[AT] The terror strikes again. - 4WD

[David Rotigel]

CPI Inflation Calculator
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Has the same buying power as:
$26,439.26
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This is taken from http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/cpicalc.pl?cost1=3%2C000&year1=1954&year2=2014 I picked 1954 because that is the year I graduated from HS. A truck (I believe) would cost less that $3,000 in 1954.
	Dave


On Jun 9, 2014, at 11:00 AM, Stephen Offiler <soffiler at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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