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2022 Ram HD Builds and orders - Post and discuss your TRUCK order here! ** NEW USERS READ POST #1 **

Created a separate post for those looking to sell privately and thought I'd also post it here as well since that's the current topic....

All states are different on how a new vehicle is taxed. In several states, a private sale of a vehicle can be used to offset the sales tax liability. In my state, a sale of a vehicle 60 days prior or 45 days after the new vehicle purchase is allowed to be treated as if it was traded in. I've read that there are even some states where the sales tax is calculated off the full price of the new vehicle even if a trade in occurs.

Picked up my new 3500 over the weekend. Had a 2016 3500 with 75k on it - below were the offers I received.

Dealer trade in value on 12/1 guaranteed for 60 days was $39k ( I would've had to get an updated estimate as the truck didn't arrive within 60 days).
The first week of December I took it to a local dealer and they offered $42k (just testing the waters) - Ram had two significant price increases between these estimates and when my truck was built

Last week I listed it on Autotrader - priced at $46k which earned a "low price" as it was below the average private party value.

Carvana offered $36k
Vroom offered $39k
Carmax offered $42k - two weeks prior their automated system had come back with $44k - closest carmax is over 3 hours away or I'd had pursued this a little more
KBB instant cash offer was $42.5k - had two dealers that this apparently applied to - one sent a couple automated emails - was surprised no one reached out personally
Contacted a couple bigger dealers via their websites and received offers of $41.5k and $43.5k - the $41.5k offer was funny because they had a banner saying they'd give $1k more than the price generated - their system was operated by KBB - so they just offered me $1k less than what the actual KBB instant cash offer generated
All of the above took about 15 mins to obtain...

Then I listed on Facebook - first in about 3-4 large groups I'm a member of and then added it to marketplace (never listed on my personal page)

Autotrader was a complete waste of $49 - had about 15 spammers contact me and only one real person who thought I was a dealer.

In three days on Facebook, I received probably 20+ different messages with a wide range of offers - the most popular one was $40k cash - about 5 of the people were only looking for the Aisin, and then I had several independent used car dealers - several from 5-6+ hours away. Had offers of $44k and $44.2k

Ended up selling to one of the larger independent used car dealers (only an hour away) for $44.7k - they saw it on FB marketplace - initially offered $43k

If I had another week or so I might have tried Carmigo

I also wasn't trying to get the most out of it - my goal was $45k - ended up selling it for the average trade-in value using "very good" as the condition on KBB

Facebook just sped up the process as the morning I sold it I was planning on taking the truck to the dealers I had contacted via their website (along with a few others) and was planning on taking the best offer that day


If I had to do it over again - I'd probably been a little more persistent with the dealer on timing and started the selling process a week or so earlier - I knew the truck was built but I had been hearing all sorts of stories about long delays - truck show up less than 20 days after it was built
 
22 weeks today still nothing from ram or dealer what is going on with order asked ram chat today still blowing smoke up the a$$ about I’m a priority lol. I said there is no priority for sold orders and I want answers from ram because they are letting customers down building some orders in 6-10 weeks and others leaving in limbo for no reason at all. They telling me I will have answers by end of week last time I got told that it took 8 weeks to get answer of no updates at this time. So definitely not holding my breath on this round


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Does anyone know how to add a road hazard warranty for tires? I called Firestone and they told me the truck should have come with some paperwork and I could get the warranty though that. Ii didn't find any paperwork on the tires. Pretty sure my 2006 1500 had Goodyear tires and i just got the road hazard through the Goodyear dealership. I have asked the dealer I bought it from but haven't gotten in answer in several days now., and I picked up a nail this weekend.
 
ACEd said:
But does the Equipment List show Power Folding? Power mirrors simply means power adjustment in this case heated and with memory function. What truck and what packages do you have - If Longhorn or Limited you probably have power folding or if you have Laramie with A or B pkg but not if you have C or D pkg.
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Here is power fold.
jambram said:
Does anyone know how to add a road hazard warranty for tires? I called Firestone and they told me the truck should have come with some paperwork and I could get the warranty though that. Ii didn't find any paperwork on the tires. Pretty sure my 2006 1500 had Goodyear tires and i just got the road hazard through the Goodyear dealership. I have asked the dealer I bought it from but haven't gotten in answer in several days now., and I picked up a nail this weekend.
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I don't recall any tire warranty being available on the OEM tires unless it's hidden in the small pamphlets they give you.
 
jambram said:
Does anyone know how to add a road hazard warranty for tires? I called Firestone and they told me the truck should have come with some paperwork and I could get the warranty though that. Ii didn't find any paperwork on the tires. Pretty sure my 2006 1500 had Goodyear tires and i just got the road hazard through the Goodyear dealership. I have asked the dealer I bought it from but haven't gotten in answer in several days now., and I picked up a nail this weekend.
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Never heard of buying Road Hazzard warranty from Firestone with truck paperwork. - You can buy something thru MOPAR Warranties I belived of buy one from Discount Tire even if you did not buy tires from them.
 
jambram said:
Does anyone know how to add a road hazard warranty for tires? I called Firestone and they told me the truck should have come with some paperwork and I could get the warranty though that. Ii didn't find any paperwork on the tires. Pretty sure my 2006 1500 had Goodyear tires and i just got the road hazard through the Goodyear dealership. I have asked the dealer I bought it from but haven't gotten in answer in several days now., and I picked up a nail this weekend.
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I believe a “Road Hazard” warranty is a Goodyear branded product. My uncle ran Goodyear stores for decades and that was sold with their tires. Take those Firestones off and put them up for sale. They will go fast and then you can get some good truck tires with a warranty.
 
