Did your truck cost more than the house you live in now

Current truck bought used for less than first house price in 1985.

I do not see me buying a new truck, a new F250 diesel King Ranch lists for over 70,000, I could afford one but I see spending that as stupid.

I will rebuild what I have until parts are not available, by then I will be too old to need it anymore.

Current house worth a LOT more than the first and worth more than all the new trucks I could use for the rest of my life. Got lucky and bought waterfront coastal property at the right time for the right price.

I once paid more for a car than the house I was living in and it really bothered me and I said I would never buy another vehicle that was worth more than my house. I fixed that problem for a while 12 years ago. I built a more expensive house. LOL! I don't see me buying a vehicle worth $300,000 for a few more years.

Yeah, but I got a good deal on the 5th wheel at $4k and the truck at $6k (both used).

But yes, new trucks are silly expensive.

My truck cost more then both houses that I have owned put together. You can also add my first 2 new vehicles in that and still can't reach the cost of my truck. But again both were bought in the 70's.
But I purchased my first house in 1975. Second house we purchased in 1978.

I could afford a new truck,but theres no way I,m paying 60k or more for some over priced truck.

I recall my mom saying she would never pay more for a car than she did for their house. They paid $14K in 1952. She would be buying a used car in todays market.

Oh a funny topic. Home is where the heart is. Home base can be many things or any where. Home in your RV is priceless.

352 wrote:
Did your truck cost more than the house you live in now?

Ahhh - what does this have to do with *Fifth Wheels"?

Silly question, but I'll answer anyway - the first house in So. CA the DW and I purchased in 1971 (about 1600 sq ft) cost a whopping twenty two thousand dollars.

It was about a year old, the owner was being transferred to MN, so
he carried a $2K second and I pd him $500 cash (which I got with my credit card) and financed the remainder.

That same house sold recently for close to a mil.

The house I live in now, I purchased in 1987 for $217 thousand, which is about two miles from my first house.

The homes on my street sell for around a mil also - depending on the model, sq ft, etc.

In 1985 I bought a 1T Ferd crew cab diesel - which was WAY less than
the house I bought 2 years later in 1987.

But to answer your Q - *NO* my 2005 truck cost WAY less than the house I live in now (even in 2005), and it sure hasn't appreciated in value like the house..:R

BTW - couldn't afford to buy my own house now, wish I had bought two "back when" - - but could still afford a new truck (if I wanted one).

So there ya have it..:W

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rickeoni wrote:
My house was 83k in 1981, now well over 1 million.

WOW and no

YES ......if you compare it to my 1st house

NO.....if comparing it to all the other homes