New England B.S. Thread

ANNNNDDDDDD no F250 for me...

 

Stealership sell her out from under you?

 

Bank came back with preposterous numbers. Told them to fuck off.

After making me wait 2 weeks for an answer because "they're busy", they came back with 10.25% for 65 months, wanted 9k down (instead of my 7k down), and it ended up being $540 a month. All because "high mileage and age". Fuck outta here.

 

That's a crazy rate; you could almost put it on a credit card for lower

 

People always tell me I am crazy for buying brand new vehicles every 3 or 4 years, but I get great interest rates on them which kinda makes up for it. I get a pretty big car allowance from work anyway.

 

Yeah no kidding.. and I have good credit.

Fuck it, I'll buy something a bit older but with cash.

 

@emelianenkov maybe try a different bank or a credit union.

 

That's through my credit union.

I found a 2006 6 speed manual double cab on CL that looks interesting.

But 6.0's scare me...

 

I wouldn't buy a 6.0 unless you're willing to tear into it and bullet proof it. If you can buy it right and dump a couple grand into the engine, it'll run forever.

 

Usually they're pretty cheap to buy. Expensive to maintain, though.

 

That's kinda what I'm thinking. BUT I don't want another project...

I don't mind doing the work myself, but pulling the cab is a big deal..

 

I've got a buddy that is a diesel mechanic. I'll see what he'd charge me.

GOD I wish I had a lift.

 

I've seen head gaskets done on them without pulling the cab

 

Same here. I think they even did one on Diesel Brothers without pulling the cab. If I recall, I think it was the guy out west who was harassed when he was out camping with his family. I think he had a 6.0 that they bullet proofed (and completely redid). I could be getting my trucks mixed up though...

 

I saw it done in Levi's garage, kid I use to do side work with. But I also saw a 6.4 with the cab completely off as well

 

It might be worthwhile to do on my own, but I don't want to sink a bunch of money right off the bat

 

If it's running when you buy it, you could run it until you need to drop some money into it. I don't think there's harm in waiting until it leaks to start tearing it apart as in, I don't think it's any less expensive to preemptively bullet-proof vs. fix after things start going wrong.

 

That depends entirely on what goes wrong, and how severely, really...

 

True... I guess I'm thinking the complete bullet proofing procedure. You can chase symptoms for a while, but if I were going to own a 6.0, i'd want all the problem parts replaced. If you're going to tear into it, might as well do it all once.