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I found a  2004 Ford F250 Super Duty Diesel 4 door  with less than  
100K miles on it, tow package, good tires, bed liner, etc etc. Very,  
very clean. They had it listed at 19K and I offered 10 over the phone  
(contingent on actually seeing it and driving it) so they wouldn't  
actually be able to laugh in my face.  We ended up at 12. I think I  
did ok.

I am finding one difference is that this Ford does not have the nice  
turn radius of the Dodges. (I am used to driving my sister's 2500  
dually.)

This truck, it will not be something that we drive around for  
chuckles. We have a very nice crappy little run around for trips. This  
is so I can get my ponies to Cornell in an emergency, to take my kid  
and her animal, whatever she chooses, sheep or ponies or whatever...to  
4H things, and for the inevitable piles of stuff we are going to be  
bringing home, like...insulation, insulation, insulation, insulation,  
and firewood. : )

Did I  do ok, do you think? This is well beyond my comfort level to  
spend on my own (except on horses ; )    It's weird, Roy not being here.



On Aug 16, 2008, at 7:05 PM, Don Bowen wrote:

> > GMC makes a great truck, whether you want the all out Suburban, the  
> > more
> > modest Sierra , or the Jimmy like Lynda has....
>
> GMC and Chevrolet are the same.  Made on the same lines, same  
> engines and
> transmissions, but with different trim and sales pitches.  They are  
> selling
> the sizzle, not the steak.