Ford & GM Just RIPPED OFF Every Truck Buyer...
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- Ford, GM and RAM truck CEOs are still being dumb. Prices are at an all time high and their plans are backfiring in a huge way. Truck buyers are getting smarter and now there are better options for buying trucks in 2024. Here are some ridiculously overprice trucks and a few options that could save you some money this year.
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the only thing broke is the dumbasses that thought americans would pay these idiotic prices
not broke enough! need to be come uganda broke so things will get fixed
$45,000 $75,000 for a new truck. These fuckers can go straight to bankruptcy. $5,000 $10,000 $20,000 tops for a nice new car. If they can’t do that they shouldn’t be making them
@@SF-dy6hn 🤣🤣 you live in fantasy land crybaby 😭😭😭😭
That black widow package is 300% more than the next 2013 chevy pickup that I'm gonna buy with 100K miles..I'd rather have 3 used trucks with 100K on the clock than that fucking stupid shit
LET THEM SIT.....I'll sleep just fine.....🤷♂️
The entire idia is to get you to believe that a EV truck pricing is normal . What wrong with $980 a month payment plus the $280 per month insurance payment?
@@cliffordtoye6859that's nonsense man. it's automaker greed + new uaw contracts , all enabled by consumers initially willing to pay these high prices instead of saying "NFW" in the first place
Me too…like a baby.
I cannot comprehend the mindset of the manufacturers and dealers. They are going to ride these prices right into bankruptcy/collapse. Why? Well one reason is the FACT that MOST people do not actually NEED these vehicles.
I'm waiting with cash for the bankruptcy auction.
You might sleep but you will be bankrupt that is a guarantee.
Don’t buy anything……. Make them sweat …… Americans are not broke . They are tired of all these stupid prices !
Besides a house. If you can't pay cash for it......your broke.
@@wingbolt6852you’re an idiot, I make more on 70k invested in 5 years than I would spend on interest in five years easy. Also most people don’t have cash just laying around.
If you have more than emergency money in a bank account you are doing it wrong.
If you don’t make 2x the amount of the car you want to buy your broke. Even if you work for it over 2+ years you’re still broke.
Well I’m broke as fuck lol
Speak for yourself
I am a retired American construction worker living in Thailand. 2 years ago I bought a brand new Toyota Hilux pick-up truck that is a turbo diesel with extended cab with the conversion to US dollars I paid $18 and a half thousand dollars with 150 miles on the speedometer brand new from the Toyota dealer I bought a beautiful big condo on the ocean in bangsaray Thailand 42,000$ USA money. I was back in the United States last summer to visit friends and family and could not believe in my wildest dreams the cost of everything. I really don't see any future of coming back to the US. The medical services in Thailand are as good as anything in the United States so that's my story
Thinking bout doing the same thing. Hows the crime there?
@@AmericanRefugee212 Crime in Thailand is pretty much nonexistent except maybe in a high tourist area you could have pickpocketing.
What about the Thai lady boys? 😂
@@Derek8487 LOL You checking availability?
How about the ladyboys?
Why would you buy a vehicle that is grossly over priced , poorly engineered , sub standard reliability , very poor resale value as prices drop you will lose money , full of technology that is very expensive to maintain , replacement parts that are extremely over priced , from a dealer that can't hold on to their technicians because they don't pay fairly ? ? ?
Cars are more reliable now than they have ever been... Stop being stupid. I've put 100K miles on my $5K Prius over the past 3 years and have replaced a brake line... Thats its. Oh and it has 180K miles on it when i bought it... Try not buying Kia and Dodge.
@@user-fj8wr8jh4e The Prius is one of the most reliable cars available - great choice . Most other cars available don't even come close.
Toyota is perhaps the only brand exempt from this rule, but most new cars suck ass compared to 20ish years ago. We pushed tech integration too far and now it’s convoluted and expensive. My 1986 ford f150 is 1/10th the cost of a new one, engineered well enough to hold up over the last 38 years on the original drivetrain, over engineered, stupid reliable, with a rising resale value, with very little computerization or technology to maintain, with parts that are extremely cheap and readily available and easy to install yourself in the driveway. Makes it hard to want a new one.
Yep and there are 1 good mechanic in every town fact...I know from experience...the last generation of moral and honest men are almost all gone even my generation at 47 are mostly dead or in jail..my dads and his are gone or retired...its game over for 🌎
@@user-fj8wr8jh4e Had over a million miles on my old 1972 B-210 Datsun and it still ran after I rolled it. Cars today are not better, just more junk unrelated to the functionality of the vehicle in them, more info gatherers than vehicles, they all spy on you. Headlights used to be standard shapes, a few bucks and easy to change, now 800.00 for a headlight in my Camaro... and GPS thinks it's in Florida rather than BC Canada, I get weather alerts about Florida all the time...I leave it like that.
Until stupid people stop spending 70k to 150k for these trucks, all the manufacturers will continue charging that.
It's not stopping. I was tracking 11 different trucks during my research to purchase this last week. I checked the status of these trucks and 9 of them have sold. People are still buying these trucks like candy.
