I see a lot of used cars for sale in people’s yards.
WHY? Because the dealers offer little or nothing for them and want to sell them for a premium.
Also automobiles are so expensive these days people are driving their cars until there is nothing left of them.
My old 95 Silverado has over 200,000 miles on it and when I went to look at new trucks I could not believe my eyes at the sticker price. For $35,000 dollars I can buy a lot of repairs, and my truck still gets as good gas mileage as a new one.
A friend bought a new Ford 250 with a diesel $56,000.
Try to find a truck with rubber floor mats and roll up windows these days.Todays truck is more like a luxury car than something to work out of.
I am SHOCKED at the price of new trucks. I would not touch one with a ten foot pole.
BTW, regarding used cars: A friend of mine was in the car business for decades mostly selling pricey european cars. Toward the end he worked at a BMW dealership in the Seattle area. He said it got so bad that when a salesman sold a new BMW they made something like $200. But if they sold a used car the salesman could make thousands.
What that told me is that dealerships really overprice used cars.
I had several trucks over the years. My first truck was a 1987 2 wheel Toyota with a 4 speed. I bought it for $5000 with 20,000 miles. I also had a ‘94 Nissan Truck extended cab when my ‘87 got wrecked and then traded it in ‘99 when my son was born. Wish I kept the truck since I got rid of it with 70,000 miles and was still in perfect shape. I did a Carfax on it and it got totaled like a year after. I have a 1991 Toyota 4x4 and plan on keeping it until it has to be hauled to the junk yard. It already has 209,500 miles on it. I have been looking for different truck, like a ‘97 model or older with a V-6 and manual transmission and as soon as the trucks go on the market, they are literally sold !
Too bad today, I cannot even buy a new simple pickup truck like what Toyota and Nissan made up into the early 2000’s.
> Try to find a truck with rubber floor mats and roll up windows these days.Todays truck is more like a luxury car than something to work out of.