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

For you to get those <$10,000 vehicles, SOMEONE has to buy the new vehicles and run them until they're worth <$10,000.

If nobody can afford the new vehicles, there won't be any <$10,000 vehicles to buy.

I bet you're noticing that every time, the <$10,000 vehicles are getting older and older, with more and more miles.

I really don't need or want all the fancy stuff, thats why I still have my 93 dodge diesel, but my wife does want the fancy stuff and the only way I can afford it is to buy a 4-5 yr old truck with 50k miles, I will still have to pay 25k for it.


but she does not say anything about my hot rod diesel, motorcycle, gun, antique tractor, addictions .........so I think I can get a truck she likes.

Lessmore wrote:
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

Yeah, I paid $4500 for a 1986 Yamaha FJ1200 sport touring bike. And I about had palpitations writing that check. And yep, still have that bike down in the garage.

"What the customer wants, the manufacturer builds."

Maybe once upon a time, but it seems to me the companies build the vehicles that give them the most profit, and then proceed to market the hell out of them. It seems to work, people buy tons of pickups and SUV's, both high profit units, and have absolutely no real use for them.

As long as Mommies NEED a pickup for a grocery getter, they will be expensive. How many people have a pickup and never haul anything in the back.
I watched a guy at Home Depot put blankets and cardboard in the bed before he loading a push lawn mower.

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

Same drive train and surrounding metal in all trim levels. You can get in relatively inexpensive. Or very expensive. Just a matter of how many bells and whistles you want. And those do get expensive. But it appears, except for work trucks, the higher trim levels far out sell the lower end ones. What the customer wants, the manufacturer builds.

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

Amazing people cannot wrap their heads around that. Just like everyone that buys a house does not purchase a 10k square foot home on the beach. Everyone has options but some are fixated the most extreme choices available.

Wait for the economy to take a dump again. Be lotsa nice used trucks for cheap.
Last time around we bought a new truck, boat, house and 160ac all from people who couldn't afford their overpriced luxury stuff.
Hoping to hold out for the next one for another new truck lol.

the bear II wrote:
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.

And back in 1947 my grandpappy bought a new ______for $652 dollars!
Agree they're expensive. Ditch the KR leather, 6 cameras and the 100 other luxury options and it looks a lot better.
Plus apples to apples a new truck today is about 100 percent more capable and lasts 100 percent longer than a 70s or 80s anything.

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