re: You have 25-30k budget for a new truck

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2013 F150 Lariat 4x4 for just under 40K

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and had a truck worth $30k when he got it home.
If you look on autotrader and carguru type sites you can find a whole lot of truck for $25-30k.2013s and 2014s low mileage.

I just bought a brand new 2014 F150 XLT with Leather and HIDs (2wd however) for $29k (MSRP was 45k). I'm sure you could find a dealer really wanting to offload their remaining inventory and get an even better deal.

Look at the dealerships in Houston...

I was just quoted a 2014 F-150 MSRP $50,270 with rebates $41,270.

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I bought a king ranch in 2013 for 43

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Where? This one is 4X4 with leather, NAV and backup camera.

A 2014 XLT, can basically be a 2013 Lariat with the top of the line packages. You can get leather in them now. I did see a 2014 XLT 4x4 with leather for $43k but it had $8500 off MSRP painted across the entire windshield.

Maybe they're taking a page out of Dodge's book and listing it at an inflated MSRP and then dropping incentives to make people feel they are getting a better deal than they are.

I don't know what I am going to do. Prolly just keep my Tahoe.

Check out Mac Haik in Houston. They are a good tool for determining market price if nothing else.

I know that ford raised the MSRP quite a bit between 2013 and 2014 so that the jump to 2015 wouldn't look as bad.

My truck stickered for 53,770, but there are 2014 lariats that sticker for that much, and my truck had pretty much everything.



Eta: are you sure the sticker on the 2014 you looked at is only 50? There may be some discounts above the stickers bottom line that these other websites like to advertise as discounts.

That's the ecoboost engine, I have the same.

That's a $1095 upcharge so you may want to look for V8s if you want to save a little more.

That's a whole nother thread but it is marketed as an efficient workhorse. It has more HP, torque and towing capacity than the V8 5.0, but many old school folks have to have the 2 cylinders.

If you want fuel efficiency for around town driving, buy the eco. If you want more fuel efficiency while pulling and doing so often buy the V8 or a diesel.

I got the 5.0 cause less moving parts should mean longer life out of the engine and I didn't like the way the Ecoboost engine sounded.