Dayle1 wrote:
My experience is very similar to OPs, $32k in '03 and $41k last month. So, a 28% increase in price. I gave up bucket seats, but moved to 3500 + crew cab + all the nice new features like EB, IBC, etc. so I am really happy with the switch. If I come close to my target on selling the '03 and the '13 take off bed, my cost to upgrade will be about $23k. I don't know how a 28% increase over 10 years compares to inflation, but every single personal expense will not match the inflation rate, some higher and some lower. That's life.
Adjusted for inflation, your 32k in 2003 is 40.5k now, or almost exactly the same amount in "real" dollars.
link to calculator Better yet, since you evidently upsized, you most likely actually BEAT inflation, paying "less than" you'd have paid for the same size truck in 2003. In real dollars, of course.
