Which do you think is the Better DEAL ? NOT which is the better Truck.
Both of them are %100 spotless.

05 ,F-150 ,5.4 ,supercrew ,4X4, Lariat ,23,000 miles,,, =$25,500 -1 year warrenty and offering $5000 for the Trade-in
viper alarm,remote start,and Brand new BF goodrich's
I like everything about it except the Bucket seat in front.

04 ,Chevrolet Avalanche ,Z-71 ,5.3 ,44,000 miles ,,,$20,000-3 month warrenty ,offering $3000 for the Trade-in
I like everything about it except the miles are abit high and No moon roof or rear climate controls. It does have the bench seat I like.

I'v been racking my brain for the past week on this, and it
seems to me the 150 is the better deal,,,half the miles and a year newer 1 year warrenty for $5000 more.

I would have to say the ford, for $3500 (figuring in trade offers) more you get less miles, newer, and the 1yr warr..JMO..

Depends on what you want I prefer the chevy but then I own a ford now and wish it was a chevy.

The avanlance is not a true truck but then the ford quad cab aint iether I guess.

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I would have to say the ford, for $3500 (figuring in trade offers) more you get less miles, newer, and the 1yr warr..JMO..

I come up with $3000 differance,Thanks for your input

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Depends on what you want I prefer the chevy but then I own a ford now and wish it was a chevy.
The avanlance is not a true truck but then the ford quad cab aint iether I guess.

I'm not picticular on either one.I have a work van and a Mini van for Family stuff.
So it's just a matter of which is the better deal.
I understand you prefer Chevy,but do you think the Chevy is a Better deal?

Best thing to do is to go to Kelly Blue Book and NADA and see what the book values on each are. Also Edmonds has lots of reviews on vehicles and see how the reviews look. Lastly, Fuel Economy has stats on what they're supposed to get on gas mileage and what people are actually getting for gas mileage and that's how I'd put together my comparison.

Personally, I prefer the Chevy but that's my personaly choice based upon my families experience with Ford vehicles as a whole and my buddies repair shop where he loves the Fords because they keep him in business!

On the surface the ford looks like the better deal.

I am betting the chevy will get 2mpg better fuel mileage.

They are both used trucks, so I would not buy either one without pulling a car fax report, and making sure they were not wrecked, or some other odd issue with them.

The chevy is 5,500 cheaper than the Ford not counting the trade in.

If you count the trade in, I believe the Ford is the better value. The difference then becomes only 3000.00, for a truck that is a year newer and has half the miles, and a better warranty. I also believe you mentioned that it was a lariat, wich has leather and most all the bells and whistles, where the chevy was a bench seat, I guessing cloth as well since its a bench seat model, I also guessing its not as well equiped as the lariat in other options. I just think I would half to go with the Ford if it were me. But then again there are millons of used trucks on the market, so I would likely get on autotrader.com and start surching for what ever it is that i really wanted.

well you asked for the better deal and i would have to say in this case the ford is.
less miles more warrenty,newer.
that said will YOU be happy with the best deal in the long run? sounds like your leaning to the chev. we have a yukon xl with rear cl controls and dont use it much(if its on the few peeps we haul seem to want to fiddle with it

wife has sun roof in her and car we very seldom use it(times when we could seems like we are using the AC

I'd get the Ford as well. Just seems like a better deal all the way around and new tires to boot.

Ok sorry man. The chevy has the 5.3 in it one of the best motors on the market today. I had over 170k on my last one and it was still running great. I averaged 20.4 miles over the life time on it with only having to replace 1 fuel injector for the total repair bill of $97. The ford has the 5.4 triton V8. Ford conciders this a trow away motor. I have a friend that brought 2 new ford vans in 04 both with the 5.4 triton in them. One of them ran perfect plenty of power the gas milage was only 16 for him he used it in his business of house electrictian. The other van wouldnt pull itself out of its own way and got 14 mpg with it. After nummerous trips to the dealer he finaly sold it for less than the book value was and brought a chevy van he kept the good one and loves it. This ford has very low miles on it question is why is it so low yet is still 3 years old? An other friend with a 5.4 triton blew a head ford would not sell him a head as they concidered it a trow away motor? For the bucks spent if looking strickley at dollars go for the ford and hope for the best. For my money with that low of miles I would go for the chevy.

Chevy hand down .... No question about - but if you ask me: save for the Tundra

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Originally posted by Duse500:
Which do you think is the Better DEAL ? NOT which is the better Truck.
Both of them are %100 spotless.

05 ,F-150 ,5.4 ,supercrew ,4X4, Lariat ,23,000 miles,,, =$25,500 -1 year warrenty and offering $5000 for the Trade-in
viper alarm,remote start,and Brand new BF goodrich's
I like everything about it except the Bucket seat in front.

