Used vs new car
#31
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Also don't forget in MA, there's a $25 per $1K value of car excise tax to the town you live in, annually. This includes lease cars.
#32
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Pickups tend to hold their value better than cars, but many are driven and used hard. They vary a good bit in size, from the tiny Toyota to the Ford F250/F350 and the Chevy and Dodge 2500/3500's. In betweem are things like the Chevy Colorado and the discontinued (in the US) Ford Ranger.
#34
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They're actually really comfy on the really hard off road and very reliable.
I'd go Silverado, just on more experience of it and Tundra a close second if you're in the woods a lot and you have a dealer in town.
Ford F-150 is great, but base package and they're not quite so great for the off road.
Dodge, don't even bother.
Though if you're only going to be driving around town and/or towing things, that changes what you're looking for in a truck.
I'd go Silverado, just on more experience of it and Tundra a close second if you're in the woods a lot and you have a dealer in town.
Ford F-150 is great, but base package and they're not quite so great for the off road.
Dodge, don't even bother.
Though if you're only going to be driving around town and/or towing things, that changes what you're looking for in a truck.
#35
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Now if all you're doing is posing in town, then fair enough.
#36
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Minimum tax on the car is $100 a year, plus they don't re-access the value once you've bought it for about 4-5 years.
Our old '00 Saab, slightly battered and 150K at the end was still pulling in the same excise tax the day we bought it and we bought it in '06 and had it till last year.
#39
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Do you leave the windows of your car open at night so the road crews can salt the dash, console, and door trim?
Last edited by Pulaski; Oct 16th 2014 at 1:25 pm.
#40
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I might be Chevy Silverados look a lot angrier/better on the outside that's why I like them. My dad owns a F150 that I'll be using next month for 3 weeks which may change my opinion, but I'm a Chevy guy. 1996 (mk3?) Chevy Silverado's were my favourite truck as a kid.
Last edited by andrewlohnes; Oct 16th 2014 at 1:33 pm.
#41
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Only on the passenger side, where I don't need to leave anything open because the rubber seal has come off the door. Sadly, my current car is made largely of metal - and progressively more of oxidized metal. I try to think of it as extra ventilation so the engine doesn't overheat.
#42
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There's very little difference in most of the trucks from the last few years so it's all down to how the base models are set up and what you're intending to use them for.
Getting the thing dirty or taking it off road will be a lot different to someone that's looking to haul a caravan or a trailer of quad bikes about and the odd dump run.
All that said, Dodge are still crap.