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The Automotive Thread

Discussion in 'Permanent Threads' started by Backroom, Oct 19, 2009.

  1. GTE

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    They don't make them for this generation yet *sadface*

    This is also the wifey's car. She's more Luxury Spice than Sporty Spice haha
     
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    Took the Jeep on a ~200 mile road trip today and man, between the adaptive cruise control, the adaptive lane assist and the massaging seats, this thing just eats up the miles. Albeit a little frightening as it's extremely easy to let the mind wander and not really pay attention.
     
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    dont use/like lane assist, but love adaptive cruise. Still haven't to pay attention and drive but dont have to worry about the gas/brake pedal.
     
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    Wife's great-aunt just sold us her 2013 Ford Edge, for what I think is a good deal( basically 5k). She did disclose there was a issue with the R/P, but we didn't feel anything, and had multiple car-minded family members drive it. What seems to be the problem is the power steering intermittently fails, but only in reverse. Once back in park/drive/etc, everything is fine.


    power steering pump replacement?
     
  5. wexton

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    Well ford Canada just released there prices
    these are the starting prices
    F450 crew cab
    2022 2023​
    xl $72,919.00 $75,859.00
    xlt $80,355.00 $84,155.00
    lariat $90,869.00 $104,029.00
    king ranch $103,205.00 $115,045.00
    platinum $105,345.00 $116,285.00
    limited $113,805.00 $126,625.00

    fuck me
     
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    Jesus Christ... I remember when a top of the line Powerstroke crew cab was under 40k...
     
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    I've seen good, low mileage examples of the pre-superduty F-350 powerstrokes, think 1998 and down, for sale for probably more than original MSRP. It's insane these days.
     
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    That wasn't uncommon during the pandemic for newer ones. The prices went up so much on new units, and you couldn't get new units, that the trade in values for 3-6 year old ones were as much as you paid for them.

    So with the new pricing, I priced out a new XLT(so cloth) diesel. $116k. How the fuck does anyone afford these.
     
  9. Nettdata

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    I could sell my 3500 Cummins for what I paid for it, and I could sell my Airstream for $40k more than I paid for it.

    I bought these 2 years ago, and never ever considered that either of them would be appreciating assets.

    Prices be nuts yo.
     
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    I'm guessing we're going to start seeing 120+ month loan terms for some trucks. And at the high end, that's still over $1,000 month payment.

    I'll never buy new again, last one was 2017, before this craziness. I'll go back to early to mid 90s and do a complete rebuild/restoration, after I wear out my Titan.
     
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    I need a new truck, mine is a POS like absolute POS. But i need one that tows and can have load in the bed. So I need a relative new one, lets says 2011+ f350 with gas. Decent enough pay load and can tow 12.5k. That is a 30k truck with 200k km's on it.
     
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    I'd say wait as long as absolutely possible. Starting to see new RAM 2500's being advertised on cars.com with price drops. The used car market will follow.
     
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    Oh i am. I am going to milk that truck until i can't anymore. It really only moves when i am towing my excavator to the renters location and back home.

    I just have no idea how people are driving new trucks. I make good money and i don't want/cant justify spending that much money. A XLT gas with options is 105k with tax that is 1500/month for 84 months. Who the fuck are buying that many of these tings?
     
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    Yeah, I don't need those kinds of capabilities. If you do, then you have to pay to play, and that sucks right now.

    Good thing is, they last a lot of miles these days. My friend had a V-10 F-350, with over 400k miles on it when he sold it. It was still very powerful. The interior showed the most wear, of course.
     
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    Leases mainly, at least where GM is concerned, the overwhelming majority of people seem to like to throw money away and then give the car back too.
     
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    To add insult to injury, the price of diesel right now is nuts... I filled up last weekend at $2.65 a litre.
     
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    I just don't get it. Most people don't need them or only use them for what they can do 1 or 2 weeks a year.

    Gas is 179.9 or 189.9 depending on the station and diesel is 219.9. Diesel is easy to make then gas, so they are just ripping you off.
     
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    I keep getting new & used truck ads in my feed. Out of curiosity I looked up what I could get for my truck. The average trade in was over $12k and private resale was $16k. This is for a 2011 Ram 1500 crew cab with 120k miles.
     
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    More bitchin about truck prices, just looking at ford.com because ford.ca isn't as upto date as the US site. Ford Raptor R starts at 109USD plus tax.
     
  20. Rush-O-Matic

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    This video is awesome and high comedy:


    Also, just casual credit outtake of him breaking his back and hip on the base jump landing. Love Travis Pastrana, but those 30+ concussions will surely result in CTE at some point?