Who can afford a new truck anymore?

[ultrarunner]

Latest survey says the city I live has the worst roads in the nation... have to agree... based on city size.

We have potholes that can swallow a wheel for a compact car...

 

[smstonypoint]

Latest survey says the city I live has the worst roads in the nation... have to agree... based on city size.

We have potholes that can swallow a wheel for a compact car...

Where are your taxes going?

California has the fourth highest gasoline motor fuel (state and federal excise, other state) taxes as of July 1, 2015. Motor Fuel Taxes*

Steve


* After PA, NY, and Hawaii.

 

[ultrarunner]

Taxes are much higher in Oakland than many neighboring areas and gasoline tax is one of them...

The road my parents live on was last paved in 1958... zero since then.

Some of the busy city streets are just one pothole or rut after another...

Report: San Francisco-Oakland roads some of the worst in country - San Jose Mercury News

A new law is exacerbating the situation... under the new law homes 95% of the homes must install a new sewer lateral as a condition of sale... this is making the already bad roads into a patchwork or repairs from all the new sewer work...

That said... a heavy duty truck with large tires would be the best to navigate city streets.

All those that bought into the super low profile tires with rims certainly pay the price...

 

[MossRoad]

Hey, some places around here they're considering grinding up the asphalt and returning the roads to gravel. They don't have the money to repave them.

 

[ultrarunner]

My folks were friends with a family that had an alignment shop back in the 60's and 70's....

All the Japanese cars of that era were good for business... seems it did not take much of a jolt to throw off the alignment... especially with the small tires...

The trucks only came in with lots of miles and then mostly for kingpins...

Trucks must be better because my 85 and 91 have original suspension components... then again I am a careful driver... it's my money if it breaks!

 

[dmccarty]

Taxes are much higher in Oakland than many neighboring areas and gasoline tax is one of them...

The road my parents live on was last paved in 1958... zero since then.

Funny how the Internet leads you from one place to another...

There was a story, that normally I would not bother to read but it was about a fight in a Publix super market which is odd and got me curious. Turned out the store in the story was east of where my grandmother lived and the article had used Google Maps to locate the store. So I started looking at the map, got curiouser about how things might have changed so I dropped into street view and started "driving" around. :laughing::laughing::laughing:

Funny how some things had changed while other things remained the same.

Eventually, I "drove" to my grandmother's old house, and what really stuck out to me was the very poor shape of the roads. I did not see pot holes but the road was just worn down and different colors of all things. Really strange. From the looks of things, it does not seem the roads had been repaved in 20-30 years. They were in great shape before my grandmother died but not now. The city has really grown but at the same time become run down. :confused3:

Later,
Dan

 

[ultrarunner]

Indicators that can tell a lot are how roads are maintained and how people keep up their cars... old or new.

Trucks and SUVs seem to have fewer problems in the urban cores with bad roads...

Brother is thinking of a new truck... not sure what he will end up with... always had F250 and a long time ago Chevrolets... he is even starting to consider the F150 which is something he never would have looked at... his wife likes the new F150... so it could happen.

 

[Garandman]

Yep. There was a story on the news just tonight about that and talk of raising the gasoline tax. Some study said the raise in taxes would be less to the average person than the damage done to their cars by driving on bad roads on an annual basis.... I kinda think they're taking some averages there. Like one person getting a thousand bucks in damage will offset 10 people paying $100 more per year in gas tax. Anyhow, no free lunch... or roads.

Trucks cause almost all the road damage, especially overloaded trucks.

 

[Steppenwolfe]

Just traded in my 250 for a 2015 f150 Platinum. These trucks are really sweet and so nice to drive. Beat the dealer up pretty good. 63K down to 54K cash out the door. Dealer says he has more cash deals lately than he has ever seen. Go figure.

 

[3930dave]

Hey, some places around here they're considering grinding up the asphalt and returning the roads to gravel. They don't have the money to repave them.

Not much (cough-cough) competition in the pavement biz, so it gets pricey fast.....

Sign'O'TheTimes...... what you are talking about is common enough that I think it was Purdue that has a credit Engineering course covering the relevant issues surrounding de-asphalting.....

I'm OK riding a dual-purpose MC during the warm months..... works for me !

Rgds, D.