Good buy or not?

[CaseO]

38,100 miles 2021 Ram 1500 Laramie White exterior. Laramie Level B Equipment. $38,000

 

[mikeru]

Not enough information to make that call. Any other options besides Level B ewuipment group? What condition is it in? Private party or dealer sale? Would help a lot if you can provide the VIN.

 

[CaseO]

Not enough information to make that call. Any other options besides Level B ewuipment group? What condition is it in? Private party or dealer sale? Would help a lot if you can provide the VIN.

Vin#

1C6SRFJT7MN788561

 

[CaseO]

Not enough information to make that call. Any other options besides Level B ewuipment group? What condition is it in? Private party or dealer sale? Would help a lot if you can provide the VIN.

Dealership. Haven’t seen the truck, it’s hour 1/2 from the house.

 

[mikeru]

Okay, I don't know about pricing in Indiana, but that looks to be a good price if buying from a dealership, and pretty much on par with what I am seeing in my area. Even so, it's always a good idea to try to negotiate a better deal. And I know people are buying online more now, but I'll never buy a vehicle without driving it first. Even a brand new one. I would advise you to go look at it in person, and maybe bring someone with you that doesn't have "car shopping goggles" on. It helps if that person knows about vehicles.

 

[mtofell]

Just out of factory bumper-bumper warranty but still have a good amount of powertrain left. You might look at the, "in-service" date so you know exactly how much of the five years is left. Worst case the truck was put into service midway through 2020 so you'd only have a little over a year left. The dealer should also be able to pull and send you the service history so you can see if/what problems, recalls, etc, it's had done.

 

[KeithP]

Never would buy used sight unseen. Have made a deal for a new one that way. But had the option of backing out, in writing, when I went to pick it up.

 

[Kickboxer]

Go look at it, a half hour drive is nothing.

 

[diymirage]

Go look at it, a half hour drive is nothing.

only about 1/3rd of the way there

 

[mikeru]

only about 1/3rd of the way there

You're right, but the way the OP worded it is a little strange. But a 90 minute drive is still a reasonable distance to drive to look at it. I've driven a lot farther than that to look at a vehicle. I think the farthest is almost 5 hours one way. It was a fun road trip, though coming home was inconvenient because of having to drive two vehicles home.

 

[tron67j]

Get a mechanic to do a full check. To many vehicles with problems out there. The mechanic should pop off a lot of the electrical connections to see if there's rust in there, that would signal a potential flood vehicle. And when driven, drive it hard, keep turning electrical things in and off over and over again. Turn everything on at once and let it stay on for a while. Before you even leave for the test drive and before it has been started turn the ignition on but don't start it and turn on the lights, the windshield wipers, full blower, put windows up and down a couple times and then try to immediately start the truck. That will tell you if a potential battery problem is there. Take a USB cord with you and plug into all the outlets and make sure your phone shows charging at least.

 

[diymirage]

You're right, but the way the OP worded it is a little strange. But a 90 minute drive is still a reasonable distance to drive to look at it. I've driven a lot farther than that to look at a vehicle. I think the farthest is almost 5 hours one way. It was a fun road trip, though coming home was inconvenient because of having to drive two vehicles home.

I agree (and I had to read it twice myself to get it right)

When I bought my 2500, I drove the superdookie 4 hours one way to trade it in (they were not happy to take it) and drove the ram 4 hours back home

But, it was the truck I wanted

 

[CaseO]

Okay, I don't know about pricing in Indiana, but that looks to be a good price if buying from a dealership, and pretty much on par with what I am seeing in my area. Even so, it's always a good idea to try to negotiate a better deal. And I know people are buying online more now, but I'll never buy a vehicle without driving it first. Even a brand new one. I would advise you to go look at it in person, and maybe bring someone with you that doesn't have "car shopping goggles" on. It helps if that person knows about vehicles.

The truck is in Kentucky but I live in Indiana.

 

[CaseO]

Go look at it, a half hour drive is nothing.

I said an hour 1/2.

 

[Kickboxer]

I said an hour 1/2.

Sorry about that, I was wrong. Where I live lots of trips are that or longer.

 

[Ramulus]

offer 37 half thousand

 

[huntergreen]

38,100 miles 2021 Ram 1500 Laramie White exterior. Laramie Level B Equipment. $38,000

4x4 ? Hemi or pentastar engine. Sounds like it might be lease return .

 

[mikeru]

4x4 ? Hemi or pentastar engine. Sounds like it might be lease return .

It's a 4x4 with the etorque Hemi. He posted the VIN. Just use this link and add the VIN to the end of the URL to get any Ram window sticker...

https://www.ramtrucks.com/hostd/windowsticker/getWindowStickerPdf.do?vin=

Here's the pertinent info from the window sticker...

 

[Dodge 1500 4X4]

4x4 ? Hemi or pentastar engine. Sounds like it might be lease return .

I agree its a loaded-up lease that was driven hard in the 3 year lease, isn't a lease for 36 months, leaser wanted to get rid of it, beware of this deal, I would run from it!!!

I wish my Laramie had some of that glitter you can't get all of that without breaking a window.

 

[Atcer2018]

Go look at the truck in person. Could very well be worth the 90 minute drive. My 2018 was a lease vehicle, purchased by me in 2019 with 16K miles. It was pristine as many lease vehicles are pampered because the lessee is worried about use/damage charges. Ask the selling dealer to cover a 3-5k warranty to put you at ease.