At the dealership last month, I was looking at a used truck on the lot and looked at the window sticker on the new truck next to it. $87,000. For a Chevrolet pickup truck. How many people can afford almost 6 figures for something that’s supposed to haul stuff?
It seems like the disconnect between the sellers and buyers is growing and I don’t think it can continue for much longer without some kind of crash.
Trucks and suvs are very commonly written off by buyers as “business expenses.” Think of Dudebro over there claiming his Ram for his lawn or handyman business or "hobby farm"because it can pull a trailer and tools… That’s one large reason why they are so ridiculously expensive.
A 2 minute search at my local Chevy dealer’s website shows several new 2024 Silverados in stock at $47K.
Yes, that’s a lot.
Yes, those are base models.
But it’s not the $87K you randomly found. Not to be argumentative, but you can’t cherry pick a top of the line truck and wonder why something that just “hauls stuff” is $87K.
You can make a solid argument about unaffordable cars without resorting to those tactics.
At the dealership last month, I was looking at a used truck on the lot and looked at the window sticker on the new truck next to it. $87,000. For a Chevrolet pickup truck. How many people can afford almost 6 figures for something that’s supposed to haul stuff?
It seems like the disconnect between the sellers and buyers is growing and I don’t think it can continue for much longer without some kind of crash.
Trucks and suvs are very commonly written off by buyers as “business expenses.” Think of Dudebro over there claiming his Ram for his lawn or handyman business or "hobby farm"because it can pull a trailer and tools… That’s one large reason why they are so ridiculously expensive.
Either that or people just lease them, then when the lease is up, get a different one.
A 2 minute search at my local Chevy dealer’s website shows several new 2024 Silverados in stock at $47K.
Yes, that’s a lot. Yes, those are base models.
But it’s not the $87K you randomly found. Not to be argumentative, but you can’t cherry pick a top of the line truck and wonder why something that just “hauls stuff” is $87K.
You can make a solid argument about unaffordable cars without resorting to those tactics.