Got offered a trade

[wildbill23c]

Personally after being in the same position different vehicle thing before I'd keep what I have.

I had a 1989 Mazda B2600i 4x4 pickup, yep it had 319,000 miles on it, there were a couple rust issues but nothing major, I just thought I really needed a new car, which at that time Chevy had the Cobalt on sale and I fell for their trap. I traded my pickup in on that 2006 Chevy Cobalt thinking well I got a new car I'm good I won't have any issues and won't have to worry about breaking down on my 30 mile trip to or from work. Huge mistake, I had nothing but transmission problems from day 1 with the Cobalt, resulting in after babying it along a transmission rebuild at 15,000 miles which the dealer tried to blame on me, but after pulling out all of my service orders showing that my concern with the transmission from the first oil/filter change at 5,000 miles and again and again after that and being constantly told it was impossible to have a problem because it was a new car. I even got scowled at when I dropped the car off to have the transmission fixed when I asked if my truck was still there because I wanted it back and they could keep their POS car. After the transmission rebuild I had an Army Supply NCO course to attend in Utah, drove the car from Boise to Utah and back and well by the time I got back it wasn't wanting to shift, etc. The car went to a dealer and was traded in LOL.

Unless that Bronco 2 is in prestine (mint) condition I wouldn't really waste my time on it since you would end up paying the dealer more than its worth by the time the deal is done with your Focus.

I traded this:

For this:

And well I wish I could press an undo button somehow to get my truck back.

 

[b2tamer]

Yeah I'm keeping my car around now, thanks for all the advice guys.

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[wildbill23c]

Good choice. Sometimes the decision is hard but can turn out to be the right one in the long run

 

[b2tamer]

Well I did actually talk to the bank today and the guy said that he would do a straight across title swap, so there wouldn't be any problems if I wanted to trade private. I know this isn't a Ford product but what bad things have u guys heard or experienced with a 88 Chevy 1500 4x4 it has 80k on rebuilt motor and 10k on rebuilt trans and rear end? And he said he would throw in a John deere lawn mower and a couple hundred in tools

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[wildbill23c]

The older chevy trucks were pretty good and they hold up pretty well. I wouldn't be trading anything though until I saw the original vehicle title. Sounds like this guy is really wanting to dump that truck I'd be very leary about the trade given he wants to throw in extra stuff that makes no sense. I wouldn't do it. Keep your car until it's paid for and then go find a vehicle you want.