![]() Where are the economy trucks? They would sell, but not with the profit of the mid-size and full size, so they don't make them. Few dealers (except very rural dealers or high volume dealers that deal with fleet sales) have anything that could be considered inexpensive in stock or even interested in ordering one for you.Ĭheapest truck right now is a Nissan Frontier, starts at $19,300. Now days to get a basic truck it has to be special ordered. Sure you could get A/C as an option, and maybe power windows and locks, but they were cheap. In the 80's and 90's, you could get a Ford Ranger/Mazda 2000, Chevy S-10/GMC S-15, Jeep Comanchee, Dodge Dakota for pretty cheap even new, and they were a basic truck. Plus there are no longer any "cheap" trucks out there. I think I get what you are saying, not as much a slam on those that choose to buy these fancy trucks, but the fact that truck sales have increased so much and are in such demand that prices on them have risen drastically in the past 20 years. I have driven just about every vehicle imaginable over the years in my automotive tech career save for supercars and I could think of so many better choices for me if I had 50k to spend on a vehicle.īut enough people find the "value" in pickup trucks as commuter cars even stock f150s, they have the best profit margins in the industry and people buy them as quick as they come off the line.Īnd jack up demand/price for those of us who have to have trucks? If I could get away with driving a Corola or Camry, I would. add a bro dozer kit to them and they drive like a stick in the mud. I have always found big pickups a chore to drive, relatively numb steering. I often think maybe the people who want to drive around in a f350 as a grocery getter has never driven a truly nice vehicle. The shame of it IMHO is for the money spent on these redneck status symbols you could actually buy a very nice driving vehicle. ![]() People can spend their credit line.I mean money however they want, a common theme around here is a 50k truck in the driveway of a domicile that is worth 20k and is barely livable. Biggest problem I have is 9 times out out of 10 they drive reckless, at least around here. ![]()
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