Rigger,
I realze I am new on this forum but Ive been looking at these for a while and I have realized that dealers are willing to go lower on these than private owners. They are great vehicles, but in all honesty body on frame suvs that get 15 mpg on a good day are not really in huge demand at the present time. It seems as if the private owners selling these are a little behind the dealers in figuring this out.
I had one scoped out at a dealer, mentioned it in an earlier post. That dealer would not budge on the price, not one dime. I walked away from that one.
I bought this one an hour ago for $23k. See post #2521 above. It has a few minor issues, but is otherwise very clean.
It seemed to me that the deals on these trucks are down south. Arizona, Texas, etc. That would require traveling or shipping. I did not want those hassles.
The truck I bought is an '03. One owner, 70k miles, near spotless interior, never wrecked, never smoked, good tires, everything works except that issue with the power door unlockers, has both electronic keys, tried everything and everything seems to work perfect.
I don't think I stole it, but I think I got a fair deal. I have not found these trucks to be easy to find up here in this market. This is a sparsely populated area, so harder to find them. Denver is nearest large metro area, 7 hours away. The folks I bought this car from are local business people, and I have a friend that is a friend of theirs. So, it all looked good, so I pulled the trigger on it.
I like it!