Used car shoppin' on Craiglist today. I have 2 trucks and thought I wanted a car, to have options that might be better on gas. Holy smoke! they want new prices for 90's vehicles..... unbelievable. I think I'll put some money in my trucks!
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Used car shoppin' on Craiglist today. I have 2 trucks and thought I wanted a car, to have options that might be better on gas. Holy smoke! they want new prices for 90's vehicles..... unbelievable. I think I'll put some money in my trucks!
Sad isn't it?....I really think a lot of good 5-10 year old cars were destroyed in the "cash for clunkers" program in 2009...causing a shortage of good used cars in that time frame.
New car pricing is just out of sight....and it isn't getting any better.
LOL, was at the dealer today for oil change and check up........guy says "Go on line and fill this out for a $10 discount"
So after mucking around for 20 minutes never did get to the place I needed to be to get the discount.....so I quit...
Wasn't 10 minutes later that I recieved a phone call asking if I wanted a quote on a neww truck....and checking my e-mail....got 3 different e-mails.
So I kinda burned up his ears for a while....never did get any thing.....and will never do that again.
Yeah, I was amazed....looks like I could take the same 5k I was wantin' to spend and fix a couple ole' trucks around here and sell 'em to triple my money...I have 3 more trucks besides the 2 mentioned earlier.
Just curious...I do all of my own work. What does a brake job an an oil change cost? I haven't paid anyone to do it ever?
More than the 25 bux you'll spend on pads:)
Here in NKY you can get brakes done for $100 per axle, but I have yet to escape them without a sales pitch for roters and sometimes calipers. Had one guy refuse to put pads on the rotors I had and refused to replace the origionals until I threatened to call the cops. I usually do my own to avoid the hastle, but if there is a sale on, snow on the ground and rotors grinding I will pay the $100.Quote:
Originally Posted by COWBOYSURVIVAL
Oil changes at Walmart are still only $17 and my Walmart has actual experienced adult people doing the work.
Last time I was in a car dealership trying to trade they took my keys to "check out my trade in" and I absolutely had to track down both car and keys to leave the place. I think they intended to hold me captive until I bought one of their overpriced vehicles.
I refused to turn over my keys from that point on.
I ran through a half dozen dealers trying out certified used and new cars to decide what I wanted and then bought it off Graigslist.
Cowboy, any truck that runs is worth $2k and if it has both fenders and doors it is worth $3k. It the radio works ask $4k.
I was just talking to a friend who had blown the engine in his 2000 Toyota. It was going to cost him $2500 for a used motor and he decided to go ahead and have the swap done because the car still listed for 4k with 225,000 miles on the odometer.
Thanks Kyrat, that was a helpful post for me. I haven't looked for a late model since 2003.Quote:
Originally Posted by kyratshooter
When I was a lad my Dad had a budget of a 100 dollars for a used car. My first car cost me 375 dollars.
First one was $250, had a rod slung through the oil pan....Quote:
Originally Posted by randyt
You guys are younger than me!
My parents sent me out car shopping with the caution that one never paid mor then $1,000 for a car that was a year old!
I broke the rule and they were really upset. I bought my first NEW car in 1966 and paid $1200. It was a new 1965 model and they had to get it off the lot.
In 1967 I bought a 1958 Chevy for $200 and drove it trouble free for a year while in college.
1968 I paid $2600 for a brand new Comaro w/327 and automatic trans.
That was extravigant because i could have paid $1999 for either a 6 cyl Mustang or a VW bug.
Last fall I shelled out 7k for a 4 year old entry level compact that was far from pristine! It hurts to do that, but as stated, it is a sign of the times.
My first car was a suburu with a bad constant velocity joint. My Dad changed it for me and I was ready to go. My memory may be fuzzy on a few things. My first car may have been a mercury comet. It was free, it had been parked in the woods along with many others and we went and got it started and the way I went. I had a 1963 international panel wagon that set me back 250 dollars. I think it has a lot to do with demographics. In my area when I was a young man there was still a lot of tar paper shacks, cold water only and path baths, not a lot of money to be had at that time.