As he types this from the seat of a 2024 raptor that he pays 1400 a month for
@@jessjohnson2634there are people around with money to burn. And to think most people never use the back tray of the truck. I’m from Australia and I take notice most tray trucks are empty, just dust and leaves
People are just brain dead. They buy the gimmick that color combination =s more money.
Its literally colors. As for wheels. They are round, all of them. A giant screen? Why? Trucks are for work. Why do you need any of this crap?
Priorities are just off. And its not going to change any time soon.
It's a free market. If prices are out of your reach and they stay that way, then you are behind people who are actually earning money to buy the cars and trucks.
It's a free market, people.
When a Luxury Sports Car costs less than a pick up truck, you know something is wrong.
The American car manufacturers have been practicing world Socialism for decades now! Selling cars in Europe at a loss while gouging the American market to compensate!!! The Americans have FINALLY grown a brain!!!
At this point there are more guys in dealership lots making videos about the collapsing car market than actual buyers
And Pad Thai in Atlanta USA $ 13.00. Guess what Pad Thai in Thailand ? S 1.50 😅❤
@@atlchai Correct. We should be building with our own infrastru... *looks around at no domestic infrastructure* Well, we're fucked. Can I have some of the Pad Thai โปรด? My American diet of Cheese Burgers and French fries has me missing that sweet Thai tea.
@@atlchai And median annual income in Atlanta is $46K USD, while it is $2500/yr in Thailand. I'll take the higher US income and pay restaurant pad thai at $13.
@@DavidWadleigh : Your choice exactly like " Sophie's Choice " ( Meryl Streep want to get Pad Thai in Thailand or Atlanta. That's her choice ) 😁🤣
Bought a used Chevy 1500, not a looker, now has 373K and runs great. $1800 and I've owned it for six years. Saving money every day.
You redid the engine. Need to do that to my 05 silverado. Got it during the pandemic for 2k. Got it with 226k and now at 282k
bought an 06 f150 for 500. just needed new plugs and coils to get running been going strong almost 300k on it. gettin ready to redo the front end.
I bought my 03 silverado 1500HD about 7 years ago for 7000$ and it's paid for and still runs good and does everything plus more than any new truck will do and same as you I'm saving money every month not having a 1500$ truck payment
@@edgarperez4259 no, original from factory engine.
I bought a 94 K3500 crew cab long bed SRW for $900 and I'm still driving it around at 323k miles and a 6.5 diesel.
Prices are not a little bit out of touch.... THEY ARE F'ING OUT OF TOUCH WITH REALITY.
Exactly. Any reality. In any universe.
Yes!!!!!!!!f... new vehicles
You can't touch reality now lol
I remember in the 3rd world long time ago, Foriegn made car and trucks with OEM equipment manufactured from Western civilized countries were subject to "importation taxes" up to 880% over the price sold in the origination country. I was told to move to the US if you want to drive an effortability with your income for normal ordinary middle class citizen. I doubt it very much that I can effort domest ictruck made in China under US logo name!
I bought a house 20 years ago for less than most new trucks cost. It's INSANE.
Just before Covid hit I bought an off lease 2017 Chevy Colorado LT V6 crew cab long bed 4x4 with the tech package with 27,129 miles for $26,975. That was an out the door price including tax. I was able to pay them cash so that was a real price of what I paid. Now it's 2024 and the truck has 41,000 miles on it. It still looks brand new inside and out. Because of the crazy truck prices it is now worth more then I paid for it. I'm 70 years old and have bought many vehicles. This is the first time any of them have actually gone up in value.
This 2002 Tundra is only $12,000.....
Dude, that's a $4800 truck, stop.
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As JB would say, “that’s no joke”
Maybe $500 max
@@greggdpa No he would say "Where am I"
That's what I'm saying man. Absolutely unbelievable.
Bring back the basics. Bring back the trucks from the 50s-80s. No electronics no frills. Just good ol steel and horsepower. Thats all we wanted anyway. No need to make a new model every year. Find what works and stick with it. Make it to last and make ot affordable.
Nope. Epa is killing us all
They never will! The dealerships make their money on service and parts!
They can keep them.
With these cringe trucks, ford is targeting some ghost of a middle-class texan that hasn't been around for almost 10 years WHILE they are cutting production on fuel-efficient vehicles LOL these are the business-class "leaders" of our current moment who are making these moves. Every elon musk flunky and his brother.
How the hell can anyone afford this shit ? More than my mortgage payment, I'd like to see their budget, what a waste
Ford should make a BANKRUPTCY EDITION F-150 $200,000.
That's a good one. Gonna have to plagiarize that!
How about a “bailout edition”?
How about the Hyper - Financially - Extended edition?
@@patrickchubey3127 that's good
@@greggdpa good
I bought my 1987 Chevy pick up for $15,000. It had an AM/FM stereo in it and new air conditioning air-conditioning was more money back then 5.7 L 350 engine with a 700 R transmission I put 400,000 miles on it regular oil changes, it was a bare-bones truck they don’t make stuff like that anymore. Everybody has to have the screens to the seat warmer and whatever else they can think of. That’s why they’re so expensive if some company would just make a bare-bones truck and take all that crap out of there I think we will be better off.
if you haven't guessed, There is no middle class truck.
