re: People selling their cars at ridiculous prices on FB Marketplace

Tax refund season is a big reason. I tried to sell my car to a used dealership in December a few years ago, and they barely offered me any money for it. "That's a tax car" he said, meaning to wait until closer to April when people have their tax refunds. He was absolutely right. I put it on FB marketplace and had several offers within minutes. It was a little sketchy, but I met the buyer at a well lit hospital parking garage to inspect the vehicle and then did the transaction at a title shop.

Pro tip: do NOT skip out on the title shop and assume the buyer will do it. My late father got a stack of red light speeding tickets for several months from the guy who bought his car.

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You're not the sharpest potato are you

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Is a potato supposed to be sharp?

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you sound like an idiot who still hasnt realized your not buying any new truck for less than $60k unless it has a 4 cylinder engine

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Here's one:



Here's another:



And I'll be damned, another one!

Seeing the same for ATV's and side by sides. People want insane money for old arse stuff thats a couple grand less than a new $10k Polaris/Yamaha etc. Saw one that was a 2018 that had 125,000 miles and 1000's of hours and dude said don't insult him by lowballing an offer. Same model new was not much more.

Been looking for a year for a reasonable deal and people are crazy with these prices.

FB Marketplace is typically a waste of time, I stopped looking for an EVO IX MR years ago when decent units were fetching $50k.

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Someone would probably pay that for a pristine 1995 truck. There’s a lot of nostalgia for 90s pickups.

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It’s not just nostalgia. They are better trucks. I’ve got a Chevy a little older than a ‘95 and get multiple calls per year from friends, co -workers, exwives, etc. stuck on the side of the road somewhere who know that my reliable old Chevy truck with its decent 6 won’t even strain to tow their abominations to a dealer or repair shop. Got two calls on one day from a girlfriend whose modern Mercedes died in BR and I towed to dealership. After about 4 hours got a second call from her, as her Nazi abomination crapped out again in traffic only 3 blocks from the dealership. The story she got from the Vietnamese shop I towed her to for the second tow of the day said that it appeared that te manufacturer had saved a dollar or so by putting her windshield washer and carburetor on the same chip; when her windshield washer ran out of fluid it interpreted this as a sigal that the carb was not getting gas.
As far as I know, my Chevy doesn’t have any chips as just about all of recent car models do. I listen to complaints from te incapacitated vehicle owners that I generously tow for the price of a beer to the effect that my exhaust emits a lot of oily smoke. I explain. that this is a good thing, since it ells me that I still have oil, and that it is not. time. for me to dump my annual 2 or 3 quarts of oil into the engine.

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I've been trying to find a 90s chevy/gmc with the 350 and prices are high but they are worth it imo.

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Great trucks. I'd lean towards '96 to '99 in the GMT400 as you get the Vortec 350 versus the old 210HP TBI engine previous.

Some buyer will no doubt get his " head knocked off" and the seller laughs all the way to the bank.....and the buyer gets an outdated 20 year old truck that collapses in 18 months

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1995 Ford f150 regular cab Short Bed
65K, New Iberia, La.

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Sorry but that’s NOT a short bed. Obviously long bed. I would buy it if it came with a “special haircut”.

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are trying to sell '98 Tacomas with 300k mileage for $15k on FB. Taco is a solid truck but it's not made out of gold bro

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Especially when you can find rangers from that era all day for $3-6k.

Toyota does not have the market cornered on reliable small trucks.