SodiumMonkey
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Had my local Ford dealership do a full inspection on the truck. There was one open recall for the engine block heater. They do not have the parts to fix that issue currently. That's fine though since I live in Tennessee.
The only issue they found was a very slight leak in the front transfer case. They said it wasn't seeping or dripping, but there was a very slight leak there. They are going to replace the transfer case at no charge since it is under the bumper to bumper warranty still.
I have only found two other very minor things. The backlight that illuminates the "P R N D M" next to the shifter is out. And the light under the passenger seat that illuminates the rear floorboard on that side is also out. They are going to correct those issues when I take it back for the transfer case.
So all in all, I feel good about the truck. Thanks so much to everyone for the help.
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13 hours ago, bbf2530 said:
Hi Sodium. Any Ford Dealer can provide you with an OASIS report. Whether a Dealer will perform a used vehicle inspection is up to the individual Dealership, so you may want to call first (although in my experience, stopping by will usually get better results than a phone call). Some may, others prefer to just do repairs and maintenance work. A nice Ford Dealer may even provide the OASIS report for "free", if they re willing and you have them do a paid vehicle inspection, since the vehicle should be connected to perform a diagnostics check anyway.
Let us know how you make out and good luck.
Went and test drove the truck this afternoon. Worked out what I feel like was a good and fair deal on it. Took it home. The deal is contingent on the results of the local Ford dealership’s inspection and Oasis report. I’m dropping it off over there tomorrow morning. We’ll see what they say.
Thanks to everyone for the insight. Hoping everything comes back good to go. The truck is VERY nice!
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1 hour ago, twintornados said:
You've gonna pay for that inspection / report.
Of course. I don’t expect anything for free.
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1 hour ago, bbf2530 said:
Hi Sodium. My advice: If I was going to have a Dealer check/inspect a car I was thinking of purchasing, it would definitely not be the Dealer selling it. Yes, ask the selling Dealership for the Oasis report, as akirby suggested. But find another Ford Dealership or an Independent shop/mechanic you can trust to inspect it.
Let us know how you make out and good luck.
2 hours ago, akirby said:If it’s a Ford dealer ask them to show you the Oasis report. If they say no run away!
Thank you both for the replies. The dealer selling the truck is not a Ford dealer. I'm going to go look at the truck tomorrow so I'll see if the dealer will let me drive it over to the local Ford dealership for an inspection. Would I be able to have the local Ford dealership get me the Oasis report for it if I brought the truck to them for inspection?
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1 hour ago, akirby said:
It it was me I'd have it checked at a Ford dealer and have them check OASIS for repair history. And maybe get a warranty.
Hadn't thought about having the dealership look at it. Wonder what the dealer that is selling it will say if I ask to have that done?
As for warranty, it's only got 12k miles on it so it's still under original factory warranty.
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Just now, akirby said:
Some of those are probably just wholesale transactions but given a choice between that vehicle and one without such a history I'd choose another one. Too many unknowns for me.
I haven't found another one with the exact set of features and low miles within 500 miles of me. Been looking for 3 months. Can't decide if I should keep on waiting. The price is good as well. Not too good to be true where it makes me think there is definitely something wrong here. But it's firmly in the "good deal" range.
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Yeah, I was wondering if the images were just blocked on my work computer. I'm new to this forum so I wasn't certain if that was the issue or if it was user error. Sounds like you can see them so thanks for replying and confirming that!
As for the history...
05/02/2018 - First owner reported, registered as a commercial vehicle
11/06/2018 - New owner reported
11/29/2018 - New owner reported
04/05/2019 - New owner reported
05/22/2019 - New owner reportedI just haven't ever seen a vehicle change ownership that many times in such a short period of time. I wasn't sure if there was some common explanation that exists for this type of frequent retitling.
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Not sure if these images are working or not... I can see them on my phone but not on my computer.
The image can be seen here: https://i.postimg.cc/qMzZQfDJ/7-C5-A233-B-0789-47-D6-90-C0-3809-D8-D7-D653.jpg
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Sorry about the broken image in the first post.
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Looking at buying this 2018 F-150. It was originally for the Canadian market. Not sure what is going on with the number of owners here:
I’m not sure why to make of this honestly. Would this concern you? Would you still purchase the truck?
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On 8/1/2019 at 7:24 AM, Chromey said:
Unless you like high dividend paying stocks, which F is. I’m not concerned at this point that they’ll cut the dividend at all or by any significant amount.
I think it's a good play as a current income stock and as a long-term value stock.
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On 8/1/2019 at 6:52 AM, silvrsvt said:
Completely irrelevant-the Mustang product is funded by selling $25-30K Ecoboost and $32K GT models. The GT350/500 are limited production models that start at nearly double that cost and have a much larger markup/profit and add cache to the Ford brand.
GM isn't going to limit production of a car that starts at say $57K if there is a demand-especially on something that as of late couldn't clear 30K units sold in a year. That would be like Ford limiting sales of the lower end Mustangs just because (with in reason regarding the market conditions). Given the numbers that the Corvette sells in, I wonder how much profit GM actual makes on them.
In the grand scheme of things, the the 2 door coupe market isn't that big...I would be seriously surprised if they could sell 40K+ of them in a year...but we will see I guess.
What about any notion of marketing towards the exclusivity of a product?
Think about a company like Rolex. They produce around 1 million watches a year. They could produce and sell a ton more, but they choose not to. So buying a "used" Rolex is often more expensive than buying the same model brand new.
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5 minutes ago, rperez817 said:
List of model year 2020 passenger cars, U.S. market from U.S. domestic automakers.
2-door coupe/convertible
- Chevrolet Camaro
- Chevrolet Corvette
- Ford Mustang
4-door sedan
- Cadillac CT4
- Cadillac CT5
- Cadillac CT6
- Chevrolet Impala
- Chevrolet Malibu
- Chevrolet Sonic sedan
- Ford Fusion
- Tesla Model 3
5-door hatchback
- Buick Regal Sportback
- Chevrolet Sonic hatchback
- Chevrolet Spark
- Tesla Model S
Wagon
- Buick Regal TourX
Crazy to see how small the list is now. I guess the Tesla Model X is considered an SUV? I'd call it closer to a 5-door hatchback or wagon.
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On 8/5/2019 at 10:08 AM, grbeck said:
This Saturday, I saw a 2020 Explorer on the road, but our local dealer does not have any in stock!
I saw one recently as well. Hopefully they get whatever the issue is resolved because it was a darn good looking vehicle!
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So hard to tell the size from those pics. It looks minicooperish ? Surely it is larger than that, but I wonder how large. These small crossover SUV type vehicles definitely have a huge market right now.
Would this CarFax History concern you?
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The 1-10 showing me which gear I am in displays correctly on the left side of the 8" screen in the dash cluster. I'm talking about the "P R N D M" next to the shifter:
https://www.web2carz.com/images/mmy/201805/2018-ford-f-150-platinum_shifter_1527266241_700x467.jpg
Does "floor shift" mean the one I posted above? It's in the center console stack. I guess that's the floor as opposed to the drive column. I just don't think of it being on the floor. Floor shift in my mind looks like this:
https://farm5.static.flickr.com/4017/4354193951_d32f9c4a9d.jpg
Thanks! So far so good!