CAPT_Howdy
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I just got word from my job that my office will be closing, and I will be moving back home to be with my family in New Hampshire. Living in New England means that I will be needing a winter beater so as not to subject my car (I'll probably be getting a Panther platform car - Crown Vic, Grand Marquis, or Town Car - but if you can think of a better large car bargain let me know.) to the salted roads. Plus a truck can come in handy when doing stuff like runs to the dump.
I want an extended cab short bed truck. Candidates include the Ford F series, GMT800 trucks (1999-2006), Ford Ranger, Chevy S10/GMC Sonoma, Mazda B series, and Nissan Frontier or maybe even the Titan, if I can find a nice one for under $10K. Dodge is not on the list because I don't feel they're reliable enough. But I'll admit that info is based on the 1994-2001 Ram trucks. If the 2002 and up trucks are better, they'll go on the list.
You'll notice I haven't put Toyota on the list. The reason for that is most of the Toyotas I see here are $2-3K more expensive than the competition, and they all seem to have 175K+ miles on them. I know the Hilux is basically unkillable, but I'm not sure I want to spend $10K on a truck that's 5 years older and has twice the mileage of, say, an F-150.
And another question - this one is directed at my friends who live in New England. Would I be better off buying a truck in California and spending 2 grand to have it shipped, or should I save my money and start looking for a truck once I get to Concord? The reason I ask is because I see a lot of rusty trucks on CL.
I want an extended cab short bed truck. Candidates include the Ford F series, GMT800 trucks (1999-2006), Ford Ranger, Chevy S10/GMC Sonoma, Mazda B series, and Nissan Frontier or maybe even the Titan, if I can find a nice one for under $10K. Dodge is not on the list because I don't feel they're reliable enough. But I'll admit that info is based on the 1994-2001 Ram trucks. If the 2002 and up trucks are better, they'll go on the list.
You'll notice I haven't put Toyota on the list. The reason for that is most of the Toyotas I see here are $2-3K more expensive than the competition, and they all seem to have 175K+ miles on them. I know the Hilux is basically unkillable, but I'm not sure I want to spend $10K on a truck that's 5 years older and has twice the mileage of, say, an F-150.
And another question - this one is directed at my friends who live in New England. Would I be better off buying a truck in California and spending 2 grand to have it shipped, or should I save my money and start looking for a truck once I get to Concord? The reason I ask is because I see a lot of rusty trucks on CL.