[sammyg2]

Well, that was a mistake. I drove a 2010 silver-gray XLT and darned near fell in love with it.
Very nice. That truck was made for me. I guess I'm going to have to stop bad-mouthing fords.
Unfortunately the truck was about $6k too much.
I had gone to edmunds.com and checked out pricing, and even with all the incentives out there right now this truck was a whole bunch more than i expected. I guess at edmunds.com I was looking at a stripped down version instead of the fairly loaded truck I test drove.
Things like carpet are considered "options". Even a V8 engine is considered an option and costs more.
They had a stripped down LT with steel wheels and rubber floor mats that was more in line with what I expected to pay but that wasn't gonna do it for me.

The dealer was awesome though, no games, straight shooters. My brother is the private pilot for the really rich guy who owns the dealership (he has about 15 dealerships), maybe that had something to do with it.

I could afford the truck but I couldn't afford the divorce if you know what i mean.
Oh well. Maybe if I'm reaaaaaaalllly nice to the wife ......