Help Shopping: Half ton
History and background: I have a years experience towing my 3,000lbs dry TT throughout the Appalacians. I use my trusty Chevy with the 4.8liter / 3.42s. Back in 2003, we bought our first boat. At ...
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tragusa3 wrote:
One thing that stands out to me is the value in used passenger vans. The E250/350 and Chevy 2500/3500 vans are priced much better than their truck counterparts. I'm seeing 2012 3500s with less than 20k miles for less than $20k. There's got to be a reason. What is it?
Small market. People do not want them. I don't know what happened first, but they are not equipped like the same generation passenger vehicles and SUVs. A base model SUV (Expy/Burb/Seq/Armada) had more equipment, more conveniences, and better designs than the higher trim levels of full sized vans. So they cost $10k less new than equivalent SUV and depreciate quicker than the SUVs used.
That does make them great values for larger families, new and especially used. The 3/4 and 1-ton models are great for towing and transporting people. If you accept the level of equipment, go for it!
I prefer driving and riding in vehicles with more equipment. 20k miles per year for each of my vehicles is a lot of time to enjoy them. To each his own!
