New Truck!

This is my new truck! After months of looking and weeks without a vehicle I have finally found the perfect truck to replace my S-10.

I found this truck a few weeks ago on craigslist, but the owner had it listed a little higher then I was looking to pay. I explained that the truck was just what I was looking for, but I wasn't really interested in paying the price for the nice rims and other chrome accessories. I offered him what I thought was a reasonable price to by it without the rims. He could put the stock rims and tires back on and then sell the fancy rims separately to recoup more of his asking price.

We went back and forth over email for a while. He explained that he was more interested in selling it with the rims just to clean out the garage and not have the extra set of tires taking up space and was willing to come down to a pretty fair price with the rims. It still wasn't quite at my price range. I gave him my top offer that I would pay (with the rims included), and then didn't hear back from him for a few days. I figured he thought my offer was too low and gave up on negotiating with me. Well, while we were at Lake Powell on vacation I got an email from him explaining that he was out of town for the weekend (hence no email), but that he and he's wife agreed to sell it to me at my price! woohoo!

I still hadn't seen it in person yet only pictures. I replied explaining that we were now out of town and I would come by Monday night to see it and test drive it, and if it looked as good in person as it did in the pictures then I would hold to that price.

Over the last month there have been 3 trucks that I have contemplated purchasing, each time that I finally decided I wanted to buy the truck I called up the owner/dealer and it was sold! So... I was certain by the time I returned to Seattle the next week that he would have sold it to somebody else.

Well, I emailed him on Monday and he said that it was still available but that he just returned from the Infinity dealer and they were working a deal for a new 2008 which included the truck as a trade in. However, he told them that I may still be interested in purchasing it and if so he would sell it to me since he had already committed to the price. It turns out that they were going pay him only $500 less then what we had agreed to, plus he would have saved at least $1000 in sales tax on the new car by trading it in the truck. It was very nice of him to still sell it to me, and to hold to the price that we had agreed upon.

Anyways, I went to test drive the truck last night. Many times the vehicles look 10 times better in their pictures on craigslist then what they look like in real life... NOT THIS TRUCK... This truck looks BETTER in real life! Seriously, the pictures I have posted here are the pictures from the craigslist add. At first, looking at the pictures, I thought the rims and chrome accessories were a bit much, but once I saw it in real life I simply fell in LOVE with this truck. It is absolutely immaculate. It seriously is in just as good condition as the brand new trucks that I test drove at the dealerships. It only has 17,000 miles which is remarkable for a 2004. There's not a scratch in the paint, or a blemish in the interior. Plus, it's got a spray in bed liner, cruise control, and dual zone climate control for the AC and heater.

I talked it over with Jen on the phone since she is still in Utah. I told here how nice the truck looked and she agreed that it was a good price and that we should go for it. So I drove out to his house this morning after a stop by the bank, and traded him a couple envelopes full of cash for a smokin' hot silverado...

I am now quite happy that the other 3 trucks I almost bought didn't work out. Honestly, I would have been happy with any of them but, I am most pleased with the one I've ended up with :)

I absolutely love it!