RollingsFarms
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- Joined
- Mar 26, 2007
- Messages
- 2,301
- Location
- South Carolina
- Tractor
- Few John Deere's and one Ford 3600 diesel.
I stopped by my local Ford dealership yesterday to redeem my free steak dinner due to my "key code" saying I had won in a flyer I recently recieved in the mail. Basically nothing more then to generate traffic into the dealership, I wanted my free steak dinner nonetheless.
While I was there and had a salesman all over me I figured what the heck and told him let me test drive a new F-250 with the 6.7 if you have one. What he had was a SRW F-350, CC, 4x4 with the 6.7 Lariat package. Suited me just fine, so I told him go get the keys and lets take her for a spin. Now these test drives are mostly on the smoothest of paved roads you can find, a short trip around the block pretty much. I told him we weren't just going around the block, if I was going to be interested in it I wanted to drive it on the most uneven paved road I could find.
When I first got in the truck I was amazed how comfortable the seats were, how big this truck was, the ammount of room inside the cab. While it felt big, it didn't feel overwhelmigly large, but did provide all the room one could ever need. I cranked her up and immediatley noticed the quitness of the 6.7 diesel. We started the test drive and as I left the parking lot I wanted to see the get up and go this thing had.......WOW!:drool: the difference between that and my 5.3 in my '04 Z71 can't even be put into words. the transmission did seem to shift a little hard, but it wasn't anything that would get on your nerves, it was kind of surprising though. the real shocker is how smooth this baby rode! 10 times smoother then my 1/2 ton Z71 extended cab! who says 3/4 ton or 1 ton trucks ride rough? if they think that this truck would make you think you were riding in a Cadilac. another thing that stood out is how much more advanced the power steering is in this truck then on my 04 Z71. this truck didn't drive like a big truck AT ALL. it was SUPER easy to turn and get around town in. i have to admit i was blown away. when we returned from the test drive I figured shoot, get him to work up a number just to see. Well this is where my liking this truck went south because he only knocked off $4,500 off the $55k sticker and offered me $12,000 for my trade-in when I know i could do alot better. It also didn't help that the finance manager insulted me by questioning if I could afford a $55k truck and that maybe I wanted to take a look at an F-150. They lost whatever chance of business with me, albeit slim to begin with as I've never liked this dealer in the past. No fault of the truck though, that thing sold me, it was the salesman and finance manager that left a bad taste in my mouth.
I just wanted to write and say that if you are in the market for a new diesel or an F-250/350 go drive one! it will put a smile on your face and give you that wow factor!
While I was there and had a salesman all over me I figured what the heck and told him let me test drive a new F-250 with the 6.7 if you have one. What he had was a SRW F-350, CC, 4x4 with the 6.7 Lariat package. Suited me just fine, so I told him go get the keys and lets take her for a spin. Now these test drives are mostly on the smoothest of paved roads you can find, a short trip around the block pretty much. I told him we weren't just going around the block, if I was going to be interested in it I wanted to drive it on the most uneven paved road I could find.
When I first got in the truck I was amazed how comfortable the seats were, how big this truck was, the ammount of room inside the cab. While it felt big, it didn't feel overwhelmigly large, but did provide all the room one could ever need. I cranked her up and immediatley noticed the quitness of the 6.7 diesel. We started the test drive and as I left the parking lot I wanted to see the get up and go this thing had.......WOW!:drool: the difference between that and my 5.3 in my '04 Z71 can't even be put into words. the transmission did seem to shift a little hard, but it wasn't anything that would get on your nerves, it was kind of surprising though. the real shocker is how smooth this baby rode! 10 times smoother then my 1/2 ton Z71 extended cab! who says 3/4 ton or 1 ton trucks ride rough? if they think that this truck would make you think you were riding in a Cadilac. another thing that stood out is how much more advanced the power steering is in this truck then on my 04 Z71. this truck didn't drive like a big truck AT ALL. it was SUPER easy to turn and get around town in. i have to admit i was blown away. when we returned from the test drive I figured shoot, get him to work up a number just to see. Well this is where my liking this truck went south because he only knocked off $4,500 off the $55k sticker and offered me $12,000 for my trade-in when I know i could do alot better. It also didn't help that the finance manager insulted me by questioning if I could afford a $55k truck and that maybe I wanted to take a look at an F-150. They lost whatever chance of business with me, albeit slim to begin with as I've never liked this dealer in the past. No fault of the truck though, that thing sold me, it was the salesman and finance manager that left a bad taste in my mouth.
I just wanted to write and say that if you are in the market for a new diesel or an F-250/350 go drive one! it will put a smile on your face and give you that wow factor!
