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I drove across town to pick up my degree since im still waiting on parts

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swapping in a 6.0 would be way more trouble than its worth for me. The 350 will do me just fine! Simple to work on, engines are cheap, and parts are cheap to. Just wish i had the money laying around to buy it!

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I'm about to pull the trigger on a new to me quad. Its lifted and has 30" tires under it. Only 852 miles and 222 hours. Seems really low to me for an 07. He wants 5500 but pretty sure when I wave cash in his face he'll take less

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what kind of atv is it? youd be crazyt to pay 5500 for an 07 atv with that many hours and miles

 

back in 07 i got a brand new off the showroom king quad 450 for 5900

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what kind of atv is it? youd be crazyt to pay 5500 for an 07 atv with that many hours and miles

 

back in 07 i got a brand new off the showroom king quad 450 for 5900

 

Really not a lot of miles, but the hours are a little high. Its a brute force 750. I'm pretty sure he will take less if I got a fat stack of cash in his face. And prices here in VA, DC and MD are pretty high just because when the economy crashed, we didn't for the most part. I would obviously try and talk him down and check out the quad real good before I do anything.

 

I saw a quad with 2500 miles and he wanted 4200. And then a 650i with 19 hours for 4700. Just depends where you look

 

 

What would you think is a fair price for it? I just looked it up on nadaguides.com and they said anywhere between 4k and 5k. I was gonna offer him 4k, but what do you think is a fair price for it? That is, if everything checks out

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I will clean my truck today then going for a long drive. Anyone have suggestions that how to save fuel ?

I go just under the speed limit on the highway and have a tonneau cover that seems to wirk

LongrangeLauber Senior Enthusiast

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Cruise at 55 MPH.

I go faster than that on the back roads on the way to and from work. And I still feel like I'm going slow

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I will clean my truck today then going for a long drive. Anyone have suggestions that how to save fuel ?

Buy a car... really just makes sure its in good running condt. tires at the right psi, and a feather right foot.

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im wondering what i should do with my trans as far as upgrades, needs to handle a tune and would like bigger gears in the rear (preferably 4.10)

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Look up built 4L60E's on Google from a reputable shop and see what they do. Mine has a wider 1-2 band and vette servo. I think that's all the guy that rebuilt mine did. Has held up to 35's for over a year and 4.88's for a month in a half, which is a hard launch off every stop and a few burnouts lol

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If you're sticking with 33's I'd do 4.56 Sarah, it will have a lot more go and about the same mileage. With 4.56 and a tune it'll be a new truck.

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