Amen! If and when I decided to pull the trigger on a pickup I’ll go for a base model with as little fluff as possible. Might even see if the commercial sales guys will sell me one.
-D > On Mar 18, 2021, at 6:41 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > 2 big reasons:#1. I don't want to spend $50,000. Heck I don't want to even > spend $40k. New trucks start at $30k but the price goes up fast.#2. I don't > want the infotainment system. I just don't want it, I want a radio, not a > screen. When I'm driving I just want to drive... > > -Curt > > On Thursday, March 18, 2021, 4:51:48 PM EDT, Randy Bennell via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>> wrote: > > Why buy a stripped truck? My 2002 F150 Supercrew was a Lariat and thus > pretty loaded. I bought it used, in late 2006 with 90K miles on it and > drove it until I bought the 2013 Supercrew in late 2013. By then it had > 180K miles on it. I gave it to my son who put another 60,000+ miles on > it before it got rusty enough that he sold it in 2020. During that time > we had very little trouble with it. I know we put one power door lock > in. I don't think we put any power window units in but we might have > done one. The automatic temperature control of the heating and cooling > worked fine throughout. The driver's seat was power and it still worked > fine. The power mirrors worked fine. I cannot think of any electrical > problems that amounted to anything off the top of my head. I know we > replaced a coil on plug or two. > > Similarly with the drive train. The engine and transmission, transfer > case and differentials were fine throughout. We replaced the real pinion > seal once or maybe twice. We did the universal joints. We did ball > joints, brakes etc - wear items. The original exhaust and muffler were > still on it and not leaking. We never had to change the CV boots on the > front axles. > > The interior was still pretty good. The front bucket seats were getting > pretty worn on the outer edges of the seat bolsters. The leather had holes. > > All in all, I don't think that a stripper truck would have been any less > expensive to own. > > My 2013 is not quite as fancy. It is an XTR. It has cloth seats and does > not have the auto climate control. It does have the back up camera, > built in trailer brake controller, electric locker in the rear diff, > movable pedals (the 02 had those too), tilt column etc. > I have had the 2013 for 7 years now and it has caused very little > trouble. I have replaced brakes and a battery. We put a fuel pump > control module in but apart from that I cannot think of anything it has > needed yet. It has about 70K miles on it now. > > RB > > On 18/03/2021 7:15 AM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes wrote: >> I think you can buy used U-haul pickups. Pretty basic, rubber mats, etc. I >> looked around on the site, but I didn't find anything. Perhaps they are sold >> out. Enterprise has a few trucks for sale. >> >> https://www.enterprisecarsales.com/list/used-trucks-for-sale/sort=display_price,asc >> >> <https://www.enterprisecarsales.com/list/used-trucks-for-sale/sort=display_price,asc> >> >> >> Rick >> >> From: mercedes@okiebenz.com <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com> >> Sent: March 17, 2021 9:04 AM >> To: mercedes@okiebenz.com <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com> >> Reply-to: mercedes@okiebenz.com <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com> >> Cc: d...@penoff.com <mailto:d...@penoff.com> >> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Fumoto Drain Plugs >> >> I don’t know about Dodge, but my local Ford dealer has a totally separate >> group of people that handle “work” trucks. I've never spoken to them, but >> I’ve wondered if they will speak to an average consumer about buying a >> “basic” truck. I did this years ago in Wisconsin for a Suburban, because all >> of the dealers around me had tarted up ones with 4WD, 9 passenger, dual AC, >> etc., etc. I ended up going to Milwaukee to a big Chevy dealer there to get >> a basic Suburban with AC, AM radio and rubber floor mats. >> >> -D >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com <http://www.okiebenz.com/> > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > <http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/> > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > <http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com> _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