If they sell 2-3 trucks per month and it's like they sold 15 trucks in 2015
Nobody wants to make anything anymore.
@joe7665 bought my 2000 Ford f250 diesel new still driving it...still driving my 2016 ram promoter city too with 201k on it...runs great 28mpg plenty of space inside not buying new truck not supporting fools when can rebuild my 2000 for 23k fenders bed cab even
@@charleshanks6186 smart
It's no secret that the auto manufacturers have been building vehicles that no one wants.
160K For any truck is stupid I don't care what kind of junk you put in it... you can keep that 💩 💩
Lol, ok?
Lol so just out of curiosity I looked up new double wide mobile homes from Clayton. And a 4 bedroom very nice one can be had for 140k. Trucks are more expensive then a damn mobile home
If I'm gonna spend over 75k for a truck it will be a work truck not any of there pos f150s or 1500s I paid 36k for my 1500 thats all 1/2 ton trucks are worth also ford is so garbage my boss bought a 2024 f450 for towing our equipment and it has 2k miles on it now well it's at the dealer to get the seat cover reattached and the steering replaced because the joints in the steering is already bad we have 2 ram 4500s also and both of them don't have any issues the 2008 ram 4500 has 400k with only the a/c and a fuse block fixed everything else is original
I remember when you could buy a freightliner FL 180 Condo CAB cheaper than that.
$160k your being too nice....Anything over $35-40K for the top model and $30-$35k for the base model....Mid-Size $28k+ Ford had it right with the Maverick pricing..too bad the Dealers are F/ing it up with their add on BS
They can stay there in the dealer until hell freezes over.
I have been watching RUclips channels telling me not to buy a new truck yet because the Auto collapse was coming…….. that was 11 months ago, and I’m still waiting and truck prices have gone up!
It's a rubber band effect. They can't say when it's going to happen but it is. The indicators are all pointing to a financial collapse that will make the '08 mess look like pocket change as personal credit card debt is over $1T, and over 15% of the populace can't afford a $100 unexpected financial event. Main Street is floating in a sea of debt which home equity is being tapped to cover monthly expenses. Meanwhile the big 3 along with imports now following suit hiking the middle class can afford a $55,000 tech-laden set of 4 wheels.
Stop waiting and go buy one then you gonna be the next victim 😂😂😂
@@rigor601his point is, this truck market is supposedly collapsing. Yet the price is keep going up and the trucks keep getting sold. So clearly it's not collapsing all that bad, unfortunately.
Yep, I was waiting too, but I haven't seen it.
Because the govt is in the middle of this shitshow. That’s why the economics don’t make any sense.
Back in the day, they used to put all the "extras" in their top-of-the-line, limited luxury models (for the people that could afford them), so the rest of us could purchase a more cost-effective "standard" model that was actually "standard." No electric windows, no power locks, no automatic sliding doors and power liftgates (God forbid we exert ourselves opening a sliding door or liftgate), no backup monitors, no heated seats, no 15 speaker sound systems...just a car with a heater, air and a radio to get you from point "A" to point "B" in reasonable comfort at a reasonable cost.
Now they cram unwanted add-ons to various degrees in all models...even trucks!! Remember when trucks were just trucks? Did we, as consumers, ask for all these guaranteed to fail, wallet-emptying "features?" Hell no, we didn't!! I say let the manufacturers choke on their unsold inventories of over-loaded, hedonistic monstrosities, so they can have the much needed "come to Jesus" realization that they royally screwed up with their greed-driven antics in the name of (COUGH!!) innovation.
Dude, power windows and locks just make sense. How the hell are you supposed to roll up or down a window on the other side of the vehicle going down the road? The answer is you don't. You have to stop for that. It is not a major expense to have those 2 items. Backup cameras. Yeah that also makes sense as a safety feature and general helpful item for backup a vehicle up safely. You cannot see directly behind a vehicle with mirrors unless you have rear mounted mirrors which won't work for a truck. Power doors and gates are luxury items for sure. And while I don't need 15 speakers, I would certainly be happy if they just offered the option to have a better amp and better regular speakers that don't distort when you get them loud enough to actually listen to something.
Either buy a truck to live in or or buy a house, let the ignorance figure it out.
I live near Washington DC and there is no shortage of people dropping the coin to buy these. They are literally EVERYWHERE!
Only people that can afford them are government employees.
Oooooh $135K for a truck with a spider badge stuck on it.
Its embarrassing. Joke car company.
😂😂😂it's a shame
This reminds me of the Harley trucks which few people bought after buying a Harley which costs too much for what you get.
There's a sucker born every... something. I'm sure there's a man child that would get stuck on it and just have to have it.
It's the Alienware of trucks.
The problem started with people who don't need trucks, buying trucks as a way to signal masculine traits. Most new trucks I see on the road aren't hauling anything but fragile egos.
29,000 dollars for the Black Widow package and they used blocks to lift it? That’s disgusting.