Dgprints said:
I believe a “Road Hazard” warranty is a Goodyear branded product. My uncle ran Goodyear stores for decades and that was sold with their tires. Take those Firestones off and put them up for sale. They will go fast and then you can get some good truck tires with a warranty.
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Lots of tires came with "Road Hazard" Warranties back in the day - and you can still get at some places but it may be a "P" Passenger Tire Only thing - Most "LT" Light Truck tires are mot covered by the same warranties as Passenger Tires and a 1500 would normally come with "P" rated tires not "LTs" - Try Discount Tire - they will cover OE tires and may even do it online. Or if you replace them, Sams Club includes Road Hazard and Rotations with Mounting charges.
 
Basser53 said:
My dealer guarenteed my trade in price no mater how long it takes.. I had 2 different dealers offer this.. 7% tax here is a 4970 $ savings on taxes. On 71k tade in.. they were right in line with kbb..
Not sure what your trading or your tax rate but 8k is alot..
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$83,100 trade in price, 11% taxes, it’s over $8000
 
Muddvain said:
Correct me if im wrong but 8000$ (Assuming thats the value of your total trade?) credit here in Texas atleast is 8000x.0625=500$ not that its nothing but its not as great here atleast as it sounds on a 64000$ truck that is total tax give or take 4000$. I dang sure wouldnt let them hold my trade over my head id make the deal without the trade sell mine later and refi with that cash down. Just my .02 cents but i completely understand not everyone can afford to go that direction.
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I am Canadian, $83,100 trade in price, 11% taxes. It’s over $8000 in tax savings
 
I finally had an opportunity to take some pictures of my NEW RAM 2500 Big Horn. I received the truck about a month ago but the weather has been bad so didn't take an opportunity to get it ready for pictures. In the meantime I added a set of Lund Nerf Bars, Falken 295/70/18 AT3 All Terrain Tires, Vision Warrior Black 18" Wheels, Wade Wind Deflectors, Dash Mat for Harley and I, Windows Tinted, MOPAR All Weather Mats Front & Rear, TYGER Pocket Bolt style Fender Flares and Ceramic Coating throughout. I did the Ceramic Job myself because no one would Ceramic coat inside my doors and door jams. My Gator Recoil Retractable Tonneau Cover arrived today, but I'm waiting for my appointment to get a LineX Sprayed in Bed Liner before I install.IMG_1593.jpg
 

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Basser53 said:
My dealer guarenteed my trade in price no mater how long it takes.. I had 2 different dealers offer this.. 7% tax here is a 4970 $ savings on taxes. On 71k tade in.. they were right in line with kbb..
Not sure what your trading or your tax rate but 8k is alot..
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My dealer was locking in my trade amount too but not at the $83,100 I got they wouldn’t lock it in. The rate they agreed to lock in was about $4000 less. My trade in price was the best I could find by almost $5,000 too. I wanted $85,000 so we agreed on $83,100 and a set of cooper discoverer tires
 
ACEd said:
Lots of tires came with "Road Hazard" Warranties back in the day - and you can still get at some places but it may be a "P" Passenger Tire Only thing - Most "LT" Light Truck tires are mot covered by the same warranties as Passenger Tires and a 1500 would normally come with "P" rated tires not "LTs" - Try Discount Tire - they will cover OE tires and may even do it online. Or if you replace them, Sams Club includes Road Hazard and Rotations with Mounting charges.
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this is inaccurate. I uave 10 ply tires from my f350. Michelin ltx tires fory 1 ton bought from discount tires and I did purchase the road hazard as well. ypu can get road hazard just about anywhere and they cover tires on duallies or 1 Tons for sure.
 
I dont want to bug MD, so does anyone know if I buy the truck outright if MD still takes texas sales tax, or can I pay that directly to my county tax office back in TX?
 
223500DRW said:
this is inaccurate. I uave 10 ply tires from my f350. Michelin ltx tires fory 1 ton bought from discount tires and I did purchase the road hazard as well. ypu can get road hazard just about anywhere and they cover tires on duallies or 1 Tons for sure.
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Read my post more closely - I believe it is accurate - LT tires in general do not come with the same warranty options as P tires.
That is not to say you can not purchase Road Hazard warranties on LT tires - in fact I suggested you could get them at Discount Tire even if you did not buy from there and Sams bundles with Mounting - No doubt there are others - but the original post I was responding to was coming from a truck most likely with P rated Goodyears and many Tire Brands as well as Tire Dealers treat LT vs P differently, especially with respect to Tire Company warranties. And still different for Commercial Use..
 
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