Who can afford a new truck anymore?

[ultrarunner]

I think it was on NBC on Sunday nights and kids everywhere would watch...

The big Disney change came with Michael Eisner 1984-2005 and the expansion to owning ABC and assorted media outlets... plus international expansion and licensing anything and everything beyond anything Walt could ever have comprehended...

 

[smstonypoint]

Wasn't that called something like The Wonderful World of Disney on Sunday nights?

I think it was on NBC on Sunday nights and kids everywhere would watch...

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Sunday nights agrees with my memory. I don't recall any of the Disney episodes other than the Davey Crockett series. I believe that the Disney show was one of the first to be broadcast in color.

Steve

 

[Fordman1981]

Here's what a new truck costs: Stickered for $62K Bought it for $55K. Brand new 2015 F150 Platinum. <img src="http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/files/related-topics/426995-who-can-afford-new-truck-img_1843-jpg"/>

I just want to know why ford made the headlights look like J's?

 

[ultrarunner]

Sunday nights agrees with my memory. I don't recall any of the Disney episodes other than the Davey Crockett series. I believe that the Disney show was one of the first to be broadcast in color.

Steve

My family has never been first adopters in anything... usually the last to buy into "New" technology.

That said... Dad came home from work one night and said he had a big surprise for the family... and we kids would just have to wait and see...

Still remember the shiny new delivery truck that pulled up to deliver a new color TV... it said something like another Zenith Color TV being delivered in your neighborhood...

We were the first in the neighborhood and word spread fast... neighbors from all around dropped by to see our new color set... quite a big deal when you are very young.

Cartoons were some of the first color programming and one was Mighty Mouse.... I bet within a 6 months... everyone that came to see our Color set had one...

It seemed every week a new show was going color... like the Fugitive, Gilligan's Island, I dream of Jeanne...

Anyway... that was in the early 1960's.... and now it is 2015. My parents have bought two Television Sets in their entire life... both Zenith Color Consoles made in the USA... the one from the 1960's and one to replace it in the 80's.

By the way... the set they were given when they married was an old Philco with the revolving picture tube... looked very futuristic...

There was a time when trucks were really quite reasonable... then came out the fleets of Japanese and Japanese import trucks in the late 60's and early 70's... Ford Courier, Chevy Luv, Datsun, Toyota... etc...

 

[dmccarty]

Wow! A TBN discussion about trucks that morphed into talking about Disney World. :shocked::laughing::laughing::laughing:

To be pedantic, , you can't buy a ticket to Disney World, you buy a ticket to Magic Kingdom or one of the other four theme parks or two water parks. :laughing::laughing::laughing:

To be fair, when Disney World was built in FLA there was only Magic Kingdom, so saying Disney World and Magic Kingdom means the same thing to people who went to the park back in the 70s.

Magic Kingdom today is much different than what it was in 1971. Quite a few more rides have been added and the park has been expanded greatly. Much of Magic Kingdom is the same but it has been added on too over the years. I suppose you could say that trucks have more HP and load carrying ability but I don't know how that compares to Space Mountain, Splash Mountain, Thunder Mountain, and the Seven Dwarfs Mine Train ride that have been added to Magic Kingdom over the years. :laughing::laughing::laughing:

There is a very NICE restaurant on top of the Contemporary Hotel which is the hotel the mono rail runs through. The restaurant is one the top places to eat at Disney and overlooks Magic Kingdom. Back when Eisner was in charge,we were visiting Disney World and eating at the restaurant. We were told we could not eat at the restaurant the next night because Eisner had bought out the entire place for a party. I don't know if Disney was paying the bill or if Eisner did but I thought it stunk. Some people only get to go to Disney once in a lifetime and that could have been there only chance to visit that restaurant. He is supposed to have had a big motor boat docked at the Grand Floridan hotel. There was a very big boat over there, I don't know if it was his or not, it disappeared years ago. The boat was way to big for the lakes....

Disney has had some pretty bad leadership since Walt died that is for sure. They have minimized the training that new employees receive to save money and it shows.

Later,
Dan

 

[buckeyefarmer]

apparently lots of people can afford them:

Truck Craze Poses Challenges for GM, Ford | Fox Business

 

[300UGUY]

Nothing to do with trucks, but Disney stock has done very well for me over the last few years.

 

[Jstpssng]

apparently lots of people can afford them:

Truck Craze Poses Challenges for GM, Ford | Fox Business

Have you seen the price of USED trucks? 15K or more for something with over 100K miles on it... Almost makes 26K for a new one seem like a bargain.

 

[Jstpssng]

apparently lots of people can afford them:

Truck Craze Poses Challenges for GM, Ford | Fox Business

Have you seen the price of USED trucks? 15K or more for something with over 100K miles on it... Almost makes 26K for a new one seem like a bargain.

 

[Will_C]

Yeah, used ones are insane! I am considering replacing my 2004 truck. Since I been driving a car the last 6 years for the majority of my transportation, I only use the truck about 5k a year. I thought, why not a used one?
All I can find is 3-5 year old trucks, 50k plus miles, for $27-30,000- speced the same as a new model that I can buy for $33-36000.

Will