The brodozer look is pricey🙄
Basically, what you're sayin' is I can just give up on waiting for a straight 6 mated to a three on the tree, bench seats, crank windows with smokers, no carpet and a metal dash? Y'know, a truck?
$83000 for a dodge _fuccing_ pickup
Lol
😭😭😭
But $83k for a fird or chebby is ok?!!!😂
But $83k for a fird or chebby is ok?!!!😂
The limited is nice. But cheap interior materials. They don't hold up
What is different between a truck today and a truck ten years ago?? NOTHING but the infotainment system. These prices are absurd.
Simple. I’ll keep my 2014 truck for as long as the dealers stay stupid.
I am still driving my 2012 Silverado 1500.
I'll keep my 2000 f250 7.3l diesel it runs great rusty but trusty bought it new but new bed front end and cab 12000 installed with full seats and all wiring...it's a no brainer
@@charleshanks6186 #2 fuel rules!
Traded in my 2014 for a 2020 and nothing but regrets. New trucks are garbage.
A vast majority of us have no need for a 4x4 pickup when the prices are at $70-100k. I’m not spending that type of money to take it out in the dirt, mud and rocks, risking dents, scratches, and destruction. That truck will be a pavement princess for its entire life.
We are now just becoming Cuba because all of us are just rebuilding the old…
It’s cheaper to rebuild old stuff at this point and smarter to do so .
The main reason why I still have my 05'
Wife daily a 2017 ford escape payed 9k for it has 89k miles owned for 5 years lol and I drive a 97 corrolla and a 92 lexus sc400 that I street drift no car payments and it feels good
Yep 2004 mustang gt bought new 84 f250 4x4. Have had 22 years. I do paint mechanic etc. so literally i can rebuild it again for prob 10k. I hate banks so there ya go! 😂
We have car tax (3.5%) in Virginia on top of the monthly payment that we pay every year on the cars value on top of these ridiculous prices. I drive a 1995 ford F150 195,000 miles, 2000 Ford Crown Victoria 225,000 miles, 2011 Chevy Tahoe 225,000. I fix them myself and keep on top of the service. I would much rather do that then buy a new one now. All these dealers can the junk they are selling these days, because I refuse to buy there crap now. I will keep rebuilding what I have.
I bought a brand new Dodge in 1978 with the Snow Commander package with a snowplow blade for $9,200 that included registration and taxes, there is NO REASON FOR THESE PRICES OTHER THAN GREED !!!
Only fools buy 90k to 150k vehicles. Depreciating assets
I'd say 40K and above.
Apparently, theres a lot of fools flush with cash because they're still selling these things at these high prices. Notice how there are no 2023 model year on the lot? The one area that is in trouble is the EV lighting because there ARE 2023 models still on the lot.
Also, a lot of this RUclipsr's videos have sensationalized titles like this one. Makes it seem like...YEA STICK IT TO THE MAN...THATLL SHOW THEM FOR CHARGING HIGH PRICES...but reality is much different. He lives in Idaho and inventory moves slower up there. Here in the Southeast and Southwest, lots are empty and trucks are still selling like hotcakes.
People want to complain about everything being expensive but non essential luxury items keeps selling, vacation resorts and cruises are packed, concerts and other entertainment venuesare sold out and high prices... It just shows there's alot of people out there doing very well these days.
Or someone might own a business and need that 100k truck and they can write it off... there's always that Mr. Negative
@@MikeJones__Who Van Chevrolet is in Phoenix. The Saguaro cactus gives it away...
@DemocratsRDemons He typically goes to Peterson Chevy which is in Bosie, Idaho and says nothing is sellling.
In this video he is at AZ and admits the trucks are selling...which goes to my earlier point...vehicles are still selling at these prices and at a faster pace in the Southwest and Southeast vs Idaho.
I remember in 2009 my brother bought a brand new lariat for $40,000 and we all thought he was fucking insane. The only difference between that truck and the new one is an aluminum body and a 10 speed transmission. Until the XLT gets down there around $30,000 with the V8 I won’t even be entertaining the idea of buying a new truck. Or they offer a 10 year bumper-to-bumper hundred thousand mile warranty because that’s about how long it’s gonna take to pay off one of these trucks and it’s absurd to think that you’re going to have to make repairs before it’s paid for.
All the trucks in this video are so expensive that they unfortunately have a pre-repo option!!
You know truck prices are insane when you can say a 12 year old truck is "only " $28,000 without flinchin'. 😁
if they dont price them right, they sit. let them sit.
$150K for an F-150 ?
I hope the dealer threw in carpeted floor mats for nothing.🤣
My local dealer has several of the black widows that have been sitting for over a year, because nobody with a brain would buy an xlt for 100k.
The aftermarket lifts they use are cheap garbage.
I bought a 1997 Silverado in 2012 for $3,200.00 and I have worked that girl hard!... she has never let me down... I have spent, maybe $2,000 in maintenance...
I was thinking of retiring the Girl and getting a new truck, so I looked around... NOPE!!! I will now be restoring the old girl to her former glory... priced it out... I can have her like new for less than $1,500.00 and some elbow grease...
Anyone who pays these prices is crazy!!!
