you cant buy them new any more. the cheapest way to get a "new" truck is to wait for somebody else to take it off the lot. after that they are almost half price, or at least reasonable.
the worst part is you cant fix them your self. sure you can change a part here and there. major repairs are not possable without a computer of some kind.

 

All these new trucks cost this much because people pay it. If everyone would stop paying that much, the dealers would be forced to drop prices. How many people do you see that focus on the final cost and interest rate? Everyone I see just worries about the amount of the monthly payment. And finance companies are letting people drag out loans for a long long time. now.

 

I second that!!!!

 

Think I would shoot myself. LOL.

MikeyB

 

Good Lord. I like to had a fit when I saw my payment was gonna be 815 a month.

I feel ya, but Im lucky that I USE mine for work. It earns .55 cents for every work mile I drive. Figuring in fuel cost, and insurance, (I figure I foot the note) it earns me about .30 cents a mile clear. Averaging 120-140 miles a day (charged, not actually driven either, pipeline perk ) Its earning about 40 bucks a day, or a lil over a grand a month. I also have the added benifit of tax deductions for work purposes. My truck is actually a tool that earns its keep. A really nice, rather expensive tool, but a tool nonetheless.

 

You're in a little different position than most people.

And I could make some sarcastic remark about you being the tool, but I won't!

 

Hey wait a minute....


Ill be nice and just say how much I value your friendship....

 

ADMIN BRAWL!!

Get yer programs and cold drinks right here.........Ben

 

I have the window sticker from my 2001.5. It has everything but clearance lights and came with manual flip out tow mirrors which took money off the top. Still it was priced at $45,552.

I bought a Crew cab GMC HD with the 6.0 instead for $31,229 and put 53K on it. In 2005 I found my 2500 with only 48K on it and got it for $21,900 out the door (got 16K for the GMC with Steel Commercial Gemtop on it) . I am very happy with it regardless of some of its shortcomings, all of which are nicely covered by aftermarket suppliers.

Couldn't justify 55K for a new truck even if I hit the lotto!!

 

Six, just looking at the factory window sticker for Greenie, my 97. She has everything except the clearance lights and leather, 32,900 even.

Scary how much they went up between 97 and 01.......

 

Crazy isn't it??

Dad's 94 V-10 reg cab drew 18 something IIRC and he was torqued over how much more it cost than our 84 Chevy 1/2 ton, which I remember was 11,500, cause he bitched about that for the ten years prior to buying the RAM!!

I sooth him by reminding him that the RAM was sales tax exempt since he bought it in Montana so he thinks he's king again......

 

I think that quite often as well.

 

I've seen the ST models, 4x4 crew cab cummins, optioned up for an ST for around $36 grand new.

The new ST is probably nicer in every way than my 07 Laramie.


Do I want a new truck, no. But 36 grand is cheap to me.

I make fairly decent money, I could buy a new 55 grand loaded out truck every year no sweat but I don't need all that nice stuff in a work truck.

 

If you wrote me a check for 55K, I probably wouldn't have to work for two years, except to keep myself busy so I didn't spend it all too fast.

 

After you pay taxes on it 55K doesn't go too far. The economy is getting kinda spread thin now days.

Discussion for a different thread though.


I'll tell you one thing though, I bought a $3,000 chevy truck the other day to keep miles and scratches off my 07 diesel. I really don't want a new truck, I don't get the urge to buy one and I've test driven both Dodges and Fords.