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so ive been looking around for either a pickup or a durango.
older used models with 100k on them are literally going for the same if not at a higher price than bran new trucks out the factory. its just insane.
apperantly the used car/truck market is up almost 30%. the highest its ever been.
guess ill be waiting to buy a truck.
theres god news if your looking to sell your used truck or car tho. you'll get top $ for it!
Yeah, it's a crazy world. Got a call from the dealer on the 1 yr anniversary of buying my truck. I was offered 12K more than what I paid last year. Only issue, a new one with the same options is 30K more than last year.
Think I will stick with the devil I know.
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its actually nuts. ive seen 2018s that are the same price if you order a bran new one. guess ill just wait it out at this point.Quote:
Originally Posted by oaknut
just wait it out...going to take 12 months for this chip shortage to sort itself out..
I actually think if you can’t justify buying new vehicle outright. This is time to lease see what payments are. May be better off than buying a 5-6 year of vehicle that’s in need constant repairs
Lease prices are crazy too, with the shortage, they rarely give any deals.
I was thinking of getting out of my current lease, ppl offering incentives over my current payments to take over ! so I checked with the dealership and new ones are leased alot higher ...
I was searching for a new truck back in April and it was the same situation. Used trucks were way overpriced. GM had 0% financing and when I did the math it was actually cheaper to buy new. Luckily my old truck still ran and had a some life left in it because I just received my truck about 2 weeks ago.
It took about 4 hrs to sell my old truck when I listed it at full price.
Then last Saturday my son wrote off his car and I can’t believe the price of used cars now. The same vehicle he was driving that I bought 2 yrs ago for $4000 is now $7500. Still waiting on insurance for an offer so I’m preparing for a battle.
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We are in the same boat .Quote:
Originally Posted by Bowjob
Looking for a decent truck but now the last week we are thinking of holding off for the moment. With gas prices moving up they way they are I think it's just better if we look around and wait for a decent deal. No rush if it take 2 or 3 months to find a good a deal then so be it . I was looking at one in Alberta lol. Take a week to go look at a truck.
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When Gas hits $2.50/lt there'll be a lot of guys dumping the big gas guzzlers back onto the market and will drive prices down. Be good time to pick up a truck by assuming the other guys loan agreement from the dealer (if they still do that ?).Quote:
Originally Posted by fishfood
This is just the start of all the pain folks; with Carbon Taxes being incremental and affecting everything we eat and buy and both Provincial and Federal budgets way in the red, we in the middle class will see our standard of living drop drastically over the next few years.
We just bought a new VW Taos, put about 500 miles on it, gets a crazy 55 mpg imp/45 mpg US, about 5.0 l/100km highway driving at 110-115 about 70 mph. Goes like pike snot and comfortable like a sofa. That's frugal. We had to wait about a month for the dealer to find one for us.
Sending our manufacturing off shore doesn't seem like such a smart idea,now,does it?
I think this is a way to phase out gas combustion engine’s. Jack fuel and vehicle prices..gotcha…But you will get a fantastic “Rebate” if you go electric!
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So you get home from work plug in your electric car turn on stove turn on tv poof out goes your lights.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gregger17
Ask any hydro employee system won’t handle this dream
Ya, watched a video from down south where they only pay .07c kwh and if he plugs it into 120, it takes a solid 8 hours for him to be able to drive about 100 km a day without having to stop, if you have the 240V fast charger, that's an extra cost if your house panel can accommodate it. Add in cold weather, and you might make it to the grocery store.Quote:
Originally Posted by js4fn
For us-simple ppl-noQuote:
Originally Posted by trimmer21
ALAS for the ppl having vested interest ,it is still the cat's meow.
They will make their BIG $ regardless-while selling less product for the same profit!-what is not to like in that scheme?(for them.......)
I start to think-this is actually GREAT for many-they invest less/cost them less to build(less product-less cost)-selling for more money-still make the same $$$$.
Alot of those guys plug in their cars overnight.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fisherman
I know the fast charge can charge your car in about 30 minutes.
I seen the Ford f150 electric the other day. Was having a smoke at work and the guy drove right past me. It was silent as could be. Only heard the tires rolling on the payment.
Would be a nice hunting truck, oh wait no where to charge her in the bush tho LOL
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I ain’t spending no 100k on an electric truck, that won’t get me past North Bay that’s for sure.
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If your in the woods hunting and then get back to the truck and find you are low on battery to run the truck your glad that you took a generator along - so instead of carrying an extra can of gas you now carry a generator filled with gas - to recharge your truck - and hope that no body steals it while your hunting -
One thing the electric vehicles will be so much simpler than the present internal combustion engine driven ones - won't need all those sensors and junk now part of the IC engines
Not sure if a regular genny does the trick? I’m guessing a special adapter/ inverter style may work..Quote:
Originally Posted by JoePa
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Ya so much for being quiet in the bush with your genny screaming in the box of the pickup lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Bowjob
Edit; didn’t want to derail this thread, but I think this is what our “lefties” want.. puppets
Went to an e-car show once..most of the cars there had a little Honda generator in the trunk for emergencies. I didn't see anything special about them, but I didn't ask.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gregger17
I can just see the traffic jams when a few people "forgot" to recharge and late for work or going to the cottage on friday night and your energizer bunny is giving up the ghost, A/C running full tilt, traffic not moving, lol.
I smell the whole electric car scheme as a way to control the movement of people and to pack people into cities.
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Like every other emerging technology,eventually e-vehicles will be a "thing" the same way internal combustion engines became a "thing" at the turn of the 20th century. For sure,though,before that happens,most of us will have been pushing up daisies for a long time.
Plenty of cars/trucks coming off lease. Those leasing would be crazy to just hand back the vehicle.
Most would be able to pay off the settlement on the lease, and turn around and sell for about $10k to $15k more
than the settlement value.
I'm OK with that. I live in a small town.Quote:
Originally Posted by NJohnson
Until one day your electricity alotment runs out, because large city dwellers get double of a small city.Quote:
Originally Posted by sawbill
Then there is an issue of someone controlling where the people live by creating suggestive conditions. You may be ok today but not seeing the big picture will cost you in the future.
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At my age I won't be around long enough to worry about it. Let the younger me first generation figure it out.
Speaking of nutty prices...saw this ad on FB:
$6,500 · OTTAWA, ON
2004 Dodge Ram 1500
Dodge Ram Plow truck As is condition. Good tires and Brakes, box is dented but no rust it was replaced with a take off box. Cab is usual Dodge rust corners and rockers, engine has typical hemi tick from broken manifold bolts.
7 foot Curtis poly plow, i bought that new 5 years ago and i only use it for my own driveway.
If its listed its avalable, low ballers will be ignored i dont need to sell it.
Wait until you see what's going to happen with the battery prices, if they stick with the current chemistry.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gregger17
Nickel and cobalt shortages will send the prices sky high.