Lightning “early adopters”. Lol. Also known as “suckers”. 😂
um, "early adopters" bought a lightning for 40K, and could have traded it in for the same price or even sold it privately for a small profit up to a year ago.
For real, I recently saw someone with a brand new lightning broke down (dead battery) on the side of the road with a tow truck. They were hauling a camper trailer thru mountain passes and overestimated the battery's life 😂
@@YoureSoCreezy ya totally, this has never happened to an ICE vehicle. post less
They did this to themselves
If McDonald's was still $10 to feed a family of four I bet the lots would be empty of all the fully loaded models.
No, the government did it to us by getting in the way of and interfering with the private consumer market.
A new truck now costs what a house used to cost 10 years ago...
This 2002 Tundra is just $12,000 dollars? Dude, do you hear yourself? Twelve grand for a 23 year old truck. We are truly in bizzaro world😅. Bankruptcy looms and frankly I can't wait.
I had the same reaction. I bought my 2020 Nissan Frontier SV Crew Cab 4x4 loaded with all available options at the time, in June ‘23 with 18k miles. $23,500. That Tundra probably has 200k or more miles on it. I don’t mind a vehicle a quarter of a century old, as long as it was mine 90% of it. I’m not going to buy one for that much that someone else has driven into the ground.
I think older stuff is starting to hold value a lot more because people are realizing the old stuff was built way better and they're more reliable than the new pieces of junk they pump out of the assembly lines.
The problem is any vehicle over 100k miles has serious rot up here in the rust belt. IMO any vehicle with over 100k miles on it isn't worth more than about $8k.
Exactly.
These kinds of excuses are why the used truck market is just as much of a shit show:
Same here! 8k truck max!
Breathtaking and outrageous, they have priced themselves out of the market with scandalous greed.
Truck prices should be around $35k to $40k max. They have out priced more than a good percentage of the consumers from the market. They sold to all the idiots with too much money. Now what's remaining in the market are the people who can't afford them or people that refuse to spend the ridiculous amount of $$.
how will this play out.
So people with money are idiots? So since i can afford a 100k truck makes me an idiot? You sound absolutely pathetic and disgusting....
@@subaruamazonGovernment bailouts, so we will be paying for these trucks regardless.
Your probably partially right.. The other half that pays this much will be a repo as soon as the kid loses his job or/and starts to feel the pain of a $700-1200 dollar payment for 84 months.. and has to make a decision "Do I really need a Truck"
@@kathrynw3 Not happenin'
It's an awful combination of supply issues, increasing material costs, ever tightening government regulation, and to top it off dealer markups. The vehicle industry in general is in trouble, for basically anything with a little bit of capability beyond "get to the grocery store and back" You're paying a quarter to half your yearly income in just a down payment anymore.
These dealerships should gag on their inventory with the add on stickers.
These Price gouging corporations are the reasons Americans are pissed off and tired of the sticker shock. It’s everything From cars to groceries to gas to lumber.
I just bought a car, out of necessity and my whole car cost the same as the black widow package. Insanity! Screw these dealers.
wb a Maverick?
Well, Maverick's esp at the high end are too much, too- but not to the same degeee
@knightofelemia1567 He bought a card for price of the black Widow Package: $29,000.00.
Do you mean the cost of the package alone, or the truck with the package?
yeah you bought a CAR. not a truck!
Glad it wasnt just me who was refusing to buy a new truck with $1000 dollar and up monthly payments. Ill just keep my old paid off truck and keep fixing it.
Black is the absolute worst color for a pickup that's going to be anything other than a pavment princess
ahaha yep I mountain hike a lot and my 1st black car was the last I could not hold the steering wheel nor sit in it after it sat 12hrs in the sun at 6560ft had to replace the metallic gear knob as it was close to 176°F once, also you see all the scratches but that's a minor problem vs the inferno inside when you have no shade to park it under
Yep, my tuck is black ad is always filthy as it is meant to be!
And blazing red is the least appropriate color for a “black ops” truck. (Supposed to be covert, stealth.)
I retired from GM after thirty plus years. I would buy new trucks every three to four years but, my last truck was 2011 and likely will be my last. I cannot see paying more for a truck than I did for my first home. The corporation left me after their EV push and I’m betting many share my feelings. I would rather buy a new engine if needed than mortgage my life for a ride.
Another good video, but your Mom stole the show with her killer Tim Allen impression when you mention the horsepower! 😂🤣
Yes, ❤❤❤❤
It's crazy..insane prices..Danny.what,s your background..just want to say hi from 🇨🇦like your videos 🍻😎🛻🚙🎸
More of her she represents the non car person opinion
Totally!
In the $30’s is o.k for any pick up-cut the length and width of the big trucks and trim the price because now when parking it takes up the whole parking spot-saving metal should bring the price down
My 98 Silverado that I have had for over 20 years still does everything I need a truck to do. Other than a fuel pump that went out last year it has been pretty much solid.
Wise. Good job maintaining it. I have a 2000 Tahoe that runs like new. Still original brakes, original cold a/c. Did need an inline fuel pump several years ago.
