so yesterday we put a deposit on a 99 F-150. so the deal is, the truck is $6000, he came down from $6750, and i want your opinions on what its worth. i have used Edmunds, KBB, Nada, and they're all different. im going to finish the deal today, in like an hour....

http://austin.craigslist.org/car/281276806.html

 

here are some pics of the body damage i forgot to mention. just the rocker is real major. than the tailgate has a dent/paint scratch, and theres little scratches all over the thing, not real bad though. oh, and it has some kind od aftermarket exhaust, flowmaster the guy said, but i dont know. and the passenger door lock was ripped out i guess. and the power locks don't work....
i might take it to lemon detectives, they do a 600 point inspection, but thats $128....









no, the doors not ****ed up, its open

and yes, the tire that has a different wheel is a different size then the rest, and they're dead....

 

THAT TRUCK AT AUCTION ISNT WORTH MORE THAN 4800.. IN THAT CONDITION AND WE DONT EVEN KNOW HOW IT RUNS DRIVES OR SHIFTS. LETS SAY ITS MECHANICALLY PERFECT AND SOME DRUNK LOST HIS KEYS POPPEDTHE PASS SIDE LOCK AND THEN SLID INTO THE DITCH YOUVE GOT 1500 TO A GRAND IN DAMAGE. HOPE THIS HELPS

 

dont do it!!!! I bought a 2001 F-150 s/crew 4x4 xlt with only 70,000 miles on it and gave $9000 for it and it is in mint condition!!!! Keep lookin around, you can find a much better deal on a much nicer truck!!

 

Nah, you don't want that one - I liked the first one you posted ,last week I think - now that was nice..

 

High miles,work truck,i think you should keep lookin IMO.With a little more money you can find something alot nicer.By looking at it it doesn't appear to be treated nice.Example i bought mine last year w/45000miles and i paid 13000 for it.It now has 77000 and i would sell it for around 10000 but its not for sale click my pic

 

I agree, id pass on this one, its alot of body work to even get it looking nice. Even if it was just a DD truck that you didnt care too much for, id still want it lookin somewhat nice. And when i see the lock like that, i think theft! Who knows if someone stole this and ragged on it, and the insurance didnt total it out! Walk away while you still can

 

yeah, but i don't have more money. it runs, and shifts nice, no problems that i can hear or see.... im gonna have lemon busters check it out, 600 point inspection.... i wanna get them to lower the price.... i mean, if its mechanically sound, im gonna get it. i have 4k down, and was gonna finance 2k. i want to have it payed off by summer, because i will be doing allot of traveling, hence no money for truck.... so if its mechanically sound, what would you say? price wise

 

i was thinking theft too, thats one more reason im having it checked out by lemon busters.... i don't have much money, and need a truck

 

If it runs completely perfect, and they had just done all the major fluid changes (oil, coolant, trans, brake etc) I would still have a hard time paying more then 5000-5500.

If it has complete service records of every oil chance at what mileage, and all other servicing records, i would have no problem going for the 6k b.c i could see on paper this truck was cared for.

And you said the tires were dead, so thats not a good thing. And if one tire is taller then the other, they could have friend the LS differential, or some of the 4x4 components
-Patrick

 

good point, didn't even think about records.... and they just did a brake job last week. don't know exactly what they did, but lemon busters will tell me what they did, exactly....

 

buy a nicer truck put 2k down finance the rest w/ the money left from your 4k you put down on this truck.that will pay alot of payments.

 

i'd pay 5000 if you really want it. just don't wanna see ya get POS.But if it has no prob it might be good to you.Do you really need 4x4?
1=never buy a truck you can't re-sell for more than you paid!
2=two wheel drive is cheaper and less to break if you will be traveling alot!
3=Carfax,you will know how many owned it,accidents,past probs,.........
4=When in doubt back out
5=you can find better prices from private party
6=service records?????
7=look,look,look,

Just suggestions,cause i have made bad choices from buyin first thing i found in price range

 

yeah, i need 4X4. im not gonna buy a truck without it. and can somebody run a carfax for me? vin is
1FTRX18L2XNA21209

 

pass....