mkirsch wrote:
Really? It took me less than 5 minutes to find a regular cab Silverado 2500HD on a dealers lot for less than $40k in Rochester, New York.
NEW 2017 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500HD
Yeah, with a bunch of BS rebates and discounts that cancel each other out and/or the buyer does not qualify for...
List price is $39,320. By the time you're done with tax, tags, licensing, you're pushing $43K out the door.
REGARDLESS, $40K is ridiculous for a new pickup truck. $35K is ridiculous for a new pickup truck. $30K is ridiculous for a new pickup truck.
How much should a new truck cost in your world? And what kind of truck should it be for however much you think it's worth?
I'm not disagreeing with the fact that they are expensive, but relatively speaking they were just as expensive in the past.
And you get more than you used to. Just use 10 years as an example.
Sticker on my 07 was around $50k. A comparable Mega today stickers for about $64k
To get mine to perform like a new one, asthetics and noise aside I have or wood have to add:
Exhaust brake $2k installed
Tune/programmer:$500
Bluetooth touch stereo backup cam and all that goes with it. :$1000 min
Other interior niceties not on the 07 :$1-2k
Better brakes: $1000min
All the fix it parts to get rest of the drivetrain comparable : Another couple thousand.
Point being, factor in all that and inflation and the cost in today's dollar is getting real close. The good economy pushes the rest of the demanded price.
