Preparing for 3G, sold 2G, bought temporary 97 F150

So I am going to give the 2016 ACOR a go when it comes out. Decided to sell my 2008 ACOR which I was able to sell for $21k on CL. YEAH FOR TACOMA RESALE! So I was staring out the window missing my truck and wondering what I was going to do for the next 6-12 months without a friggen truck. Went back to CL and found a 1997 F150 long bed 189,000 miles, white, auto, 4.2 V6. Fleet vehicle, no power anything, pretty clean inside and out, good tires, tow package. $1800. Been driving it around and the F150 feels pretty decent. Transmission and motor seem smooth and quiet. Pretty smooth at highway speeds. The F150 has a few cabin squeaks. The Tacoma feels more refined, the controls are nicers, the fit and finish is better. The interior material quality is nicer.

 

i wonder if $33k is gonna seem like a lot of money for a kid size truck in 12 months.

 

Fuck I ment to say mid size truck. This thread is gonna go to shit now.

 

Funny.... I was thinking the same thing (if $33k is going to seem like a lot of money for a mid-sized truck). The last time I looked at the F150s, the least expensive one they had on the lot was in the low $40k.

Hey.... You might just end up driving your $1800 truck!

 

Sold truck 3-5 months before getting another...

 

Your '08 Tacoma should seem better that your Ford, The Ford is 11 years older than what you were driving.

 

That may have been a really smart deal. Selling it now when demand for that particular truck is higher, and then using the beater Frod as a trade-in? He may be crazy...like a fox. He may actually make money on the trade-in value.

Nice.

 

Or he'll be kicking himself for selling a perfectly good 2nd gen for a more expensive 3rd gen. Still don't understand people's need to have the latest new toy.

 

Let us know about all the new problems they will be working out for the first 2-3 years

Always afraid to buy new generations

 

Uhhh it says you're driving a 2015...

 

Fair enough. lol. But I sold my 08 pre runner for 4wd 2011 due to orders to the NE, traded my 2011 in a HORRIBLE decision for a full size 14 Sierra, my 2015 is my way of getting out of the above mistake and hopefully last me a longggggggg time.

 

You went from Offutt to McGuire? Got a flip a coin on that one...

 

I went from beautiful 24/7 sunshine and year round riding Davis Monthan AFB in AZ to this snowy, disgusting sh**hole, kicking and screaming the whole way.

 

Ha! That's funny. I've even considered trading for a 2015 because my trade in value is so good on my truck. But 2 more years of payments on mine sounds better.

 

I saw NE, and thought Nebraska. I thought the state was nice, but the base sucked monkey balls. I also used to go TDY to the AMWC, and always made a point to say "hi" to all the Ft Dix prisoners walking around.

Try for Texas next. San Antonio is awesome, housing and gas is affordable, and hunting and fishing are great (when there's rain).

 

Im trying, its on my list for sure. They don't let them walk around anymore lol, unless you mean the actual soldiers. lol.

 

Then who mows all the grass? List time I was there was 2001, pre 9/11.

 

Civilians/Contractors (grounds maintenance). The prison is all blocked/fenced off and is white collar criminals mostly.

 

All that free available labor. At least the folks doing the work are getting paid an honest wage for it. Lackland/Kelly was the same way.

 

have u seen the pricing on the new Colorado/Canyon? loaded it $38k!