deal pretty good,,,

Sounds pretty similar to my deal. Congrats. Is your SD scheduled for production yet? I recently discovered the potential magic of the priority number on the customer orders. I asked by dealer to lower mine from 19 and had a production date scheduled a few days later (maybe a coincidence).

**FedMill** · 12-09-2021, 12:34 PM

Originally Posted by brandtb1919

Sounds pretty similar to my deal. Congrats. Is your SD scheduled for production yet? I recently discovered the potential magic of the priority number on the customer orders. I asked by dealer to lower mine from 19 and had a production date scheduled a few days later (maybe a coincidence).

BRANDTB1919,

Nope, nothing but crickets and going on four months. My order has been a prioty 10 since I ordered. My Dealer is telling me their is no commodity issues but thats not what I am reading over on the Superduty forum. I ordered, Adaptive steering, Spray-in bedliner, Ultimate/Chrome Package with Led package, Fifth Wheel Prer, 3:55 rears, Camper Package, Bed Cover, etc etc. Ordered just the way I need it and intend to use the Truck. Oh, its a CCSB 6.7 F350 I am really hoping its built and delivered by the end of next month or Feb but idk,,,

**brandtb1919** · 12-09-2021, 12:56 PM

Originally Posted by FedMill

BRANDTB1919,

Nope, nothing but crickets and going on four months. My order has been a prioty 10 since I ordered. My Dealer is telling me their is no commodity issues but thats not what I am reading over on the Superduty forum. I ordered, Adaptive steering, Spray-in bedliner, Ultimate/Chrome Package with Led package, Fifth Wheel Prer, 3:55 rears, Camper Package, Bed Cover, etc etc. Ordered just the way I need it and intend to use the Truck. Oh, its a CCSB 6.7 F350 I am really hoping its built and delivered by the end of next month or Feb but idk,,,

Yeah, I've read that the adaptive steering is a problem. My dealer specifically warned me not to get the spray in liner, so I didn't. I did get a lot of the options you mentioned though. It seems like a total crap shoot.

Brian