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re: Why are new truck prices such an emotionally charged topic for some?
Posted on 10/14/25 at 11:35 pm to gumbo2176
Posted on 10/14/25 at 11:35 pm to gumbo2176
Wild looking at r/justrolledintotheshop watching these guys have to disassemble vehicle to replace a $7 plastic connector.
shite is wild. Goddamn demoralizing to have to make a living like that.
Warranty work pays shite and nothing ever goes back together right. Nothing built nowadays is designed to be taken apart. You’ll have rattles and issues until the end of time.
shite is wild. Goddamn demoralizing to have to make a living like that.
Warranty work pays shite and nothing ever goes back together right. Nothing built nowadays is designed to be taken apart. You’ll have rattles and issues until the end of time.
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Posted on 10/14/25 at 11:44 pm to TSmith
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Dudes who used to drive Cadillacs and Lincolns now drive trucks. This has driven prices up for those who actually need a truck. Causes frustration.
Having lots of "deletes" on work trucks does not benefit the company. The need guys are going to buy trucks, they have no option. The companies streamline and simplify their parts lists and assembly lines by not having things like no infotainment screen and roll up windows. They push those options on the need guys to help subsidize the price for the want guys who indeed have options. The company keeps their parts list smaller and streamline their lines and make their sales to the want guys with price and the need guys are stuck paying. There is just no money in building true fleet P/Us when none of the other manufacturers are doing it.
Something to think about, a Chevy Silverado starts at the same price as a Chevy Silverado in their Commercial line because there is no difference. You can get WT trim on both, though it will likely be impossible to find on a lot.
Posted on 10/15/25 at 12:02 am to weagle1999
Because this truck is over $33k.
Posted on 10/15/25 at 6:57 am to The Pirate King
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Everything is expensive and everyone has to buy vehicles to get to and from work. Companies also have to buy fleets of trucks to do business. It affects everyone.
Based on your comment, it sounds like there is demand.
So then it becomes a question of supply vs demand.
If new trucks are selling for $100K, and people are willing to pay it, then the market is set.
If you owned a truck dealership, and people were willing to pay you $100K for a new truck, would you lower the prices?
If people stop buying, the prices will come down.
ETA: just saw the post from @Obtuse1 just above mine. He provides a great explanation.
This post was edited on 10/15/25 at 7:01 am
Posted on 10/15/25 at 7:13 am to Stat M Repairman
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Wild looking at r/justrolledintotheshop watching these guys have to disassemble vehicle to replace a $7 plastic connector.
My 06 Silverado has developed an issue that is minor but bothersome at the same time. Every once in a while when driving with the A/C on, it will abruptly shut off as far as cooling and hot air will start coming out of the vents.
To correct this, I found if I stop my truck, turn off the ignition and restart it, the A/C will work like a charm-----------until it happens again, and there's no telling when that will be, but it is usually after hitting a bump in the road. Living in N.O. finds me hitting bumps in the road on a regular basis. Fortunately, this does not happen but about 2 times a week.
Long story short-----------a guy I know who's a certified mechanic at a dealership told me to fix that, they would need to take out the dashboard to even get to the part to replace it and the part is less than $100 but the total job could easily run over $1500 due to the trouble getting to the part.
So, I'll just live with it for now. At least I know how to get the A/C back on with no trouble and I'm not out all that money.
Posted on 10/15/25 at 7:16 am to gumbo2176
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He installed my all new system in 2000 at the cost of $6500 for a 4 ton Trane unit. He told me that same size unit is now going to run close to $9K now.
Things are just getting more and more expensive almost daily now.
I feel you and everything, but Baw a 35% increase over a quarter century. It’s not great but that’s not bad either.
What do you think prices looked like in the time frame from 1975 to 2000?
Posted on 10/15/25 at 8:04 am to weagle1999
It certainly appears that you’re creating a problem where there isn’t one lol
Posted on 10/15/25 at 8:07 am to SlowFlowPro
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To be fair, they stopped being that symbol decades ago when trucks became big cars due to improvements in quality/tech that made them more expensive.
Trucks are comfort vehicles used as family transportation now. They weren't when they were actual blue collar machines.
This.
Most trucks have features more akin to SUVs with a bed than the pickup trucks of the 70's, 80', even early 90's. Hell, I drive such a truck now. One that has more "luxury" features than any car, truck, or SUV I owned prior.
Bare-bone utilitarian trucks are still available at "reasonable" (adjusted for inflation) prices. However, the market has proven it doesn't want those types of truck. Thus, the reason for the high sticker price.
