No. I my step son was looking at a first pickup this summer. Didn't buy one then looked again three moths later same trucks were up about 5 to 10% it seemed.
My last two trucks were government vehicles. Great deals to be found if you look. And they aren't all that green color anymore. mtmuley
Woukd you like to buy a pickup?
I already have the last one I'll ever own.
Smart way to go about it. Didn't think of doing that two years ago when I replaced mine. Probably should have looked into it, would have saved I'm sure
I rocked a car in addition to my truck for a few months. Couldn't make it pencil out, but it was nice not racking up all the miles on my truck.
Sometimes it does pencil out and other times it doesn't for me. Depending on how you look at it. Im not sure how to put a price in extending the life of the truck by keeping the miles off. Then again I've kept the miles off and the $*)Q!#@$ thing is rusting away, so is that any better?
That's what I thought.
That's what I'm leaning towards for that exact reason. Buddy of mine has a 17 with the aluminum and his is oxidizing and paint is peeling in spots. His is the only one that I've seen do that personally though.
It's sad. I'd rather have to pay attention when driving in the winter vs dealing with a salt that eats steel...
Why does the salt on roads have to happen? mtmuley
Our snow is a little different than your guys I think with the humidity we don't get powder we get wet heavy soaking snow. Drive on it and it turns to pure ice. Maybe not but I think that's the gist of it.
Insurance. It is really the most basic answer - more cars per mile of road. Traffic there is bad enough on dry roads. Add a little snow and it locks up. In Montana, ice means a couple of cars in the ditch. In the midwest it might mean a 30-car pile up. Add to that they don't have blue-ribbon trout streams, so people don't really care. It's hard on cars though. Leads to the famous Undercoating upsell from dealers. I'm not sure if that works.
So gas wise between my car and truck at 30,000 miles a year for work at $3 gas for easy figuring. The car saves me $2,700 annually in gas. Bought the car 6 years ago for $10k. I'm not sure what insurance is off the top of my head. But in 5 years my truck would have an additional 150k on it. Not sure how to put that into a value.
