If some dad's, who grew up with lumpy cars that had to idle at 1k just to keep running, want a little lope in their car. I am here for it. Not hurting anyone.
The cams are on phasers and the computer can advance or retard the exhaust and intake cams separately. By creating a lot of overlap the tuner can get a nice rumble out of the motor at idle. Its only at idle, it goes back to normal when over idle...
Buy from Lombard Ford. Real Ford ESP warranty.
https://www.lombardfordwarrantys.com/
As far as the car goes, you might or might not know if it has a Gen 2 motor in it. Or if the car burns oil. But with you only driving 1000 a year, I don't think any of this matters.
I think you really have to find a value of what it is worth dealing with FB Marketplace users/spam/thieves. I'd pay 2k to not have to deal with that bs.
I have used Carvana several times. Carvana offers the auction price for cars they offer to buy. They usually try for 20% on resale. So offering you 26k and then selling it for 31k on their site lines up.
Also try Driveway.com. They have always offered me the most money for my cars.
I am also considering putting a procharger on mine. Can I ask you what you added to the car? PC sells a kit that has the pump, injectors, tune, etc.. But I also have a Lund tune and wonder what path to go (kit vs parts) to get where I want to be. I dont need big numbers, just looking for more...