04 ,Chevrolet Avalanche ,Z-71 ,5.3 ,44,000 miles ,,,$20,000-3 month warrenty ,offering $3000 for the Trade-in
I like everything about it except the miles are abit high and No moon roof or rear climate controls. It does have the bench seat I like.

I'v been racking my brain for the past week on this, and it
seems to me the 150 is the better deal,,,half the miles and a year newer 1 year warrenty for $5000 more.

Ford 25,500-5000 trade in offer = 20,500
Chevy 20,000-3000 trade in offer = 17,000
20,500-17,000 = 3500 diff..Not sure where some get a 3000 diff in price after trade in offers are figured in as I am using your numbers..

From a woman's point of view...do you want a Chevy "wannabe a truck" or a true truck with hauling capacity? For the life of me I have yet to see anyone hauling real stuff around in an Avalanche other than maybe houseplants. And another thought, there is way too much plastic on the Avalanche.

I don't have a thing against Chevys at all but if you are going to buy a truck...buy a truck!

My F-150 is a 2000 and has 134,000 miles on it and is still going strong.

Chris

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Originally posted by Cexplorergal:
From a woman's point of view...do you want a Chevy "wannabe a truck" or a true truck with hauling capacity?

And there it is. When a lady tell you it's not a truck.... well... I digress....

Hey Warith, it's too bad Chevy can't design a truck to go along with that indestrucible engine.

FORD for sure...

Buy what you want as neither vehicle is enough like the other one to make it a matter of the deal more than it is a matter of choice. I personally hate the Avalanche as they are, to me, ugly in a snap together model kind of way. Not to mention the constant air leaks from that retarded fold away rear end. But, the guys that have them, love them. Fine by me.

Warith. Most of the time I'm pretty much on par with most of your thoughts. Not even close on the Ford 5.4 idea. Whatever dealer is filling you or your buddy with hot air should maybe trade his franchise license in for a bag of jelly beans. Doesn't seem to be qualified to do much else. Throw away engine? Please! That's the stupidest thing I think I've read in a long time, no offense to you personally. Tell your buddy if he's looking for a cylinder head to give me a call. I can send him as many as his credit card has room for.

Also don't get caught up in comparing gas mileage. There are so many variables you will never figure out what is what. It's been my experience in 15 years in automotive service that fuel mileage is like sex. The guy that says he's getting above EPA estimates also says he gets sex anytime he wants. The guy that doesn't get what the EPA estimate says complains he only gets sex twice a year. If I had a nickel for everytime someone told me they got exactly the mileage they hoped they would, I'd have a nickel! Trust me, they are either bragging or complaining and rarely is either one true, lol.

I knew I would catch some flak from you on that 5.4 Duck.

When that guy told me why he was junking his ford I thought he was full of it till I went to talk to the local ford dealer about fixing that old 94 desiel I had and they wanted 12k to overhual it. Then I figured he might be right.

Your right Cajun the fords do look a lot better than the chevies on the outside and I guess the new ones look good on the inside as well. I however ride on the inside now the outside so

I wasn't talking about looks. I'm talking durability.

Now that we can agrue for days Cajun. I do believe the chevy is actualy better durability wise than the fords are now days. There was times in their past when they wasn't and theere might be times in the future but atm and for the last 10 or 15 years chevy has the better of ford in my mind at least when it comes to durability.

I'm not sure how the cost of rebuilding an engine equates to another engine being a throw away? To be clear an engine isn't cheaper to rebuild just because it is older. The guys doing the work don't earn less per hour because they are working on an antique. Very few dealers will rebuild anything anymore because the labor cost is so great. Engines are rebuilt at places like Gopher, Jasper, and other places that are set up specifically for that purpose. Check out the cost of some of the equipment it takes to rebuild correctly and you would see why things are expensive.

Where I work we have the unique ability to warranty both Ford and GM vehicles. While we don't see a ton of GM trucks (We are a /Ford Buick franchise) we see enough with and without warranty that I can safely say GM can no way prove to be a more durable truck than Ford. Truth be told they are about identical. Want a real POS? Drive a Dodge. Go ahead and send the flak, I know and expect it to come. But it doesn't change the fact that they require more repair in these parts than Ford or GMs. I live in the heart of farm and cattle hauling country, these trucks get flat out abused. Foreign trucks need not apply, they are simply cars with big tires. Dodge trucks ain't far behind. There are plenty here because they have such low resale the farmers can't resist them. The local mechanics love them too, they often times pay the rent.

Yes, we could argue brands and there are probably more arguments over this issue (Ford vs. Chevy) than any single argument world wide. I think you threw the first stone and was just reacting to it. I can't say I'm real happy with Ford right now, but will likely be looking to Toyota when a replacement is due.