The cost of a brand new truck these days.

gez I bought a new Jeep 2 years ago for under 20. 72 grand for a truck?? keep it. it used to be stylish to have a big expensive gas hog SUV. just to haul groceries and take the kids to soccer games.
 

kcvet said:
gez I bought a new Jeep 2 years ago for under 20. 72 grand for a truck?? keep it. it used to be stylish to have a big expensive gas hog SUV. just to haul groceries and take the kids to soccer games.
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I drive a jeep too.... what kind do you have? I have a Cherokee
 
We have both a full-size truck and an SUV. Have to have this type of vehicle to pull our boat. It's a 20 footer, sitting on a double-axel trailer. The engine is a 5.7L/V8.......not a small "4-banger" like we had before.

Our Dodge Durango SLT is a 2005 w/126K on it. Bought it used in Dec 2005 and now paid off, but b/c of the mileage, we know we couldn't sell it for much. It pulls our boat perfectly.
Other vehicle is a '97 Dodge RAM 1500 we bought in 2003. It has 148K on it. It's tough to steer, but runs ok. This truck is basically used as a second vehicle, b/c we mainly drive the Durango.

Have to have two vehicles right now b/c my wife is still working. If something was to happen to the vehicle she is driving to work, I would have a vehicle to get to where she is. If one vehicle is in the shop, we have another one to get around in.

What we really like to get later, if finances could handle it, would be a Sebring Touring Convertible. We think we look cool driving around in it and playing our Classic Rock music.
 
Our oldest daughter and Son-in-law are planning on retiring this coming Summer, and they have a big 5th wheel trailer they plan on using to travel the country for a couple of years. This past Summer they found a 2012 Ford F350 diesel pickup, loaded with everything, less than 20,000 miles on it, and paid $28K cash for it. This thing stickered for over $70K, and they were a bit concerned about some hidden problems for that price, but after 6 months, it seems to be doing great. It looks and runs like brand new, and it appears that they stumbled onto a real bargain. This goes to show just how overpriced some of the new vehicles really are.
 
I had a truck when I owned my home but there was a need for it. now that we rent its long gone. something more practical now
 
I have a nice 1997 Dodge Dakota SLT 4WD with only 80K miles on it. I only drive it about 2,000 miles a year, anymore, and we keep it because it affords us a means of getting out in virtually any kind of weather. I look at new trucks every now and then, and the sticker price quickly makes me appreciate keeping this old Dodge. I keep in in fastidious condition, and the only expense in the past couple of years has been an idle air control valve on the TBI....cost me $12 and took 15 minutes to replace. It is always garaged, and looks/runs like nearly new. About the Only truck I have seen advertised lately that Might get my interest is the new Chevy Colorado that is supposed to come out with a turbo diesel engine in 2016. However, so long as this Dakota behaves the way it has been, I doubt that I will be interested in spending $30K or more to trade for a new truck. Heck, the way this Dakota has been doing, they may bury me in it some day.
 
Hubby drives a 2003 Toyota Tundra. He likes it fine but he wouldn`t drive it if he didn`t have to. Because we have to get hay for my donkey,a truck is a necessity. Also,we don`t have trash pickup, living out here in the sticks, so he needs it for dump runs as well. Our son has an `05 Toyota Tacoma truck-I LOVE that thing. He rarely drives it because he has a company truck and only gets to come home once a month or so anyway,but I used to do my three hour (one way) commute in it whenever he wasn`t going to be using it because I just loved driving it.
 
I bought my last car in 2008. It was a new Chevy Malibu classic. We had just sold our home so we had enough cash outright. I am 78 now and it is most probably my last car. My wife already doesn't drive anymore (vision) so I do all the driving. I have 32K miles on that Malibu. It still looks like new.
 
Mrs. Robinson said:
Gas went down to 2.79 here yesterday (California-we`re always higher than the rest of the Country) Then I get .20 off per gallon using my Safeway card,so 2.59. Such a relief,since we both drive gas hogs. (I drive a Tahoe)
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Gas is at it's lowest in years now. Arizona has some of the best prices around. I also use my Safeway card after grocery shopping and this last tank I got .60 per gallon off, so I paid 1.89 per gallon.
 
AZ Jim said:
I bought my last car in 2008. It was a new Chevy Malibu classic. We had just sold our home so we had enough cash outright. I am 78 now and it is most probably my last car. My wife already doesn't drive anymore (vision) so I do all the driving. I have 32K miles on that Malibu. It still looks like new.
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bought mines new. just 2 years old. not even 7,000 on it yet. and it still looks new as well
 
Yikes! Hubby just text me and said he was chatting with our grandson. He worked 98 hours last week! 84 the week before and 70 the week before that. He can afford a new truck I guess! "Hubby told him "When I tell Grandma,she`s gonna call your boss and yell at him!" I`m used to it though-his dad`s been doing it for years.It`s just the nature of the job.
 
We made a run to the stores today, in advance of some snow coming in later tonight....should be only a couple of inches. I gassed up the truck at 2.20 a gallon....wouldn't break my heart if these prices stayed this way for months or years. The Arabs and Texas oil barons have enough of our money.
 
I think the last new vehicle we bought might have been a 1978 Chevette. IIRC, we paid $2,800 for it brand spankin' new!! We've just always purchased low-mileage used vehicles. To me, it's cost per mile. Let someone else take the depreciation hit. Let someone else pay the taxes and insurance on a brand new vehicle.
Wife's 2005, was a lease turn back we bought in late 2005. It had close to 15,000 miles on it. Today, we have about 42,000 on that vehicle. She drives very little. Most of the miles have been on a couple longer trips we've taken with it. OTOH, my 2008 Silverado was purchaased in early 2009 with just over 10,000 miles on it. Today, it's sitting at 144,000... and still running well. We've had a number of talks about what we want to do for our "last" vehicles. I'd like to go ahead and pay cash for a couple of really low-mileage vehicles... now... so we don't have that cash outlay once we both decide to retire. But... I don't want to put lots of miles on a different vehicle as want to get as many on this truck as I can.
We've had two Fords vehicles that were lemons. We've had one Chrysler product that lasted six months before we dumped it. Other than that, we've always driven GM and had really good luck with them.
And, yes, the new Silverado High Country package runs in excess of $70,000. Even if I win the Powerball tonight, I won't go that way. Too much equipment to have trouble with. Even a "comfortable" version of a truck, today, will not leave you much left over from $50,000.
 

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