Will Vehicle Prices Ever Decrease?

[tdhanses]

Or put that 100k into a high yield savings account and it's now worth 110k 2 years later.

Or if your 401k was invested in index funds that track the S&P500 it is now 127k.

Im pissed at the increase in my grocery bills and there is no way I'm buying a brand new truck but damn has the money I've been squirreling away for retirement done well.

If you had purchased 100k in T-Mobile stock in Jan 2022 and sold it recently you would have more then doubled your investment.

Could pay off the loan and still have your original cash still in hand.

 

[Bama67]

Before I bought my super duty in 2018, I almost bought a loaded Ram 3500 Laramie with the Cummins and upgraded Aisin trans, crew cab 4x4, loaded with almost everything. $51,000
Same truck now is close to $100,000 LOL

 

[WRO]

If you had purchased 100k in T-Mobile stock in Jan 2022 and sold it recently you would have more then doubled your investment.

Could pay off the loan and still have your original cash still in hand.

And If grandma had balls she’d be grandpa..


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[tdhanses]

And If grandma had balls she’d be grandpa..


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Well she might have them these days. But that stock was an easy one to see the growth opportunity in.

 

[Dos Perros]

Before I bought my super duty in 2018, I almost bought a loaded Ram 3500 Laramie with the Cummins and upgraded Aisin trans, crew cab 4x4, loaded with almost everything. $51,000
Same truck now is close to $100,000 LOL

Be sure to remind your wife you saved the family like $70k. That's big baller status.

 

[Snowwolfe]

I visit the Super Duty forum often. Plenty of members are buying loaded diesels that break the $100K mark.
We all live with a different set of zeros in our checkbook.
If buying an item, any item, brings you happiness and you can afford it then go for it. Life is to dang short. Just don't sacrifice the day to day expenses that make life easier and more enjoyable.
I have a 24 F350 CC LB on order. Lariat Ultimate package along with a few other goodies. Think the msrp is 86 or 87K. Glad I did not wait for a 25 as there is another price increase as well as a few standard items being deleted.
So no, they ain't gonna get any cheaper except maybe RAM's. I have seen RAMS advertised for as much as $20K off sticker. Great price is you don't mind the resell value dropping faster than a rock.

 

[mt terry d]

I disagree...but anyway....did you think I said that all unfettered capitalism is bad?

Yes. Due to this post : I'd hate to see either unfettered government or capitalism.
I think "fettered" (restricted) capitalism is not capitalism. Call it "free exchange".
You offer something I desire, we agree on an exchange be it money, labor, whatever, we make the deal. Adding government or mob or anyone else's intervention, and it's not
capitalism any more.

Maybe we're just disagreeing on definitions. Or just disagreeing. IDK.

 

[5MilesBack]

Capitalism does a pretty good job of levying costs against us all as well. I'd hate to see either unfettered government or capitalism.

At least with capitalism you can just move on to something else. With an oppressive government everywhere you turn you get squeezed.

 

[ddavis_1313]

How about the USMCA, negotiated by the Trump Administration?

It drove rules of origin requirements from 62.5% to 75% made in North America. That drove cost increases.

It also required equivalent pay of automotive assembly labor at $16/hour, where before Mexico was in the $2-$3/hr range. That also drove significant cost increases.

I think if you're in the business of pointing fingers at people you'll quickly run out of fingers.

ORANGE MAN BAD!!!

Did you miss the part of my statement above where I specifically referred to regulations being pushed on new automobiles???? Or can you not comprehend on what you read?

Wanna guess who is going to cut regulation???

DJT

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[ddavis_1313]

Don't mean to hijack, but demographic trends are very interesting to me. Do any of you look Peter Zeihan's materials? He seems pretty adamant that global populations are on the way down overall, especially China. It's interesting to ponder.

Gee. I wonder why that is????
has plenty to do with it.


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[ddavis_1313]

Before I bought my super duty in 2018, I almost bought a loaded Ram 3500 Laramie with the Cummins and upgraded Aisin trans, crew cab 4x4, loaded with almost everything. $51,000
Same truck now is close to $100,000 LOL

Didn’t you read “two dogs” comment? It’s trumps fault…


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