re: New vehicle advice

quote:

---

There is exactly ONE f250 King Ranch 4x4 diesel within 100 miles of Memphis.

It’s $85k.

ETA: it’s a new 2022

---

There may be more. I assume you are using auto trader. Not all dealers are on there. I found several trucks I was interested in by looking at individual dealer’s websites. They had trucks I was interested in that did not show up on autotrader. I probably found more that fit my criteria by searching smaller dealers websites then I did via autotrader.

Also, in response to not buying now. I needed to buy a truck this year. And I don’t think things are going to get better on availability or price this year. This chip shortage is major, and most folks I talked with said it will probably be next year before things get better. i was planning on buying this summer hoping it would be better/easier. However I don’t think it will be. Right now Ford is offering low financing when financed thru them; 1.9% on 4 wheel drives and 0% on new 2021 model 2 wheel drives. Interest rates are going up. So my thought process was that if prices and availability are not going to get better but interest rates are going to get worse, go ahead and buy now. In addition, they are offering a little dealer incentive money (at least where I bought) on new 2021 model trucks. So while I was scared to even start shopping because of all the horror stories, I ended up only paying $5k more for this truck than I did a comparable new one in 2017. Their are no deals to be had, but there are fair prices out there (except for Toyota) if you look. The biggest problem is finding what you want.