Paid off my Ranger!

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Congrats! That is a great looking truck, and those are always good things to hear.
 
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Congrats! That is a great looking truck, and those are always good things to hear.
You guys have been awesome to do business with. My Ford perf. tuner, flares, wheel spacers, leveling kit, exhaust all came from stage3! Next up is shocks and some RB20 steps!
 


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They are the Rough Country and I love them. Look just right with 1.5” wheel spacers. Super easy install. The grill lights are actually a LED raptor style light kit from Walmart. ($14) I have 2 extra grills so I just drilled holes in mine and flush mounted them.
How did you wire the lights in? I just installed a Raptor style grill with lights that have a red and black wire coming out but no instructions on how to wire? Where and how did you patch yours in? Thanks!
 

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Congratulations. I was very fortunate to retire Debt Free. It feels so good and secure to have no payments. If you can get to that point before you retire, by all means do it. Now a smoking credit card , is another story. Ha Ha. :facepalm:
 

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Congrats!! I know it feels good to have that 'pink' slip, I wrote a check for my '21 because I just hate paying interest for anything.
 
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How did you wire the lights in? I just installed a Raptor style grill with lights that have a red and black wire coming out but no instructions on how to wire? Where and how did you patch yours in? Thanks!
I spliced my grill lights into the harness on my driver side marker light. Super easy. Use a test light to see which one is hot and done.
 

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As the old saying goes, buy property when you can because they aren’t making any more of it.
I dunno, Sacramento used to be in the middle of farmland and floodplain when I first started driving, now it's all developed...zoom all the way in on those brown areas on the map outside the Sac-Rocklin corridor where the river is and it all turns out to be mile after mile of subdivision.
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Keep making the payments to yourself if you can, then the next truck will be even an easier purchase.
 

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Big congrats to everyone that have paid theirs off. :) I did the same a few months ago.

Custom ordered it in July 2020

Picked it up October 2020

I made 4-5? payments, then said "this is stupid" and paid it off, lol.

I paid the house off a couple months ago, thanks to selling a piece of property that I inherited two years ago.

Once the wife pays off her Escape, there's no more debt. It really is a good feeling.
 

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I paid in full the day I bought mine. I hate paying interest. The dealer's attitude did seem to sour after I let them know I would not be financing with them and writing them a check. Times have changed in that regards. Dealers back in the day would gladly take cash and maybe even give you a little break on the price.
 

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Big congrats to everyone that have paid theirs off. :) I did the same a few months ago.

Custom ordered it in July 2020

Picked it up October 2020

I made 4-5? payments, then said "this is stupid" and paid it off, lol.

I paid the house off a couple months ago, thanks to selling a piece of property that I inherited two years ago.

Once the wife pays off her Escape, there's no more debt. It really is a good feeling.
Congrats! The house and the truck in the same year is quite an achievement my friend! After I paid off my house a few years ago, I jumped right back into the deep end and bought a mountain home that we hope to retire to. The plan is to retire in 4-5 years, sell the primary home and hopefully pay off the retirement home and live debt free into old age.
 

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Congrats! The house and the truck in the same year is quite an achievement my friend! After I paid off my house a few years ago, I jumped right back into the deep end and bought a mountain home that we hope to retire to. The plan is to retire in 4-5 years, sell the primary home and hopefully pay off the retirement home and live debt free into old age.
Hi Rob,,,

Hold the phone....Always use other people's money in these inflationary times....a mortage pay off may be in your best interest...
Check with your financial advisor,

best,
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