JAC1982 wrote:
My husband and I are those people that buy expensiveish vehicles. The truck we have (in signature, Platinum model) sits in the garage most of the time. When we bought it, the husband traveled for work all the time so it was just used when he was in town to run errands locally, or for towing. It has something like 12,000 miles on it. My 2016 Explorer Sport, which was northward of $40k, just hit 20,000 miles. Now that he's not traveling, we bought a used 2016 Fusion Titanium EcoBoost this year to use as a "commuter" car.... basically to reduce the amount of miles on my Explorer for road trips where we don't bring our dogs or to go downtown.
But you know what? Who cares what we buy. We are DINKs with a very good income in our mid 30s. We own a modest 3 bed/2 bath house with a decent amount of equity, we save for retirement. What else should we be spending our money on? We don't eat out a lot, I bring my lunch to work, we don't hit up Starbucks 3 times a day, and we don't take expensive vacations (unless you count the toyhauler as an expensive vacation haha). WE like nice vehicles. Even before we were married we both had nice vehicles with all the bells and whistles.
I say if people can afford it, who cares.
Oh and for the record, the truck prior to this one was a 2014 F250 Platinum. We traded that in for the dually when we decided to upgrade the trailer and they gave us more than what we owed on it even though we only had it a year. In our area at least, trucks hold their value relatively well. The dealerships keep more trucks on the lots than cars.
Good for you
The skinflints around here would have use believe expensive trucks are forced on them ,but if you check production numbers there is very high demand for more and pricer trucks .
Cadillac is rumoured to be considering a 100,000 + truck .
I bet they sell every one
I bet the boys here will have a coronary
