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rps · 01-05-2007, 11:54 PM

Hello:

2007 is indeed a "short" model year.

I had heard that the 2008's will price $2,000 to 3,000 higher than the 2007 and will have the new diesel engine.

We took delivery on our custom ordered 2007 F-350 Diesel DRW on 12/4. This vehicle was ordered from the dealer on 9/28.

To do our shopping -- I went to the Ford Truck website and priced the vehicle with the options "we wanted" and then sent the specs (by fax) to 10 area dealers and asked them to quote me their best price.

Interesting Range of Results I got -- I heard from 7 of the dealers. 3 would not quote me, because of the "short" model year.

Of the 4 quotes I got back -- there was a range of $1800.00 between lowest & highest.

The MSRP came back at $37,500 and the best quote was for $32,900.

We have been very happy with the truck -- To date, we have only used the truck for local commuting and we are getting 15.3 mpg --

The real test of the truck will come in April when we will be taking our new 2007 Monatna 2955RL out of "winter storage". Although that may happen sooner if Winter never arrives in New England.

We have chosen our 1st outing at Normandy Farms in Foxboro, MA about 60 miles from home.

01-05-2007, 11:54 PM	#8
rps Montana Fan Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Boston Posts: 214 M.O.C. #6052	Hello: 2007 is indeed a "short" model year. I had heard that the 2008's will price $2,000 to 3,000 higher than the 2007 and will have the new diesel engine. We took delivery on our custom ordered 2007 F-350 Diesel DRW on 12/4. This vehicle was ordered from the dealer on 9/28. To do our shopping -- I went to the Ford Truck website and priced the vehicle with the options "we wanted" and then sent the specs (by fax) to 10 area dealers and asked them to quote me their best price. Interesting Range of Results I got -- I heard from 7 of the dealers. 3 would not quote me, because of the "short" model year. Of the 4 quotes I got back -- there was a range of $1800.00 between lowest & highest. The MSRP came back at $37,500 and the best quote was for $32,900. We have been very happy with the truck -- To date, we have only used the truck for local commuting and we are getting 15.3 mpg -- The real test of the truck will come in April when we will be taking our new 2007 Monatna 2955RL out of "winter storage". Although that may happen sooner if Winter never arrives in New England. We have chosen our 1st outing at Normandy Farms in Foxboro, MA about 60 miles from home.