What did you do to your Ranger today? (Part Deux!)

[James Morse]

Got inspection done. All good except no battery hold-down so went got that - $7.
Have to remember safety inspection is just that - if something isn't safe, I want them to find it.
So I go to dealership, they take appointments, granted they are picky but wouldn't you want to know if you happened to miss something actually important?

 

[Snoranger]

I don't doubt it, I can't even test drive a 2022 unless I put a deposit down on one and wait 6 months for it to come in. Really on the fence. I want one and I need a new truck but the "supply & demand" games are pissing me off.

Stop by my house and you can take my wife’s Bronco Sport for a test drive, the feel pretty similar.

It might be a long drive for you just for a test drive.

 

[Uncle Gump]

I think if you were to order one and didn't like it... it would be an easy sell. Maybe even with a premium.

I think the wife is actually going to put one on order this time.

 

[Dantheman1540]

Not my prettiest weld by far, but it should hold the coolant temp sensor for the fan just fine.

 

[rubydist]

If you wanted to order a hybrid Maverick you already missed it - today was the last day they are accepting orders. If you want a gas Maverick you have exactly one more day to get the order entered.

 

[Uncle Gump]

Son of a...

 

[Eddo Rogue]

There will be plenty of used/repos available soon.

 

[Blmpkn]

There will be plenty of used/repos available soon.

Just like foreclosures though.. if people don't have the money to make their car payment they probably don't have money to do proper servicing.

 

[James Morse]

Ford says they have about 45,000 vehicles they can't complete for lack of parts. GM about 95,000. So they will sit there until the parts come, maybe next quarter. I have to imagine that must wreak havoc with assembly lines to partially build a vehicle then take it off the line, park it, then bring it back to finish. It can't help profitability/pricing.
Nonetheless you do see used prices starting to come down. But let's say I want a nice '11 Ranger, these prices are like 20k and up and it just seems somehow wrong to pay that for a 10+ yr old vehicle. Seems to me it's a good time to sit back and wait if you can.

 

[Snoranger]

Seems to me it's a good time to sit back and wait if you can.

I’m at the dealership right now.

 

[Shran]

I want an AWD Maverick... hybrid FWD is useless to me.

I am thinking that if interest rates keep going up, vehicle prices will come down or at least level off. I'm sure not going to take out a 7% loan on a car, even 3-4% (which I would probably be stuck with right now) seems high. Kinda at the point where I think I'm better off waiting a year or two and paying cash for a lightly used truck.

Frustrating part is that my '88 daily driver is being quite unreliable lately, my other choice is a gas hog V10 super duty... everything else has historic plates so I can't drive them every day.

 

[Eddo Rogue]

I'm shopping for old rangers so I don't have to hack up the good example of a "low mileage" factory example I have been stuck with. Blessing and curse.

 

[Snoranger]

I got prices on a XLT 302a Tremor and a Lariat 500a Tremor.
I’ll probably get the Lariat as it’s only $1500 more.

 

[James Morse]

So how much?

 

[Snoranger]

So how much?

MSRP or Z Plan prices?