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 01-12-2003, 21:03 Post: 47412
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Peters, all I've ever driven is plain jane, standard cab,half ton, 6 cyl, stick shift 4X4 pickups. I trade every two years with aprox 50,000 miles, switched from Ford to Chevy last time mainly because basicly identical Chevy was aprox. 2,500.00 less money. It's been a nice truck with good service from the dealar. I pull a 15,000 gvw goose neck trailer probably no more thn 2 to 3% of the total miles driven, I don't get there first, but allways get there. I also don't mind the 19 to 20 mpg compared to the 14 to 15 I got with the Fords. the dealers allways tell me there's no trade in value to my type trucks, but it seems funny the Ford dealer used to have a list of names who wanted my trade in.






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Cutter. The better mileage of the Chevy was a total surprise to me. We went on a 900 mile parts run when the truck was less than a week old, and almost did'nt believe our own figures.I too had thought about a V8, being our mileage wasn't much better than other folks were getting in like trucks with V8's. On the farm our pickup is considered as another piece of equipment that needs to justify it's self, so ownership costs plus operating costs are kept track of, and so far this type of truck has allways been the cheapest to own when you compare trade in costs and operating costs to more upscale models.






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Peters, I just drive thru the lot looking at colors, then have the dealer put a truck together on the computer, and if we agree on the price have him order it. In our aeria it's almost impossible to find a standard cab on the lot, and if you do it's usually got bells and whistles that I have no use for, or else it's a fleet type truck without 4X4. I've had friends tell me that dealers won't special order a truck other than in multiples for fleet use, but no dealer has ever turned me down so far.






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