[AT] The terror strikes again. - 4WD

[Stephen Offiler]

Well... I am NOT disagreeing with you, but please recognize that the value
of money changes substantially with time.  Name a year or even a decade
when you could buy a truck new for $3000 and we'll see what that would be
in today's dollars.  It won't be quite as much as $28,000, I know.

And at least some of that stuff that comes in today's trucks, that you
really don't want, is there due to economies of scale.  It's cheaper to put
cruise control into every truck than it is to manage the two separate
versions, with and without.  Just an example.

SO



On Mon, Jun 9, 2014 at 10:40 AM, R Fink Sr <rfinksr at verizon.net> wrote:

>    Stephen I am from the old school and recall when a new work pickup was
>    less than 3000.00. The new trucks are just modified car or wagons.Some
>    of the crap they put on is nice but not a necessity in my opinion.
>    R Fink
>    PA
>
>
>    On 06/09/14, Stephen Offiler<soffiler at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>    Sorry to reply to my own message but since I still had the page open I
>    just
>    priced out a truck. Chevy 2500HD Work Truck with 6 liter gas engine,
>    automatic transmission, snowplow package, trailer tow package, bed mat.
>    True Market Value (this is from Edmunds dot com, a popular research
>    site
>    which gives negotiated bottom line out the door pricing) anyway this
>    truck
>    is $28,000 with the current incentives (it's a 2014 and they need to
>    make
>    room for the 2015's). That sounds downright CHEAP.
>    SO
>    On Mon, Jun 9, 2014 at 9:59 AM, Stephen Offiler <[1]soffiler at gmail.com>
>    wrote:
>    > The majority of the dealer profit comes from the sales of service,
>    parts,
>    > and accessories. They make very little on the sale of the vehicle
>    itself.
>    > And they can only sell what the manufacturer designs and builds. The
>    > manufacturer designs and builds what they perceive the customers
>    want. I
>    > just checked real quick, only Chevy, and found they still have a
>    2500HD
>    > Work Truck that is pretty basic. Vinyl seats, steel wheels,
>    hose-em-out
>    > vinyl instead of carpeting. It does have a tach and cruise control
>    and a
>    > radio, but the cab is far from "stuffed with crap". They exist.
>    >
>    > SO
>    >
>    >
>    >
>    > On Mon, Jun 9, 2014 at 9:26 AM, <[2]Recentjester at aol.com> wrote:
>    >
>    >> Always figured that a dealership was just a big lot where they
>    dumped the
>    >> trucks along a major freeway to sell them. the service or warranty
>    area
>    >> was
>    >> never big enough to do much more than change your oil. The object of
>    a
>    >> truck is to get a heavy load where its going. I own a truck to bring
>    >> things
>    >> home to make myself more self sustainable. I don't need a bunch of
>    bells
>    >> an
>    >> whistles. All the crap they want to stuff into the cab does not
>    impress
>    >> me.
>    >> The Pickups look so big now but they have less room in the bed.
>    >>
>    >>
>    >>
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