Need advice on pricing

[nukeman]

Long story short, I was set on ordering an ecodiesel. As built, it would have been $45k. So I stop in today, and take another look at the cummins trucks. This one is basically stripped mind you, but I can have it for $41,525 out the door (including tax/title, etc.) Also got them to throw in a factory brake controller.
Does this seem like a good or great deal? Sorry the blurry pic.

 

[Oilbelcher]

If you originally wanted Eco diesel, and 1500 adequate, be patient and get it. You will regret otherwise. The engine, air ride, etc is awesome. The mileage much better than cummins.

 

[loveracing1988]

I believe the big question is what are you going to use the truck for? If you are going to tow something I would go with the cummins, but if your going to be using it as a big car get the ecodiesel. I want my exact truck with the ecodiesel instead of the hemi. The payload on that truck would be 1000 lbs, the fact I want to tow a fifth wheel means I need to change my plan. No fifth wheel has a pin weight low enough to allow me to have 3 or 4 people and still be under the limit.

 

[nukeman]

A little of both. Trailering maybe 3 times a month, 8-10k lbs so im at the upper limits of the eco.

Just on the fence because of the price. With nissan and GM releasing their diesels soon, not sure the ecodiesel hype will last.

 

[mtofell]

Go through the Costco auto buying program for whatever you buy if you want the best price. They'll beat Truecar, "no haggle" dealerships and the best you negotiate after sitting in the cubicle for hours.

I went through it a few months ago and Costco beat everything else.

 

[nukeman]

Thanks for the tip! I'll check Costco. Personally, I feel $41 and change is a good price but maybe they can beat it.

 

[nukeman]

If you originally wanted Eco diesel, and 1500 adequate, be patient and get it. You will regret otherwise. The engine, air ride, etc is awesome. The mileage much better than cummins.

Agreed, but checked today and my order would arrive "maybe" mid - August. Not opposed to waiting, but chrysler rep said there is now a problem with 3.0 availability and a "quality issue" he wouldn't elaborate on. Whichever I buy is 1k below invoice. So...at roughly 4k less, the cummins is looking attractive. And it's here.

 

[RyeThomas]

To know how good of a deal it is what is your states sales tax?

Also as stated above, what do you want vs need? Tough choice, I'm all about you live once so get what's going to make you happy so you don't regret it. Sure it may be more than you need, but if its truly what you want you won't need to do it again anytime soon. Off my soap box.

Truly the Eco will save you a large amount of money in fuel, I've had 3 CTD since 2003 and while I love them I get at best 14-16mpg overall. The Eco is going to smoke that #.

I have shopped since the 13's came out, local, east coast, west coast, Internet dealers etc, and it seems the line in the sand on a Base model Tradesman CTD Crew 4x4 Auto before TTL, is around 39K. Thats on a 14 2500, if incentives go up you may do a little better but that seems to be the line in the sand. My go number is $40 OTD, you can see I'm still driving my 06, LOL.

Sorry for the novel, good luck. Get what makes YOU happy.

Be safe fellas, have a good Father's Day!

 

[nolimits76]

Keep in mind, incentives will vary based on models and location. That being said my Sport had a similar sticker and I bought for mid $30's after all the rebates (not counting trade-in or cash down).

My 2 cents FWIW, if you are on the edge of maxing out the 1500 towing capacity doing so on a regular 3x per month basis -- then the CTD sounds like a better fit to me. Obviously we don't know all the details like you do on the "hauling & needs part".

The other thing to consider is if each truck is equipped the same. My Sport is hard loaded. I sat in a CTD on the showroom that was similar in equipment but it stickered closer to $60k.

 

[granite14]

Long story short, I was set on ordering an ecodiesel. As built, it would have been $45k. So I stop in today, and take another look at the cummins trucks. This one is basically stripped mind you, but I can have it for $41,525 out the door (including tax/title, etc.) Also got them to throw in a factory brake controller.
Does this seem like a good or great deal? Sorry the blurry pic.

For a Tradesman, the dealer I went through has them at $38.9K with window sticker at $49K. They had several with slightly diff configurations, volume dealer but not the Idaho volume dealers.