I bought a 2018 Tundra Crewmax in 2019 for $35K. 10,000 miles. Looked up the value now with 75,000 miles. KBB shows $40K. Not that I'm selling or trading it. Used prices at the dealer now are just crazy. I live in a small town with a GM and a Ford dealer. Their lots are full of other brand used cars. Almost no new ones.
Trucks are still crazy, but lead time on a new one is 6-9 months. I saw a new F250 with a 50k dealer markup in Missoula, it's the only one sitting on the lot for 500 miles around. 1/2 tons are easier to find, 3/4 tons and 1 tons are thin. I think our local toyota dealer has less than 1/2 dozen new cars on the lot, no trucks.
I have got to throw the bs flag on this post....bob
If the chip manufacturers come through for the automotive sector, any chance we get two years worth of new trucks in short order?
@jameslavish
If you work 40 hrs/wk: at 5% inflation and after 5 years, you need a 28% pay raise or to work 44 more hours (*one full extra week* per month+) to make up the difference.
My favorite John Wayne quote from the Searchers... "No, a human rides a horse until it dies, then he goes on afoot. A Comanche comes along, gets that horse up, rides him 20 more miles... and then he eats him."
I own trucks with 450k miles and wouldn't think twice about driving them anywhere.
Vanity and stupidly complex chit breaking is why folks are always buying new... or low mileage trucks.
I own four Cummins rigs... every one of them is worth twice what I paid.
Moral of the story... get smarter in what you buy. New does NOT mean better always.
Fugg the woke UAW.
If you are not actively engaging EVERY enemy you encounter... you are allowing another to fight for you... and that is cowardice... plain and simple.
After rebates and taxes I paid $39k for my 2019 F250 gasser when it was new over 3 years ago. It only has 30k miles on it but I was offered $48k a few weeks ago on a trade.