Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunter's Campfire Anyone buying a new vehicle ?

Sharp looking truck.

Holy sh*t thats a garbage rate on the finance though - did you not shop it or is that the best you could find?

A new car would give you NEW PARTS...

I have 11 vehicles now (average about 250k miles)...

I have 9 trailers...

I know the market on parts and repairs better than most non-professionals.

Parts are getting NUTS.

I have a guy driving 10 hours (one way) to buy a set of 1996 Dodge doors.

I have the bed off of a 1991 Taco that I am selling for more than I paid for the whole damn truck 2 years ago.

3rd world USA is coming.

Yep, I just ordered 2 days ago.

My current truck is currently fine. Problem is, if something were to happen to it, I'd be truly [bleep]-ed. I've already checked, there isn't a vehicle on a lot within 250 miles that I'd want sitting in front of my house. For the first time ever I'm living out of walking distance from work. I've got the money in the bank. Rather than back myself into a situation where I have to buy a POS vehicle of a sort that I don't want just to be able to get to work, I put in an order for what I do want. Worst case, retirement is 11-12 years out. What I ordered is one of the things I want to retire with. When it arrives, I'll drive it some, make some modifications I want to get it "just right", set it up for hunting, fishing, camping, etc. so if all goes well, it'll be 11-12 years old but fairly low miles when I retire.

Unless something changes, we're going to have to do things differently than we have in the past. We're not going to have a wide selection of vehicles sitting on lots to choose from. You'll either go in and pay essentially full price for whatever they choose to give you, or you're going to order ahead. That means planning ahead in a way we haven't truly had to in the past.

That rate came from Ally. They had a little better rate from another bank that was about 4.5%, but my brother and I would have to get together and sign a personal guarantee and it was kind of a hassle because he was in Florida at the time. We talked to our local bank because they hold the notes on a bunch of machinery like forklifts, loaders, and a couple of heavy trucks. She said they try to stay away from your average car loan and can't compete. She would have been higher. I think with most of our loans on machinery are hanging over 5%. $785.00 a month for 4 years is very doable for us. When you look at corporate taxes, we can right off and expense up to $2M per year and I'm riding around in a Cadillac truck.

We buy a new car about every eight or ten years and last fall was time. Didn't pick it up until the other day. The delay was our choice, we were travelling. Hopefully, this one will take me into my 80's. GD

In May of 2021 I searched long and hard for a new Ford F 250. I really hadn't given much consideration to ordering a truck with the chip situation at the time. I ended finding a new 2020 still on a dealer lot with an XLT Premium package and a few other nice options. Got a pretty damn good deal on that truck and a ridiculously high buy out on my 2019 F 150.

My wife's car is now 12 years old. I drove it last week when we went to see the tax man.

Just hit 30k miles.

Keepin' it until these suckers go broke.....lol

I will buy a new truck when things settle down a bit. Currently driving a 2017 silverado 1500 dr. With 65k on it
Love this truck but i like to trade every 3/4 years. Overdue now but I can wait. No issue with this one.

I'll likely be buying soon as well, but will be going CPO.

Mom passed recently, and she was staying in my house (renting from me). Old lady and I are thinking of moving in versus selling right now, but it will add 80 miles a day (round trip) to my commute, which is currently 8 miles a day. Do not want to put those kind of miles on my 2017 Tacoma (currently at 30k miles after 5 years) which is my "forever truck". Have been fixing it up and adding goodies to carry me into and back out of the woods until I die. So, I'll buy a nice commuter that will keep me comfortable on the long drives, and park the Tacoma except for what I bought it for, excursions out to the sticks.

Thinking a CPO Lexus NX or RX hybrid will make the commute a little more comfortable, and ease the gas hit on the wallet.

If you worked a deal for 3k under sticker, you should probably buy it. Listen to this story about a coworker who ordered a vehicle. He signed the deal for about what you're looking at. The dealer contacted him this week and offered him 5 grand to walk away from the deal.

I purchased a 2021 Toyota Tacoma off road 7 months ago MSRP + $3000.00 ( And that was discounted from $5000.00 over with my sons LEO discount) 7000 miles later totaled when a fella who did not have full command of the english language thought a stop sign meant go like heck. My insurance company was very fair with the settlement and I replaced it last week with the exact same specs and colored 2022 at MSRP from a CT dealer.

By the way, I first went back to my original dealer in NY and they wanted $7000.00 over MSRP !!! They will never see me again for a purchase, I promise!

If they’re taking 3k off sticker, in this market, I feel you’re being treated VERY fairly.

Why?

They just print dollars without any backing now, why stop? Which is why we are on the road we're on.

I don't think they're gonna want to upset the peasants anymore than need be. They will let us keep our dollars, they will just be worth(less).





Funny.

"Not worth a continental."

Correct... 401k and and SS will still "flow"... but when chicken is $100 a pound and the electric bill is $1,800... it really won't matter much no more.