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looking at a 18 Lariat 502A - found out that it’s the owners wife truck, but they are including a $1.395 destination charge and $995 (dealership) add ons.
Would you ever purchase a demo or in this case one of the owners trucks?
My thinking is probably backwards here but I dislike the idea of someone being allowed to drive a vehicle and put upwards of 1500-2k miles on it and still sell it as "new" just because it was never titled to a person. If I buy a truck and get a great price and turn around and try to sell it immediately, I will almost never recoup my costs (on a new truck). Why doesn't that truck take the same depreciation hit? I'm curious about how much they are selling it for and if it is really that much better of a deal over a brand new purchase. A lot of people are getting some really good deals right now. To answer your question, I most likely wouldn't buy it. I assume every one else rags out their vehicles, especially a vehicle they have no sense of ownership in. As long as they are selling it as "new" you will pay all the same fees as someone buying new.
I bought one before, the owner of the dealership had been driving it. It was a great truck, never had an issue with it.
I believe it had 8000 miles on it when I bought it (this was in the days of 12000 mile warranties).
I see no problem with it. I recently just bought a truck the GM had been driving, it had 1800 miles on it. Truck was in perfect condition. MSRP was $52K walked out the door with it for a little over $35K. If you get a great deal on one take it.
I bought the GM's F-150 with 4800 miles on it. I'm at 20,000 miles without a single issue. They knocked off around $14,500 (also included a spray in bed liner) and since it was "new" I got 0% thru Ford's financing. At the time the discount on a brand new 2016 was $10.000 off MSRP so an extra $4,500 off was worth it for the miles.
I wouldn't hesitate to do that again.
Last edited by RazorbackDave; 06-26-2018 at 11:36 AM.
My 2010 was a demo truck, owner's wife drove it. Had around 4k miles when I bought it, got a great deal, MSRP was like $33k, got it for $25k. Never had a single issue with the truck, broke my heart when I got t-boned and insurance totaled it earlier this year.
I see no problem with it. I recently just bought a truck the GM had been driving, it had 1800 miles on it. Truck was in perfect condition. MSRP was $52K walked out the door with it for a little over $35K. If you get a great deal on one take it.
Heck of a deal there. Anybody would be dumb to say no.
Mine was a demo. 2016 that MSRP for 54K and i paid a little under 36K plus ford incentive financing. Had about 4K miles on it from what I remember. Owned it about a year and a half and now have 15K miles on it without issues. I also watched the truck online for approx 6 months until they finally kept coming down on price.
06-26-2018, 10:41 AM
Would you buy a demo or Owners Truck?
