Wish we could get this here...

[Uncle Gump]

2022... 4x4... 14k miles... bare bones. $31k

This is what my last newish vehicle purchase (I really wanted new not newish) has come to at this point in time.

And... I don't like it.

 

[bilbo]

Kinda sucks though.

When we get done with car seats in the back my need for a crew cab will go away.

Temporarily. You’ll blink a couple times and in your backseat there will be a 6’+ gangly teenager. That’s what happened to us anyway.

I think you can get Ford and Ram crew cabs with the 6.5’ bed right? I know the 4th gen Rams were available that way but I wasn’t able to find one when the time was right to offload my other one.

 

[RobbieD]

I stopped buying "new" after 1994, and since haven't owned anything '95 and up. And it liked to have killed me, to pony up 12k for that last new '94 XLT 2.3/5 speed manual SuperCab. It blows my mind what vehicles cost now, new and used.

A pickup is a truck, and it should have a long box.

If you want extra cab room, get an Explorer.

Damn, I miss things not being simple anymore . . .

 

[Josh P]

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2022... 4x4... 14k miles... bare bones. $31k

This is what my last newish vehicle purchase (I really wanted new not newish) has come to at this point in time.

And... I don't like it.

Not too far into the past, a stripped down truck would have been $10-15k new off the lot.

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

Not too far into the past, a stripped down truck would have been $10-15k new off the lot.

Probably longer ago than you think...

 

[RobbieD]

Probably longer ago than you think...

Seems like I do remember a price bump when they replaced the horse with that new-fangled internal combustion engine thing.

That wasn't THAT long ago, was it?

 

[Uncle Gump]

I did buy a brand new std cab long box f150 4x4 online 6 manual trans and added A/C. $14k in 94.

 

[Josh P]

Probably longer ago than you think...

A 2008 regular cab 2wd ranger was under $15k new the supercab was $1k more. If you go back 40 years the same style truck was $3,500 new

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

I did buy a brand new std cab long box f150 4x4 online 6 manual trans and added A/C. $14k in 94.

That was like 30 years ago...

 

[Josh P]

That was like 30 years ago...

To my 93 year old friend, that was yesterday.

 

[rusty ol ranger]

A new bare bones F150 V6 with a 5sp in 08 was like 17k. I priced them

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

A new bare bones F150 V6 with a 5sp in 08 was like 17k. I priced them

Intersting comparison of F-150's base MSRP at the time and adjusted for inflation.

Here's How Much the Ford F-150 Has Increased in Price Over the Decades

The first-ever Ford F-Series had a base MSRP of just $1,279. As you probably guessed, that's no longer the case.

www.thedrive.com

 

[rusty ol ranger]

Intersting comparison of F-150's base MSRP at the time and adjusted for inflation.

Here's How Much the Ford F-150 Has Increased in Price Over the Decades

The first-ever Ford F-Series had a base MSRP of just $1,279. As you probably guessed, that's no longer the case.

www.thedrive.com

Id be curious to see the percent increase of the MSRP vs inflation rates...to see if it outpaced it.

That article is a bit iffy though. It alludes the current 5.0 is the same as the old 5.0, and states crewcab 1/2 tons started in 80

 

[rubydist]

Apparently not many people want 8' beds any more - for 2024, the only way you can get an 8' bed is with a single cab on the F-150, the extended cab only comes with 6.5' bed now...

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

Apparently not many people want 8' beds any more - for 2024, the only way you can get an 8' bed is with a single cab on the F-150, the extended cab only comes with 6.5' bed now...

That always seemed to be a pretty unusual configuration.