Stealth, com'on now, reality is that there are fewer and fewer of these trucks in good, clean, meticulously maintained and properly driven condition. What I mean by properly driven is... NO dry starts, warmed before rev'd and not OVER rev'd. The Shift light avoids slamming the limiter which is bad for the valve train. No goofy burnouts and heavy clutch dumps, no drag radials to stress the driveline to achieve a sub 1.9 second 60 ft. Here is a quote from "Mopar-or-no-car" in the recent "Looking to by -Mileage?" thread post #9...
(It's mostly based on how it was driven and taken care of for those 80k miles. They aren't cheap to maintain and all these broke ass kids that own more than half of these trucks don't take care of them. Not to mention most don't have a clue what they are doing when they work on, or mod them.. Steer clear of modded trucks unless you trust complete strangers to work on your shit..)
Or "blazinsrt" in post #4...
(You can usually tell if a car has been cared for or beat if you look hard enough.. Carfax undercarriage and interior are good first steps.)
I honestly feel that regardless of your "mileage" argument or comparisons to CARS, my truck is the exception to the typical 20K-25K truck. And it's "Viper" Truck. As you stated, the overproduction of the Muscle sedans and cars hurts their values, not necessarily a rare, out of production specialty truck. Once again, "Mopar-or-no-car" makes the argument for me in the "Thinking of selling my girl" thread post #39...
(They sell all day in nice condition for 20k. Hell, look on autotrader you'll find quite a few. The worst thing is to let them sit. I'd rather buy one with 20k miles rather than zero. We all know better and steer clear of zero millage Vipers. You should hear some of the nightmares. The worst is when some foolish individual only puts 3k miles on in 10 years. Then someone buys said veichles and starts to put some miles on it...Then the problems start..)
Or your post #40 re; the unique condition an Arizona vehicle that has been garage kept can be in...
(I bought my 2008 coupe a year and a half ago with only 1,846 miles on it. It now has 5,600 on it. I went through the entire car, drained and replaced every fluid and have not had any issues. Heck I'm still on the original battery. I think this low mileage info is a bunch of bullshit as long as the car was stored properly. My car also came from Chandler, AZ so the hot dry air was likely not hindering anything. Clearly it was stored inside as well...)
The exception is, my truck has about 3k put on per year and less since I've owned it and I have kept ALL fluids fresh with regular changes in conjunction with the highest of quality products. The few modifications are of high value AND professionally or properly installed. The B&B exhaust was done by....B&B! The tune is Custom by Torrie for my truck and is spot on. Not a safe, canned tune typically found. You can thank the AEM wideband and data logging for that.
So, IS 35K a "bit of a stretch"?!?, as "Wifey" states in the "Thinking of selling my girl" thread, post #6...
(Stand firm! You can't always give it away!! I have an 04 with 5730 miles on it and I wouldn't sell it for less than 35k US!!)
What would a fair price for an exceptional truck be?!?
....and Mopar, I also hope you are wrong and I get north of 30K
I'll stand firm. I know that a good buyer who understands what he is looking for will see the overall value and the reliable condition that my particular truck is in and we will come to a deal that's a "win-win" :rock:
Cheers Guys! and Gal...