It's not a terribly difficult concept to grasp
Posted on 10/15/25 at 8:11 am to weagle1999
And said customer can get a loan of 84 months to pay out a truck that said customer shouldn't have bought nor could afford in the first place, then they stop paying their necessary bills and providing for their family, possibly going bankrupt... but they got that new shiny ride and the aftermarket 36" tires and rims and gets 11 mpg... you get the point...
Posted on 10/15/25 at 8:20 am to weagle1999
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But man the online comment sections on new truck articles get charged.
Because I bought my 2013 f250 gas 4wd truck for 26k out the door.
My note was $253 a month.
At one time just in 2018 I looked at some new body style 2017s with a gass motor crew cab 3/4 4wd brand new for $32k.
Now look at the shear fricking insanity of it all.
They are trying to memory hole what things used to be and normalize 100k trucks and $800 mo notes.
Posted on 10/15/25 at 11:04 am to weagle1999
It’s not so much the price of a luxury fully loaded king ranch or GMC Denali pickup but rather the fact a no frills base model cost 50k and they’re made cheap as frick and don’t hold up to the work that you need a truck for
Posted on 10/15/25 at 11:05 am to SuperSaint
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I feel you and everything, but Baw a 35% increase over a quarter century. It’s not great but that’s not bad either.
What do you think prices looked like in the time frame from 1975 to 2000?
Damn, that was a typo. It was suppose to read 2020, not 2000.
Posted on 10/15/25 at 11:14 am to Fun Bunch
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Trucks were a symbol of blue collar working men
Used to be you could get a single cab 4x4 stick shift v8 with manual windows that was good quality and low cost. They used the same drivetrain components and suspension as the higher end models. Those days are long gone and the modern day base models aren’t made with the same quality as the higher end. Example I’ve seen base models with plastic intake manifolds that warp with time due to heat and leak oil while the luxury models use aluminum or cast intake manifolds like it should be
Posted on 10/15/25 at 11:20 am to weagle1999
I believe it’s because they are jacking up the prices to make absurd and obscene profits off of their trucks in order to subsidize their asinine fricking EV mandates.
You can thank the fricking Democrats and the politicized scum that they appoint to the EPA for that fricking bullshite.
You can thank the fricking Democrats and the politicized scum that they appoint to the EPA for that fricking bullshite.
Posted on 10/15/25 at 11:23 am to weagle1999
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but pointing out that American trucks from the 1980’s that many people yearn for were lucky to make it to 100k miles before the engines died or they rusted to pieces.
True but also the only people who bought trucks in the 80s and before actually used them for truck purposes they weren’t highway cruisers. I’ve had base model newer trucks I used on the farm not make 80k miles until they needed new engines and transmissions
Posted on 10/15/25 at 11:28 am to Napoleon
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Yeah and they are forcing new ac systems that don't last as long. Hvac is in worse shape than trucks.
I pray my 25 yr old Rheem keeps hanging on. It will keep my house at 65 when it’s 100 degrees out
I might cry when it finally dies
Posted on 10/15/25 at 11:28 am to weagle1999
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I don’t see uproarious responses during discussions about the prices of sedans or cashews or airline tickets. But man the online comment sections on new truck articles get charged.
You don't see why there's more attention drawn to items that cost tens of thousands of dollars over items that cost $5?
Posted on 10/15/25 at 11:49 am to Obtuse1
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Dudes who used to drive Cadillacs and Lincolns now drive trucks. This has driven prices up for those who actually need a truck. Causes frustration.
I don't think this is the case and actually the opposite. If I'm spending $100k on a vehicle, its not going to be a truck, but a Cadillac or Lincoln or Range Rover, etc.
Posted on 10/15/25 at 2:09 pm to Fun Bunch
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Trucks were a symbol of blue collar working men
They now cost 100 grand
I know a guy a who won't throw shite in the bed of his $100K Denali to not frick it up. What a pussy. I told him it's called Line-x. helluva product.
This post was edited on 10/15/25 at 2:15 pm
Posted on 10/15/25 at 2:12 pm to weagle1999
No, people are being logical.
Trucks weren’t meant to be luxury items.
Pretty soon we’ll only be able to afford the used jingle trucks that survived ieds in Afghanistan
Trucks weren’t meant to be luxury items.
Pretty soon we’ll only be able to afford the used jingle trucks that survived ieds in Afghanistan
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