Dealers lots are filling up
Dealers lots around Ohio/western PA are filling up with certain models. Not many heavy duty trucks but I'm seeing a few Chevy and GMC 2500's sit for weeks before being sold and a lot in the pipeline. ...
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mkirsch wrote:shelbyfv wrote:
:)There are a few advantages to being old. Seriously, what happened to 36 months and buying within our means?
Our means have not kept pace with the price of goods and services, even if you don't consider recent events.
Work harder, get a better job, right? You need to be pulling in a 6-figure income to have the buying power of the average family in the 1950's. There are only so many middle management jobs out there.
^This is part of the issue, however, speaking for vehicles in particular (and not all the other things that are "cheaper now" than say 20-40 years ago), the other part of the significant cost of newer vehicles is the power technology and features.
Example, from say early 70s to late 80s, vehicle power/technology etc was basically stale. Went backwards in some respects.
90s and 2000s saw big advancements as have the last 10 years or so. Not the least of which is all the newer mandatory safety requirements which weren't present when most of the readership here were young and buying brand new $4000 cars and trucks. Mfgs aren't eating the cost of big brother's overreach...
Reliability, yup, none of those $4000 1974 cars went 200-300k miles on original motors and major components.
Power, 500hp and 1000+ ftlbs out of a pickup truck vs 200hp or less.
Technology. Skip the power everything panoramic moon roof heated and cooled seats, multiple suspension and shifting modes, 10 speed transmissions and get yourself a base model 6banger half ton reg cab or a gasser base model HD truck which still last MUCH longer, have far more tech and comfort features and are far more capable even in base model config and you can have your new vehicle for half the cost of the "popular" ones.
