Truck shopping...advice needed...help please!

[Daryl LBZ]

Thank you so much for the input guys! That's why I love this site...good solid advice, from well-informed people. Others, keep the replies coming! An NHT truck would be awesome. Does anyone know about how much it would cost to color match the grille, bumper, end caps, etc...just like the appearance package? Would I paint the existing parts, or order new ones? Also, do I have my local dealer try to find one anywhere....or find one myself and make a deal with the far-away dealer...and leave my local guy out of the deal?

 

Thanks again everyone, I greatly appreciate it! Because of all of you, I'm not going to settle for something I'm not completely happy with.

 

 

 

I would think a good dealer would be willing to find you what you wanted. My dealer did the dealer trade for mine, didn't say a word to me about not wanting to do it, and my truck was just a little over 200 miles away round trip.

 

As for getting the front painted to match, I know when I had my 2009 I looked up the front bumper piece in the middle, and it came primered, and needed to be painted. So any part you get from a dealer will need painted.

[gnet158]

Dont settle! And this late in the year the 2012 are drying up, especially the 6.2. With 56k on the clock you have nothing but time. And I'd wait until the end of the year, I snagged a great deal on my 2012, I was looking for a 2011. Good luck!

[kstruckcountry]

If you buy now, you may be wishing you waited til the 2014's came out...

 

But my solution is to buy a 90's truck and the build it with the options I want. maybe someday.

[HEMICAT]

LOL I agree Danny- if I had the money I would build an old truck the way I wanted and use the new one as a beater!

[Big Whiskey]

I would think a good dealer would be willing to find you what you wanted. My dealer did the dealer trade for mine, didn't say a word to me about not wanting to do it, and my truck was just a little over 200 miles away round trip.

 

 

The dealer I've been talking to is a great guy, and more than willing to get me a truck like I want....my dad has bought his last 5 trucks from him....and my dad is the most particular, picky, and frugal person I know. The only problem is that there isn't a single truck like I want within 500 miles of where I live.

 

If you buy now, you may be wishing you waited til the 2014's came out...

 

 

I'm a little leary of buying the first year of a new model. I'm sure they're won't be very many bugs to get worked out, but it just makes me nervous. A new 2012 or 2013 should hold me over until about the 2015 or 2016 model year. I know....I have a problem.

[Daryl LBZ]

I would think a good dealer would be willing to find you what you wanted. My dealer did the dealer trade for mine, didn't say a word to me about not wanting to do it, and my truck was just a little over 200 miles away round trip.

 

 

The dealer I've been talking to is a great guy, and more than willing to get me a truck like I want....my dad has bought his last 5 trucks from him....and my dad is the most particular, picky, and frugal person I know. The only problem is that there isn't a single truck like I want within 500 miles of where I live.

 

If you buy now, you may be wishing you waited til the 2014's came out...

 

 

I'm a little leary of buying the first year of a new model. I'm sure they're won't be very many bugs to get worked out, but it just makes me nervous. A new 2012 or 2013 should hold me over until about the 2015 or 2016 model year. I know....I have a problem.

 

 

 

 

Well atleast they want to help you out. Is there some reason why they can't look outside of 500 miles? As for the new trucks I wouldn't buy one just because of the stupid stop/start tech they want to throw on them, and they'll probably ruin the 6.2 with the AFM garbage. One reason that I bought mine was to get away from AFM.

[hodo78]

Expand your search radius. Spending a few hundred bucks on airfare is a drop in the bucket when you're spending thousands and thousands on a new rig you'll have for several years.

 

 

 

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Unless you have a bunch of $$ burning a hole in your pocket, or if you want a different body (crew or single cab), or your truck is really troublesome, I'd keep what you have. I see new vehicles as something that has to be "ironed out". It takes 30k miles just to get settled in. The 6.2 is only a little stronger than your 6.0, and you already have the 6-spd. That truck will easily take you to 2015/2016 and the new models. Heck, I'd keep one for 20 years if I really liked it, but I like vehicles better as they age.

 

I personally would probably have already bought a NHT for towing the camper, except that every time I look, I'm reminded that it only gets a little better mpg than a 2500HD/6.0, with a lot less load handling ability. I haven't felt like moving to that platform yet, as I don't tow often, and they ride "like a rock". Time will tell...