I have been flirting with this guy for over a year about this truck. He wanted $800.00. I thought it was a deal for that! When I told the wife about it I checked her mood ring to see if it was green for "good mood" I found that it left a big red welt on my forehead. (That was right after I brought the panel home.)
His story is that it is just too heavy duty and thirsty for his needs. He got a deal on it because he bought it new, two years after it was new. It was an ordered unit that fell through and the dealer ended up eating it. So it started life with few miles at first. Since it is so heavy duty he avoided driving it unless he had to. Now his wife is tired of driving around it to get into the garage. She told him to get rid of it by winter. I ran into him at work again a couple weeks ago and asked him if he still had it. He said yes, but not for long, and told me about the deadline. I asked him how low I could weasel him and HE'S the one who said $500.00! I didn't have the heart to try to counter offer him. So I went last Sunday to look at it, and made the deal. He had to get his Ontario title transferred to Iowa. Apparently they will register them here without making you transfer your title. So it seems like I held my breath all week waiting for this deal to go through. I rode home with him after work and drove it home. Doing 110 down the interstate (kph, that is...) Ran like a champ. It's tempting to just paint it and run it, but then I would be back to square one looking for a parts truck for the panel, and I'd be really fortunate to find another deal like this.
