More truck shopping questions

[Morgan3820]

Looking at two almost identical F150s. Both are well optioned and well priced, but both were built in Canada and and registered as commercial vehicle there for a couple of years before coming to the USA? Might be a coincidence but I find it odd. Anybody have any ideas as to what this is about.
Why import them into the US?

 

[mondtster]

If I were going to guess they were fleet vehicles bought at auction for dealer inventory since new trucks have a long waiting period between ordering and delivery. Depending on what they were used for they may be okay or they may not be.

Do you need a new truck right now or in the next 12 months? If not just order what you want and wait for it.

 

[Morgan3820]

If I were going to guess they were fleet vehicles bought at auction for dealer inventory since new trucks have a long waiting period between ordering and delivery. Depending on what they were used for they may be okay or they may not be.

Do you need a new truck right now or in the next 12 months? If not just order what you want and wait for it.

I always thought that fleet vehicles were base models. The that I am looking at is top of the option packages.
New truck prices are outa sight.

 

[Daleandee]

I always thought that fleet vehicles were base models.

A previous employer had vehicles that were base models but moving into management would get you more options. The higher you went in management the better choice of vehicles you had to choose from. They sent a new one every three years or 96K miles.

 

[Jim K]

I have a friend who bought one like that. It was originally a fleet pickup, and when the company was done with them, sold them as a lot, and US dealer bought them all and then sold them individually. It was a fine truck, well maintained as fleet vehicles usually are. This was long enough ago that it had the speedometer in kph, with mph in smaller numbers. It was pretty well optioned as I recall. I think Canadians don't have quite the same love affair with pickups as Americans do, so the resale value is higher down here.