older truck vs newer truck

[dhirocz]

In my eyes, my first experience with a truck validated my point. If you:

-cannot or will not wrench in or learn how to maintain your equipment,
-buy into the idea of a warranty so much you are willing to loose $ to use it,
-like driving to the dealership,
-dont care about long term profitability or true ownership of your business,
-gotta have the newest shiniest toy and are willing to almost never be home to pay for it

...buy new.

If you are like most here, who:

-arent afraid to learn about and work on your truck during your downtime,
-want to TRULY own your truck/business,
-dont want a truck bankrupting you while the stealership 'tries' to fix it since you have a 'warranty',
-believe there's more value in a well cared for $30k truck thats paid for, versus a new mandated $145k truck you pay on weekly,
-plan on looking at your truck from a business standpoint as well as all decisions regarding it,

...buy an ISX equipped, nice, used truck.

Some might not agree entirely with my views, but seeing new Pete's in and out of the shop is enough for me. I'll stick with my 871.

I'm no longer intimidated by working on my truck, and thanks to the folks here and their advice, I took a turd that would have bankrupted most and managed to make a nice living for my family and keep it rolling and away from these so called 'techs' at these shops eager to rip me off. And I'm weeks away from holding the title in my hand.