Uber expensive pickups...how much of a trend ?

That's why they make and XL, XLT, Lariat, Platinum, King Ranch, etc. People can buy what they want.

People want them and are buying them....so they make them.
The walk around is to buy the same truck in a base trim version.

fj12ryder wrote:
Shoot, I've only paid over $10,000 for a vehicle once, and that was for the pickup to haul our 5th wheel. I guess if you make several hundred thousand dollars a year it's no big deal to spend that kind of money and watch it disappear in depreciation over the next couple years. I just don't have that kind of discretionary income I guess.

It's a lot of bucks that's for sure. I also don't have that kind of budget. I agree if you have an income of a couple to three hundred grand a year as an income, than maybe. I wonder how much of a market in customer numbers that would be, though.

And to think back in 1978 I paid $ 1700 CAD for my new '78 Yamaha 500cc big single, motorcycle. I remember then, thinking that kind of money was outrageous for a vehicle, particularly a 2 wheeler...and to boot it had absolutely no tow rating. Still have it, in spite of all that. :B

Pickups are getting scary expensive...

In 1973 I ordered a 1974 model Dodge 1500 4X4 from the factory. I ordered the base model no radio, rubber floor mats, no A/C it was as stripped as possible. The cost out the door was $3800. It wouldn't surprise me if a 2018 equivalent would be over $25,000.

My Freightliner is looking better every day. Pickups may have bling and horsepower, but they're light and don't have air ride.

Shoot, I've only paid over $10,000 for a vehicle once, and that was for the pickup to haul our 5th wheel. I guess if you make several hundred thousand dollars a year it's no big deal to spend that kind of money and watch it disappear in depreciation over the next couple years. I just don't have that kind of discretionary income I guess.