dave1949
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Day Pass to Disney World: $3.50 forty years ago when it opened. $105 today.
Who can afford a new truck anymore?
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That's a bargain. It should realistically be $112 by inflationary standards...
forgeblast
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I bought a new truck October of 2014. I was going to drive a 1999 Chevy Malibu into the ground and it went a bit earlier then I wanted to. We donated it to a local career and tech center as a project car. So I had to get a lease for the last 3 years. My lease and my wife's car were paid off at the same time and so we had the money available for a truck.
I shopped for the last three years, I signed up for every incentive and information request form that I could. I was able to get 14k off the asking price with low apr.
1. I used truecar which is a buying program that our work has available for us. saved 12k
2. I have my own small business with a tax id number saved 1k
3. Flyers that were sent to me gave me another 1k off the price.
4. They were also having a low apr event.
I went to the dealer found the truck I wanted. Dodge Ram Crew 1500 4x4 big horn with spray in bed liner, tow package and it had the tonnue cover.
Then I started dropping the price, I felt like I went 8 rounds but I was happy in the end, I also turned down the extended warranty 3 times and paid a 1/3 of what they originally offered.
The price I paid is less then what used trucks were going. I loved the 2013 burnt orange color, but no rebates would work on a used truck. I went with the silver to match our dirt/modified road.
I test drove a lot and was very happy, still happy with my Dodge. It rides like a dream, gets great gas mileage and works for us.
I shopped for the last three years, I signed up for every incentive and information request form that I could. I was able to get 14k off the asking price with low apr.
1. I used truecar which is a buying program that our work has available for us. saved 12k
2. I have my own small business with a tax id number saved 1k
3. Flyers that were sent to me gave me another 1k off the price.
4. They were also having a low apr event.
I went to the dealer found the truck I wanted. Dodge Ram Crew 1500 4x4 big horn with spray in bed liner, tow package and it had the tonnue cover.
Then I started dropping the price, I felt like I went 8 rounds but I was happy in the end, I also turned down the extended warranty 3 times and paid a 1/3 of what they originally offered.
The price I paid is less then what used trucks were going. I loved the 2013 burnt orange color, but no rebates would work on a used truck. I went with the silver to match our dirt/modified road.
I test drove a lot and was very happy, still happy with my Dodge. It rides like a dream, gets great gas mileage and works for us.
dave1949
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I feel better now.
I came across that factoid a couple day ago reading the news but don't remember which site. It may have been a photo series on the 1970's.
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Yeah but the whole place was black and white back then....
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Yeah but the whole place was black and white back then....
dave1949
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It's not on my bucket list. I visited Disney Land in 1988, that will last me.
I do remember regularly watching a weekly Disney Show on TV in the '50s in black and white. IIRC the theme song was "When You Wish Upon a Star ..." Not sure about the timing of that though since there were several Disney TV shows. My Mom took us to see the 1956 release of Fantasia when it hit the theaters, that was awesome.
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Disney has been for squat since Walt died. Since then, it's been run by loons.
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My visit was in 1968... it was huge deal since it was the first time we took a family vacation...
In the 80's I had a friend that was in management there which was a nice perk I used a few times... walk up to the VIP Services and have him paged... worked like a charm... also really impressed my out of town visitors.
He has since gone on to head a multimillion dollar nationwide company... however, to this day, he credits a lot of his success to training received during his Disney years... it was also the time when the last of the Disney family influence faded away...
The last time I was there it was a weeklong tractor celebration... one restored tractor after another down mainstreet... quite impressive!
Have a Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah day
https://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=mcafee&type=B211US91006D20140924&p=zippy+do+dauh+day
In the 80's I had a friend that was in management there which was a nice perk I used a few times... walk up to the VIP Services and have him paged... worked like a charm... also really impressed my out of town visitors.
He has since gone on to head a multimillion dollar nationwide company... however, to this day, he credits a lot of his success to training received during his Disney years... it was also the time when the last of the Disney family influence faded away...
The last time I was there it was a weeklong tractor celebration... one restored tractor after another down mainstreet... quite impressive!
Have a Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah day
https://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=mcafee&type=B211US91006D20140924&p=zippy+do+dauh+day
MossRoad
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It's not on my bucket list. I visited Disney Land in 1988, that will last me.
I do remember regularly watching a weekly Disney Show on TV in the '50s in black and white. IIRC the theme song was "When You Wish Upon a Star ..." Not sure about the timing of that though since there were several Disney TV shows. My Mom took us to see the 1956 release of Fantasia when it hit the theaters, that was awesome.
Wasn't that called something like The Wonderful World of Disney on Sunday nights?
