Attention: TDR Forum Junkies My roommate that is. He's been looking at diesel trucks now for as long as I have, and up until he met me, he was stuck on buying a Drof PSD. But, today we went to the local Dodge dealer, and there on the lot was a 1999 Sport 2500 QC, SWB, CTD, Auto, with 53700 on it. Dealer's price... $21K!!! 
I about fell over when he said $21K, I figured they'd have it stickered at at least $25k. So, we drove it, and he really liked it from the left seat... which he's never drove a Dodge from before. I've never let anyone I go to school with touch my baby "Bullula" for fear of them hurting the girl. So, after we got done test driving the '99, I let him drive my baby back to our room, and holy crap was he impressed... I told him right off to bump the Comp up to 5x5, and to get on it, and I think he went something like
:--) :--) :--) LOL. So, he's now taking his '97 Tahoe back to the dealer to do a "1 hour trade off" so we can go test drive it for an hour and see what she's about. It's an extraordinarily clean truck, and has never had any performance mods on it, as far as my inspections could tell (yes, I got funny looks from all the salesman standing around as I crawled on top of the engine to look at the pump-wire and the rest of it. LOL... bet they don't get that every day.
Couple of questions if you're still with me at this point in my story:
1. How does the emergency brake work on a '99? When I tried to set it, it set, but the pedal came back to the "unset" position, and it didn't feel like mine does, although it did set, and does work fine.
2. Did a Carfax check on it, and they showed 6 reports in their files... is it worth the $15 or whatever they charge to get the full report on this truck? Yes, he is very serious about buying it. What do ya'll think those 6 reports are? Maybe the reasoning for it being marked at $21k?
I tried to get the previous owners name, but they bought the truck from another dealership, so that's out.
Might have made myself a convert.
Thanks for any help. Sorry for the long post. Josh.
I about fell over when he said $21K, I figured they'd have it stickered at at least $25k. So, we drove it, and he really liked it from the left seat... which he's never drove a Dodge from before. I've never let anyone I go to school with touch my baby "Bullula" for fear of them hurting the girl. So, after we got done test driving the '99, I let him drive my baby back to our room, and holy crap was he impressed... I told him right off to bump the Comp up to 5x5, and to get on it, and I think he went something like
:--) :--) :--) LOL. So, he's now taking his '97 Tahoe back to the dealer to do a "1 hour trade off" so we can go test drive it for an hour and see what she's about. It's an extraordinarily clean truck, and has never had any performance mods on it, as far as my inspections could tell (yes, I got funny looks from all the salesman standing around as I crawled on top of the engine to look at the pump-wire and the rest of it. LOL... bet they don't get that every day. Couple of questions if you're still with me at this point in my story:
1. How does the emergency brake work on a '99? When I tried to set it, it set, but the pedal came back to the "unset" position, and it didn't feel like mine does, although it did set, and does work fine.
2. Did a Carfax check on it, and they showed 6 reports in their files... is it worth the $15 or whatever they charge to get the full report on this truck? Yes, he is very serious about buying it. What do ya'll think those 6 reports are? Maybe the reasoning for it being marked at $21k?
I tried to get the previous owners name, but they bought the truck from another dealership, so that's out.
Might have made myself a convert.
Thanks for any help. Sorry for the long post. Josh.
