Doing the same, putting in about 5,000 into my 1998 K3500 Truck as even a slightly used one is in the 60,000 dollar range or more..No pickup is worth that kind of money...
Parts for older GM trucks are plentiful and still runs good, just needs some updates.
I have an ‘05 Harley edition F350 V8 turbo-diesel with 185k miles that looks new, runs like new, and rides like new. It’s completely paid for..
It’s in the shop right now for new injectors, oil change and fuel filters..
I see no need to update to a new one that is simply a computer designed to look like a vehicle...
Mine are 22 and 18 years old. I've got a 73 year old chevy truck I'll be putting on a 31 year old frame soon. 1950 chevy truck on a 1992 S-10 frame.
I have two trucks, one is 20 years old and the other is ten.
Fixing is a misnomer. The correct conceptual term is maintaining.
The problem is that people consider the cost of maintenance to be an unnecessary burden
I replaced an engine in my 2003 dodge ram. It runs fine, and it’s 100% paid for.
A newer truck (I looked) is in the $50K range.
A BRAND NEW Dodge Ram is selling for 83,000
My daily driver is a 1990 MB 560SEL. It operates the way a $78,000 S Class MB did in 1990 with King Faroud or Danny DeVito in the back seat. Only at a value today of about $10k.
Just put in $2000 to maintain my 2008 Ford Taurus with 230,000 miles. Runs great. I plan on getting another 200,000 miles out of it.
They can keep raising prices and I can continue not to buy. The free market at work.
The Scamdemic nor the lockdowns triggered a shortage in computer chips.
As for the average age of cars, the lockdowns left a lot of vehicles being driven a fraction what they would have been. Meanwhile, the clock kept ticking while the odometers crawled.
My vehicle is 13 yrs old and has almost 100K. All paid off obviously. It is a well built SUV before the ridiculous amount of electronics and should easily last til 500K. Maintenance is part of the cost of keeping a vehicle.
For example, my daughter's boyfriend has a 2009 Ford F150 that, four days ago, suddenly refused to allow entry with the electronic door lock, would not start after a physical key was used to get into the vehicle. Turns out there is a "security module" that went bad, and when they do, the vehicle is bricked.
To add insult to injury, it can only be serviced at a dealership, they can't get to it until this Friday, and then the part, if needed, will take a week to obtain and another few days to finally repair. Total time out of service will be approx. 2 weeks. The bill will be large.
No thanks.
My 2004 Chevy Avalanche has only 97,000 miles on it. Runs like new, never had any issues with it. I’m happy to keep driving it for years to come.
Just had to replace my 16yo CX-7 because fixing finally became too expensive, got a ‘16 Odyssey $400/mo 4-year loan, plan to prepay for two years, sharing it with daughter/family. Before that I had a Camry for 11 years, so this isn’t anything new to me.
Cars seem to be sold before they arrive at the dealer. Don’t know if they are making less or demand is just high, but few are ever on the dealer parking lot.
Used prices are also high. I get offers for our cars above what we paid just a few years ago.
I was just thinking about the age of my wife’s car this morning. We’re fixing to drive it most of the way across the country in two weeks. It’s a 2015 Chevy Equinox. I had a mechanic give it a once over a few weeks ago.
We’ve only ever bought late model high mileage used cars and had very good results.
The last one I bought for myself was two years old with 145,000 miles. I put another 300,000 on it before selling it.
For the last few years I’ve been blessed with Company pickup trucks that they turn over at way too low of a mileage number.
Is that a loan payment over 5 years, 7 years, 15 years? Probably 7, which is ridiculously high. $50,000+ for a new car is getting a bit ridiculous.
2 years ago, car lots were very much devoid of new cars. I had an eye on a 3-cyl turbocharged Ford Escape, but couldn’t find one. Finally tracked one down and grabbed it.
The hybrids were even harder to get. About all the Ford dealers had on their lots were F-150s (their big $$ makers) and a few larger SUVs.
So when you can’t find new, you keep what you’ve got.
The subject of this article believes his 2014 Cruze will last another 4 years?
He’s new to the Chevy cruze game, isn’t he?