For those who are old enough to remember the old 1950 and 60's Chevy, Ford and Chrysler rust buckets that needed a spring and fall tune-up, tires every year and a motor rebuild at 60,000 mile; you can relate to the TT industry today.
The old timers swore they would never pay $2,000 dollars for a pick-up. (About $15,000 today) But, quality and convenience costs and the TT indusrtry is not about to go down that road when the current models sell so well.
There are high dollar TTs out there for those who want to pay for them.