Who can afford a new truck anymore?

[buickanddeere]

A 2015 GMC SLE half ton crew cab 4x4 5.3L with the tow package and 2 or 3 option packages stickers for $51,000 PLUS 13% Sales tax here. Diesel 3/4 ton start at $70,000 and up. A "plain" three seater 4x4 1/2 ton with a 5.3L is in the low $40,000 range.

 

[Mag Craft]

A 2015 GMC SLE half ton crew cab 4x4 5.3L with the tow package and 2 or 3 option packages stickers for $51,000 PLUS 13% Sales tax here. Diesel 3/4 ton start at $70,000 and up. A "plain" three seater 4x4 1/2 ton with a 5.3L is in the low $40,000 range.

Wow. I bought 40 acres of land here for 40,000. Let me see a half ton pickup or 40 acres. That was an easy one for me. I built a house on the 40 acres also.

 

[KiotiKowboy]

Wow. I bought 40 acres of land here for 40,000. Let me see a half ton pickup or 40 acres. That was an easy one for me. I built a house on the 40 acres also.

But ... You could have bought the truck and put on a camper shell

 

[Mag Craft]

But ... You could have bought the truck and put on a camper shell

But where would I park the truck.

 

[TomSeller]

Wow. I bought 40 acres of land here for 40,000. Let me see a half ton pickup or 40 acres. That was an easy one for me. I built a house on the 40 acres also.

Nice, $1000 an acre is pretty dang good.

 

[MossRoad]

Nice, $1000 an acre is pretty dang good.

Yeah, back in the 1980's it was $1500/acre around here for vacant farmland. Now its closer to $8000/acre and most everything that goes up for sale is now at auction with reserve price, so you can forget about it as corporation are bidding it up. Very, very hard for individuals to get large acreage around here anymore. Farmers are selling out, then hiring back out to the corporation that buys their land. It big business now.

 

[MossRoad]

Nice, $1000 an acre is pretty dang good.

Yeah, back in the 1980's it was $1500/acre around here for vacant farmland. Now its closer to $8000/acre and most everything that goes up for sale is now at auction with reserve price, so you can forget about it as corporation are bidding it up. Very, very hard for individuals to get large acreage around here anymore. Farmers are selling out, then hiring back out to the corporation that buys their land. It big business now.

 

[atsah]

I use buy a new diesel pickup every three years or so, not anymore, the prices are insane, now I buy a new leftover AWD car in the 30K range every five years and keep a pickup for as long as it will last and then buy another used one when it's no longer worth fixing..

 

[ultrarunner]

Way off topic...

Anyone want to see inflation in action... only need know courtside Warriors tickets at the Oakland Coliseum are north of 75k for one championship game this week!!!

Reporter interviewed one fan who said he was trying to decide between one courtside ticket or a new truck!!!

 

[MossRoad]

Way off topic...

Anyone want to see inflation in action... only need know courtside Warriors tickets at the Oakland Coliseum are north of 75k for one championship game this week!!!

Reporter interviewed one fan who said he was trying to decide between one courtside ticket or a new truck!!!

Truck? Heck, for that you can get an average house here! hahahaha
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