Originally Posted by umungus1122
Originally Posted by hatt
A ten year old car that has been taken care of to any extent is still
Originally Posted by benjy
as vehicles are becoming even more way overpriced, especially 4WD pickups where preowned prices are nuts as well many can't afford or want a new ride. for me the unproven problematic technology is another reason + at least gently preowned can save thousands! the more you spend the more you loose $$$ ok if you got the bucks but many average people do NOT!!!
Apples to apples vehicles aren't much/any more than vehicles 30 years ago. You can buy a stripped work pickup pretty cheap. No one want those but instead compares King Ranch F350 Diesel Crew Cabs to their old regular cab Ford with vinyl flooring, hand crack windows, 180 HP, and bench sent.
I have to disagree there. Even stripped new full sized trucks are still quite expensive. Even the smaller ones are ridiculous. In 2002 I could still buy a base S10 for about $11k total.
A base 2002 baby cab S10 was about $14,000(about $20,000 in today's $$) sticker. A new extended cab Frontier starts at $19,000. Extended cab S10 would sticker at around $22,500 today.
Just not a huge difference in price.