Loving my 99 Silverado, 25 years of reliable use. Of course, maintenance is key. Finally changed the factory brakes at 240,000 miles. Had all seals and gaskets replaced last year. No oil burn and great compression. Heart Beat of America, baby
Prices are insane! It's beyond ridiculous! Every truck is a luxury truck!
It's getting impossible to find a reasonably priced, good used vehicle.
getting? it has been impossible for 3 years
I guess that depends on your definition of good. There are plenty of decent older cars with over 100k miles that scare people away. Yes, they require some more hands on TLC than newer cars with a warranty but they are simpler to fix and once you get proficient at simple repairs, they are the way to go if money is tight.
@@Andy-df5fj its not about fixing them. its about the cosmetics. interiors are busted, need full repaint etc. thats just age. and you cant fix that because interior parts are not available. some people are fine with driving in a stink bucket, others like something thats presentable.
vote with your dollar doesn't work anymore. there is too big of a gap of people who are rich/upper middle class that can afford this.. and then the rest of us.
Wrong - -
It’s crazy when you think that these are out on the road and could easily crash into you. That’s also why insurance is so expensive as well
Man goes to dealerships, reads prices for expensive trucks - Episode #561,670,325
I graduated high school in 1979. A friend of mine bought a Ford F100 2 wheel drive and regular cab, for graduation. He paid a whopping $3,000. Back then, pickup trucks were basic transportation and affordable. Some of those trucks being shown cost more than the first house I bought. At those prices, they can keep them.
My dad passed away in 1999 he bought a brand new truck about every 3 years because we had a our own business any bought a 1996 Chevy Silverado extended cab brand new for $14,000 it's insane how much vehicles cost how do they expect people to afford them me and my wife together made 82,000 last year we have children at home we can't afford it
they don't really expect it and in fact even at 80'000 they lose money on those even at those prices Ford lost billions already this year, those prices aren't the truck prices it's the zero emission EV "tax" and their attempt of getting more money out of ICE vehicles to fund that pointless and hopeless EV switch
That $14K in '96 equates to $28K today and to put things in perspective, these trucks are stupidly priced. That same truck you guys bought in '96 should be $28k today & we all know there isn't a new full size Silverado priced anywhere near $28K today. There's a storm coming and when it arrives, it's going to be ugly, and a long one. All the best to you and yours as we navigate the future.
@@strykerentllc Keep in mind that figure is inflation ONLY, not all the new options people want, increased parts and labor costs, "luxury" items. How much do you think all those tablets cost each. They've left simple behind.
@@richardwarren7492 Keep in mind that figure is for a BASE model without all of the nanny crap that no real truck dude wants. Luxury and truck should never be used in the same sentence. Agree on simplicity being ignored. 👍
@@strykerentllc "Real Truck dude" says it all and the mentality behind it. Replace that with "Suckers"
Couple years ago I bought a clean 1986 ford f150 lariat. Cost me less than 1/10th what a new one would, its built better than a new one (plus shes still completely rust free), and it gets way more attention around town than a new truck ever will. Cheap parts, easy to fix, cheap insurance and taxes, no payment. Has AC, power windows and locks, cruise control… I don’t know how I could ever justify a new truck.
Trucks used to be useful vehicles that people actually needed. Now they made them so fancy that you can’t even afford them. Most people that have trucks do not need them.
who. tf. cares?!? I mean seriously. I was doing some car and truck vehicle research so I get these videos in my feed all the time and everyone cries the same thing: I remember when trucks were for working!! waaaa!!! waaaaa!!!!!
@@absolutetuberidiot..
I agree with you. I've been using pickup trucks and heavy industrial machinery for 45 yrs to make a living. Business owners are still buying new trucks; the kids who don't need the truck are not being priced out. Oh boohoo. Typical........ the generation of kids who never heard the word "no".
Such bull💩 most people buy trucks because they use it!! Get a life
In the Southern states, the majority drive trucks haul everything.
I have no issue with the manufacturers making 80K pickups, but that should be a small percentage of the what’s produced. It seems everything that’s released is ultra premium with options, that leaves no room for affordable mid trim work trucks.
My local dealership has 26 regular cab f150s priced at $35k, they are even giving everyone a free $2k to put down towards it
@@beastbee0118
A f150 as a work truck? What you hauling and towing. I need a truck that can tow 12-16 thousand pounds and capable of hauling a 2000lb in the bed. A f150 is ok if your hauling trash bags but it’s not going to tow my 12k lb 5th wheel camper or be a service truck or tow around heavy equipment.
These truck cost more than what I paid for my small/modest home with a huge yard 23 years ago.
And even with increase price in houses, some of those truck Still cost more than what my home is valued at...bought my home for $63,000, it's worth about $120,000 now. Those trucks will lose value the second you sign the papers and turn the key to drive it off the dealership lot.
Also, some folks that need a truck, need one that they are not afraid to throw a cord of wood into, or building material...getting it scratched or dinged a little bit while on job sites, or going hunting and having to drive down narrow roads that have branches that are growing into the road a bit that can scratch paint.
This is what happens when you have the chicken tax. No competition
They have expanded it. Protectionism sells
What’s a chicken tax?
