paulsharvey
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CPI implies $35,000 in 2005 USD would equal $57,311.65 2025 USD. I haven't played with Chevys built site; but I'll bet i can get to within 10% of that truck in a 2025 for $57k
Ford Maverick Pickup?
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paulsharvey
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Not only did I get in within my inflation number, I beat it by a good bit, found a discounted, on the lot truck, got more power, efficiently, and safety.
Part of this; we Think $50,000 is still what it was 20 years ago. It's not.
Part of this; we Think $50,000 is still what it was 20 years ago. It's not.
paulsharvey
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BTW; that truck isn't a WT or anything; 4x4, extended, full sized bed, power windows/doors/remote start, and power 10 way seats. Yes; it has 60/40/60 bench, not crew cab, and cloth seats; but my point was to build a 2025 clone of my 2005. It also has alloy wheels, and kinda the base level of a consumer vehicle. You can save about another $1900 if you want to do away with the "premium passenger comfort package"
paulsharvey
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100% there IS an affordability problem with vehicles; but often it's not the vehicle, but the premium options that people Want that push the price up.
Back to the Maverick; same thing; a lot of the Mavericks being sold are optioned up into the $40k+ range. Often with little to show for the "$5000 premium black edition king ranch-platnium-laramie-pro4x" whatever package, that upgrades your Infotainment screen to 14", and adds a red trim to your black seats.
Yes, 100% the tow package has a cost, but its not as bad as getting the black wheels, with extra trim, and the big screen backup camera.
Yes, the tow package makes you buy Ford 360 copilot; so total is $1540; but its less than the "black appearance package" at $1645. Stuff like the power moon roof, bed dividers, window air deflectors, ect add up
Back to the Maverick; same thing; a lot of the Mavericks being sold are optioned up into the $40k+ range. Often with little to show for the "$5000 premium black edition king ranch-platnium-laramie-pro4x" whatever package, that upgrades your Infotainment screen to 14", and adds a red trim to your black seats.
Yes, 100% the tow package has a cost, but its not as bad as getting the black wheels, with extra trim, and the big screen backup camera.
Yes, the tow package makes you buy Ford 360 copilot; so total is $1540; but its less than the "black appearance package" at $1645. Stuff like the power moon roof, bed dividers, window air deflectors, ect add up
Quite often it isn't that people WANT those; rather, it's what's available so you end up paying for things you didn't know you needed.
paulsharvey
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I understand in the immediate Covid aftermath, that was the case; but if you widen your search to say, a reasonable 200 mile radius, there are plenty of near base vehicles on the dealer lots. Even your local dealer. Now, they aren't parked up by the street, and the salesmen tend to steer folks towards the higher end ones, but they still make and sell plenty of just over base models.
Heck, most of the manufacturers, just do their build and price; and it will show you ones on the lot within a radius of your zip.
I do get if your in Wyoming or Alaska; maybe a wider radius is 500 miles; but east of the river, even a 50 mile radius likely had a dozen Ford dealers.
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paulsharvey
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Now, I do dislike the $290 upgrade to get a jack, spare tire and a tire iron.
Now, "dealer installed options", yeah, they do that, but if your willing to walk off; and have a 3rd party install the Wanted upgrades, like bed liners, step bars, winch, whatever, you aren't paying Fords $790 for a vinyl bed liner.
When i bought my 2019, used in 2019; we looked at a 2017 at a Dodge dealer. Wasn't thrilled with price, but it would work. Didn't come with trailer hitch, connector, ect. Told them, yeah, yall install the hitch, and trailer pin connector, and we got a deal. "I can't just throw in $800". Well, he'll, UHaul can install it for $250
Now, "dealer installed options", yeah, they do that, but if your willing to walk off; and have a 3rd party install the Wanted upgrades, like bed liners, step bars, winch, whatever, you aren't paying Fords $790 for a vinyl bed liner.
When i bought my 2019, used in 2019; we looked at a 2017 at a Dodge dealer. Wasn't thrilled with price, but it would work. Didn't come with trailer hitch, connector, ect. Told them, yeah, yall install the hitch, and trailer pin connector, and we got a deal. "I can't just throw in $800". Well, he'll, UHaul can install it for $250
KennyG
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I've always ordered my vehicles to get what I want. (My wife's cars are bought off the lot because she won't wait.) I ordered my F-150 because no truck with leather seats and no navigation system existed in the midwest. Why would anyone pay $800 for a nav system when Google Maps and Garmin exist? With the push to "packages" it's getting harder to get what you want.
Ford seems to delight in packaging one popular item such as cruise control with junk nobody wants.
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You may not LIKE what has happened with prices and options, but people are buying them. They make 4-door crew cabs almost completely now with few exceptions. You can argue which chicken or egg came first, but my guess is that dealers were finding extended cabs and regular cabs moving a lot slower so they started buying more crew cabs. Can't blame them...
I don't want a crew cab, and when I found out the Ranger gen 6 model ('24+) had no option for the extended cab with 6' bed I scrambled like heck to find one of the remaining '23's left and got lucky. Had to fly to Detroit to pick it up, but that isn't too bad a drive. I was planning to move to a Ranger in early '24 until I found this out.
I don't want a crew cab, and when I found out the Ranger gen 6 model ('24+) had no option for the extended cab with 6' bed I scrambled like heck to find one of the remaining '23's left and got lucky. Had to fly to Detroit to pick it up, but that isn't too bad a drive. I was planning to move to a Ranger in early '24 until I found this out.