I can afford a lot of gas a repair when I look at the replacement cost of my truck. I cringe when I see the cost of vehicles, new or used.
I'll be happy with what I have.
I've bough vehicles that cost more than my first house.
I have said the same thing, currently driving an Chevy '84 3/4 ton. It'll go along ways on new or used car money.Quote:
Originally Posted by jfeatherjohn
My first few cars were cars I could actually do maintenance work on. I can't even get to spark plugs any more. The computers on these cars cost as much as whole cars used to cost. I assume one reason cars are so much more expensive than they used to be is that they used to be an engine and a body. Now they're power everything, computers, safety equipment, expensive entertainment systems, etc., etc.
And to use them is much more expensive. Insurance, licenses, gasoline, restaurant food......
We've preempted the natural laws that drive economy so economy doesn't work anymore. We keep trying to preempt all the natural laws, so nature doesn't work with us any more.
After we've succeeded in killing off just about everyone, please, all you survivors, leave greed out of the picture. We might make it the next time around.
Paid $29.95, and was supposed to get a $10 buck rebate....wasn't worth the hassle.......still haven't got to the right place to send it in.Quote:
Originally Posted by COWBOYSURVIVAL
I used to do all my own work, even put the wood stove and kerosene heater in the garage, so as to be able to work in comfort in the cold months.
So with an air compressor, impact tools, and large selection of tools....Back in the "olden days" it was a crescent wrench, pliers, a couple of screw drivers, 3/8 drive socket set and basic open end/box end wrenches, hammer, and pry bar.......and you could fix most everything/anything.
DW car saying in the owners manual, "there are 7 things painted yellow under the hood, if it ain't yellow, you have no business screwing with it.
I find I really don't like laying on the creeper, anymore....and going thru the city mandated regulations rules for hazard material disposal....(Of course I ALWAYS follow the rules...nudge nudge).....
Mostly I go to the car spa...oil change...with free wash job....they really hate it when I just got back fro a hunting trip.
Last new vehicle was Big Red. pick up in 2009....but was a 2008....and if you remember that was when the auto industry was hurting......I ended up paying the same for a 2008 and I did my 1999....could not..not afford to buy it.
But they was only gonna give me $2k for the '99....and just decided to keep it as my 'everyday truck"
I'm not a fan of Craigslist...have been a lot of rip offs lately...."Meet me at the back of a parking lot at midnight with cash".....Yeah right.
As far as brakes, I still do my own mostly, unless there is a heck of a sale....but I hear ya on the "new rotors" deal, so I hak to see them....and have told them to just put it back togeather, and I deal with it later.......all of a sudden a pad changes seems to happen.....fancy that.
Anyway I really think that a lot of people are afraid of all the on board computers, do-dads and elecrtronic glitches, so would rather stay with an older, more basic vechical.....and the pricing reflects that.
Good point, I parked the '99 and bought the '84 when my wrenches wouldn't fix the computer junk. I haven't given up though, it just bought me time. Now, that I see what the '99's are going for I may just carry it to a mechanic with a puter!Quote:
Originally Posted by hunter63
I don't know if you remember my thread on the owners manual, wiring diagram, and fuse list on the 2008.......even the dealer wouldn't give me the time of day....
Got it from very helpful guy on the forum, and I suspect he was referring to proprietary information.....just to fix my trailer running lights fuse
2 fuse boxes and about 70+ fuses per box.
You can't just go thru and pull each one and check them....a lot or stuff is still activated even when the truck is off....big trouble if you disconnect a sensor or computer.
I still thinking a project would be a 68 Dodge Power wagon......LOL
Yeah I saw the post, tried to help but don't remember being able to find anything on it. It is snowing in the swamp, and my little girl just bolted outside. Gotta run her down!Quote:
Originally Posted by hunter63
I'll just stick with my 1975 Ford F250 4x4 I bought new in 1975. It has 96,000 miles on it and runs like a champ. There is plenty of room under the hood to work, and everything under there is "reachable." I only use it for outdoor stuff, hunting, fishing, camping, etc. so it is still in good shape.
I have no desire for a new truck so as to go bustin' 'round out in the boonies. This one I have will do just fine. :laugh:
S.M.