If only we could get that new Yoda truck I would pick one up today
@@MrKornnuggetFat Electrician has a good video on it. but essentially its an import tax meant to protect US products.
Meant to protect US jobs. Trade is great if you’re swapping products with another country. Not so great if you just send your money to their workers and instead of buying your products they buy the business you work for and close it down.
Let those monuments decorate their lots.
Just blows my mind to see trucks cost as much as a house used to. To think if they just would have kept prices low, they would have sold a record amount of them.
Now, we will see these brands collapse and fail. All they had to do is sell more of them at normal prices.
I have got to stop watching these kinds of videos, because these prices are literally making me sick.
Exploding vehicle prices are a direct result of the manufactured shortage of vehicles during the so-called pandemic, which then falsely inflated prices way about MSRP. This in turn has created a mindset amongst U.S. auto manufacturers that the American consumer with pay anything for a shiny new vehicle. The fact that all three U.S. auto manufacturers just announced yet more increases in their vehicle prices just supports this mindset.
I remember as a kid in the early 90's an noticed that trucks and Subaru cars were the cheapest vehicles in the newspaper ads. Vehicle prices sicken me. This is part of the "you will own nothing and love it" plan devised by the WEF.
The 3.5 turbo in the Tundra has gotten a bad reputation. There are many videos about owners having problems with spun bearings on the motor.
My son just got rid of his Tundra for that reason but got mad at the dealership for the warrantee work and then stupidly lost his temper and went out and bought a brand new Tahoe (loaded) truck. Both my husband and I are furious with him for his stupidity!!!!
@@suzanneterrey4499ouch. Money doesn't equal heart.
Wow not usually a problem with Toyota as they test their products for years before releasing them.
They are also blowing turbos, amongst other serious issues
@@W0RLDSSMALLESTVI0LINToyota is shit now. Especially considering the price and poor fuel economy
These prices are 50 percent to high, you are right. Rust and Cab corners should not be an issue in 2024. Selling junk, and over pricing the consumer with malice won’t eash any longer. People on the lower end are waking up. Looking for better quality from Japan, and a government that won’t play buddy with the corruptness of the corporations., in every area of society.
100k, or more for a depreciating asset?
in 2018 i bought an XLT ford f150 for 37.000 dollars now there 60.000 that is Ridiculous, how much have gone up in a few years in 2022 i bought a ford maverick 2.0 awd for 37.000 can't even buy a full size truck for that anymore
Trucks are made for work or for places where 4x4 is needed. They aren't supposed to be replacements for cars despite what people think.
Because you say so?
Some of us aren't short guys like you.
Some us tall folks like trucks because cars are too low to get in and out of
the classic boomer comment: I remember when trucks were for working!!
I don't care if you are in the 30s or 40s (hell, even your 20s), your comment has boomer written all over it
@@absolutetuber and yours has idiot written all over it..........even added some boomer dots for ya.
I agree. Hell do you need a pickup for. Can't go a fast or be as agile. If you can get into a sedan because it's to low you need to hit the gym or something. I think alot of country boy posers need to stop their soy boy lates and come back to reality that I'd you grew up in suburbia your not a country boy.
Exactly right! Expect lots of blow back from the brats who can't take "no" for an answer. Ignore them, there's such a small percentage it really doesn't matter......
Dealerships will consolidate, until vehicles are only available to the ultra-rich.
I hear what everyone is saying but lets talk about the 2012 raptor in the video. 28k, 12 years (13 model years) old. Probably 170k+ miles. Looks clean, probably hiding lots of issues. The market is broken and as long as people are still going out and buying any trucks, they dont have the incentive to relax the grip. Meanwhile, people in the trades cant buy new fleets. people in the service industry (home repair/lawn service etc..) riding around in 15-20 year old trucks.
Yep rich posers are ruining it for men who ACTUALLY work farms, logging sites, fields, and construction/landscaping
The trades are asking 100 bucks an hour why can’t they afford a truck?
@@patty109109 because their insurance, fuel, and labor costs are barely covered by that price. don't forget tool upkeep.
Not sure what reality you live in, but I continue to refresh my fleet and buy a personal truck. No, what's happening here is people who don't need a truck are finding out (finally) some sad economic facts. Smart, small business owners drive used vehicles......... nothing wrong with that, it's a good business practice. Your thinking is skewered towards wants not needs, status not profit potential.
0:34 And we should let them sit. It’s the only possible way for the prices to come down.
I remember building a vehicle i wanted online as a child costing 30-40k, now that I can afford that that same vehicle is now around 60-80k
I remember buying a little Toyota pickup that was 3 years old with 45,000 miles on it for $4,400. I was 18 years old.
500 bucks isn't enough off that probably what they charge you to e-file the paperwork.
White interior means you don’t use the truck for work
I passed a diy carwash and saw a white guy in a stupid truck pressure washing his tire treads, maybe the gayest thing I've ever seen
Maybe they use it to tow a boat or a trailer.... not everyone use their trucks for work but for other things...DUH
@@atg1338 I assumed they needed it to carry their enormous balls or, in your case, massive wit.
