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<blockquote data-quote="Country Bumpkin" data-source="post: 2681927" data-attributes="member: 92230"><p>I don't know which vehicle to recommend to you, everyone has their preferences. I have a dodge Cummins as my daily driver. I drive a lot, looking at buying another small truck so I don't put so many miles on my baby. I'm looking at the Chevy Colorado or GMC canyon (specifically the souped up off-road versions that are overpriced), the base models aren't that expensive in my opinion. The previous mention of tacoma or forerunner is a good one, a little more $$ but if you keep your vehicles a long time, those would be my top choices. </p><p></p><p>Another thing to consider, certain states are less desirable to buy used vehicles in, or more appropriately, some states make it such that you can get a "better deal" on new vehicles as opposed to slightly used. As it was explained to me recently, Idaho dealerships sell a tremendous quantity of new trucks to people that live in other states. Apparently we have consumer laws preventing dealerships from marking up the cost of brand new vehicles more than MSRP (or close). Soooo, people come to Idaho to buy their trucks because their local dealerships are asking $10k-$15k over MSRP, which causes a shortage of new inventory for us locals. The dealerships do NOT have to follow the same rules for used vehicles, they can gouge the crap out of you. Soooo, they sell new trucks to non-res (they advertise those in surrounding states), they purchase barely used trucks from local customers (and pay pretty much MSRP for them - so those guys basically drive a brand new truck for a year and walk away from it breaking even, didn't cost them a dime), and then the dealerships make their big profits selling slightly used trucks to the locals because the new-vehicle inventory is low and we have few options to buy the model we are after. </p><p></p><p>I have friends at work that figured this out and decided to play the game, new truck every single year and sell it for the same price as they bought it. My buddies wife has done this with two trucks and a camper in the last 3 years. The dealers actually hunt her down and make offers over the phone to buy her trucks back.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Country Bumpkin, post: 2681927, member: 92230"] I don’t know which vehicle to recommend to you, everyone has their preferences. I have a dodge Cummins as my daily driver. I drive a lot, looking at buying another small truck so I don’t put so many miles on my baby. I’m looking at the Chevy Colorado or GMC canyon (specifically the souped up off-road versions that are overpriced), the base models aren’t that expensive in my opinion. The previous mention of tacoma or forerunner is a good one, a little more $$ but if you keep your vehicles a long time, those would be my top choices. Another thing to consider, certain states are less desirable to buy used vehicles in, or more appropriately, some states make it such that you can get a “better deal” on new vehicles as opposed to slightly used. As it was explained to me recently, Idaho dealerships sell a tremendous quantity of new trucks to people that live in other states. Apparently we have consumer laws preventing dealerships from marking up the cost of brand new vehicles more than MSRP (or close). Soooo, people come to Idaho to buy their trucks because their local dealerships are asking $10k-$15k over MSRP, which causes a shortage of new inventory for us locals. The dealerships do NOT have to follow the same rules for used vehicles, they can gouge the crap out of you. Soooo, they sell new trucks to non-res (they advertise those in surrounding states), they purchase barely used trucks from local customers (and pay pretty much MSRP for them - so those guys basically drive a brand new truck for a year and walk away from it breaking even, didn’t cost them a dime), and then the dealerships make their big profits selling slightly used trucks to the locals because the new-vehicle inventory is low and we have few options to buy the model we are after. I have friends at work that figured this out and decided to play the game, new truck every single year and sell it for the same price as they bought it. My buddies wife has done this with two trucks and a camper in the last 3 years. The dealers actually hunt her down and make offers over the phone to buy her trucks back. [/QUOTE]
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