Hammer Time: Who Needs a Truck?

by Steven Lang

Updated: May 16th, 2014 Published: October 28th, 2008

How cheap are work trucks when no one’s working? Case in point. 2008 Ford F250 Superduty with rear seats, Automatic, and a throbbing 6.4L V8 powerstroke diesel with 350 Hp and 650 lbs. of torque. 41k highway miles, and, oh yeah. Like most other trucks at the auctions it’s a repo which has become a mantra for Atlanta inventory. Charge out price this morning at Carmax Auctions was $10,500, and that was with absolutely no announcements that would normally detract from the truck’s value (Engine Noise, Transmission Slips, Frame Damage, etc.). Oh, and every other truck and SUV repo that was at today’s sale, didn’t sell. Even a Toyota Tacoma and Hyundai Santa Fe Limited found no buyers.

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Landcrusher on Oct 28, 2008

Allsting, Okay, I will bite. Why don't you just say the same thing about any driver of a vehicle that has more than one seat and/or weighs more than 300 pounds? Doesn't the same poorly thought out and hateful logic apply?

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Psarhjinian on Oct 28, 2008
I would take a Scion Xb prior gen over the two you mentioned in a heartbeat. From a cost and quality perspective it’s unbeatable. Unfortunately, you can't get it in Canada, except as a grey-market import. And as such, it's hideously overpriced. I've seen xB's going for $15-20,000 Canadian; they were $27-30,000 new.

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Fallout11 on Oct 31, 2008
Okay, I will bite. Why don’t you just say the same thing about any driver of a vehicle that has more than one seat and/or weighs more than 300 pounds? Doesn’t the same poorly thought out and hateful logic apply? Hits a little too close to home there for ya, eh tiger?

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Anonymous on Dec 19, 2008

[...] available out there? You can buy a new truck for $30,000+ or you can buy 3 2008 F-250 repos for about $33,000 (one example multiplied by three, @ [...]

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