I only buy black or gray interior trucks walking in mud and cow shit most of the day.
They are high AF.
That's why I decided to rebuild a an 86 K-10. the engine is a 355 L48 out of an 69 Camaro. The rust repair has everything corrected. All said and done, I'll have a new basic simple usable truck for 18K.
Screw them. I just bought a used 2021 Ram 1500 BigHorn 4x4 with Night Edition package with 42k miles for $31k. Deals can be found - refuse to buy new.
$31,000.
You’re fucking crazy !
No way in hell…. Highest I will go is $10,000
@@ericstevens8744 you’re not getting a 2021 ram 1500 anything for 10,000.
Could of bought a Cummins on facebook market for 29k or 30k
Almost half the life almost the 50k miles
@@ericstevens8744 What era do you live in?
Great content bro. And no annoying music. Straight to the chase. Thank you. Youve been added to the watchlist. I dont care aboit high price. I'm getting a 24 escalade v tri white
not to mention a near useless small bed for actual people that need a work truck
So my 2023 chevy with a 6.3 bed is useless? Do you actually own a truck? Do you actually use your truck for work if you have a job?
@@atg1338 the trucks he showed were mostly 5ft beds,don’t be so sensitive.
@@rose415 so someone can't comment with be sensitive?
The reason the beds are 5ft it is so people can park them in the garage. These things aren't trucks anymore...they are freaking spacecraft with all the gadgets.
@@scottgorman7166 I agree,I think they’re more of a cool looking mini van or in Texas it’s more of a status symbol.pickup Audi BMW
I can buy all 3 Manufactures -FORD- GM and Ram at Employee pricing ,and I can afford to buy anything-But I am DONE buying New-70k for a new truck is a joke, and a future big loss ,for the people that buy 1 at these prices-Depreciation will fall ,faster that these kids can pay off- then they will have to roll into the losses on the next 1- its a bad cycle ,I owned a Ford dealership for years ,all these doc fees ,and add ons are a bad joke-and I thought Dealers had a bad reputation in the 90s and 2000-Can you say BIG 3 Bankrupbt in 4 years
The damned automakers quit making durable vehicles years ago. Way too much technology on them.
They need to go back to making durable and AFFORDABLE trucks:
-regular cab with long bed
-option of a manual 5 speed and engine sizes
-every truck should be equipped with a trailer hitch and locking rear differential
-quit underpowering the trucks
-put real bumpers on them, not some plastic bullshit
-offer a turbo inline 6 cyl engine
I guess floorplan costs don't bother these fools.
They must have a ton of reserves from all the gouging during Covid.
they lose almost 100k selling you that 100k f150 lightning actually it has nothing to do with what brands want or can do but the zero emission mandates this is true for all brands in europe and america, and fun fact they already lost money on ICE cars decades ago just a lot less more like 500-3000 that they made back in parts or service or on premium models also in other countries (ex: same volvo model is sold 15k more in a different country) you see only your end as a customer but I work for a large group and massive industry they see and try to balance the whole not car by car the problem is EV mandates destroyed that equilibrium and now they are all losing money except the brands that went hybrid instead
I’m fine with my 20 year old, already paid off, well maintained F150 XLT 4 door. We paid $33,000 from the dealership in late 2003 and a new one can cost over $60,000 similarity equipped right now
$160k for an F150? They should be the price for 3 or 4 F150s.
These trucks cost what my house did 20 years ago. WTF?
6:00 the thing about writing off your expenses, you still have to make the money before you can write it off. If you have a lease payment of $2000+ you have to make an add'l $2000 just to break even. I had the opportunity to double my shop space by renting the unit next door. It was a great price BUT, I'd have to double my profits JUST to break even. That means twice as much work, twice as much marketing, and hiring people which isn't cheap. I figured after all that I'd end up increasing my income by 20% max. So I passed.
Truck prices have been out of control for years. Ford used to make an affordable truck for working men. $60k is a lot to spend on a truck. It's more than a year's take home pay for most guys in the trades. Ford wants more than $80k FOR A TRUCK?! One hundred... twenty... thousand... dollars? I'm blown away.
Somehow I feel better paying 6k for a new engine in my 2014 Ram 1500....Hemi tick got me but I would never buy a new truck again. I bought my 2014 Express for 32k in 2014. WTF are these auto makers thinking of.
i dont know. poor management and strategy.
Change you oil early. Use a 5w30 or 0w40 in hot climate
Hell I'm planning to drop 13k in rebuilding and coyote swapping my 90 bronco.
@@BloodAlwaysFindsItsLevel 0 and 5w20 for me. I used to change my oil at 5k but cutting it down to 4k.
Bought my '96 F-350 (7.3 CC SRW 2WD manual) for four figures in 2021 with 265,000 miles. Now it's at 283,000 and while it does need some new fuel pumps, it's a treat to drive and has never left me on the side of the road. The cost of maintenance for an older truck like this still pales in cost to anything new and is not comparable given that it was made in the time before computers became good enough to model material wear to barely outlive warranties. The newest vehicle I own is from 2008 and it's probably going to stay that way for a long time.