Vehicle Inflation

[dalek]

a mid range v8 4x4 gm or ford truck can be bought for around 42-45K, but who buys the high end ones for $70-75K? Do they really have 30K worth of upgrades or options in them? Huge depreciation on those.

Heck there’s a place here taking wrecked 3-4 year old trucks and rebuilding them with big lift kits and a bunch of bolt on Chinese body bling and selling them for $80,000 on 8 year loans

[TASFarms]

a mid range v8 4x4 gm or ford truck can be bought for around 42-45K, but who buys the high end ones for $70-75K? Do they really have 30K worth of upgrades or options in them? Huge depreciation on those.

Look at lease buyouts. Ford thinks the high end trucks will be close in price to the low end at the end of the lease

[15444]

Heck there’s a place here taking wrecked 3-4 year old trucks and rebuilding them with big lift kits and a bunch of bolt on Chinese body bling and selling them for $80,000 on 8 year loans

Can't be much of a 'wreck' or it would never pass an Ontario safety. Unless of course they are forging safety documents.

[dalek]

Can't be much of a 'wreck' or it would never pass an Ontario safety. Unless of course they are forging safety documents.

As long as it has a Salvage brand on it instead of an Irreparable brand it can be rebuilt, pass a safety and go back on the road with a Rebuilt brand on the ownership. About the only thing they put Irreparable brands on for is flooding or fire. I’ve seen wrecks so bad you wouldn’t know it’s a truck that have had enough parts replaced, fixed or made up out of thin air to pass the safety.

In theory you can take a VIN plate and start adding aftermarket parts to it until you get a vehicle that can go back on the road.

[sumdumguy]

Leasebusters.com

[Partners]

As we get older we tend to buy new.
My first brand new half ton was bought at age 59...

[AC man]

Heck there’s a place here taking wrecked 3-4 year old trucks and rebuilding them with big lift kits and a bunch of bolt on Chinese body bling and selling them for $80,000 on 8 year loans

The young guys get all excited over 6 inch lift kits,big tires,lots of lights and diesels. They will buy trucks like this. I have a nephew that has such a truck and so do a couple of his friends. I almost need a step ladder to get into the thing.

[TSIPP]

Jazz needs to hang out at Regina auto auction, ten grand usually gets you a darn good vehicle that gives you many years of trouble free service and if your not so fussy ten grand will get you a pair and a spare vehicle.

Just trying to help you out buddy, tis the season.

[burnt]

So what does that make me with a 95 F-250 7.3? Turns quarter century this coming May.

One step from Amish?

[15444]

One step from Amish?

Haha. You're probably right.

[biglentil]

Jazz needs to hang out at Regina auto auction, ten grand usually gets you a darn good vehicle that gives you many years of trouble free service and if your not so fussy ten grand will get you a pair and a spare vehicle.

Just trying to help you out buddy, tis the season.

Buyer Beware!

[TSIPP]

Oh come on, all those vehicles are “field ready”

The auctioneer even said so.