New trucks are overrated, change my mind

[Alan]

These new trucks cost $70K and half the features just break or you never use them. Give me a simple older truck any day...they are cheaper, easier to fix, does the same job. Am I wrong or are new trucks just overpriced?

 

[Wadlow Palerider]

Always been a Ford guy - until recently. I now have a Toyota Tundra because of Ford's refusal to haggle on their high prices. Some time ago - Ford reintroduced the Ranger and the Maverick. Seems redundant to me. I had a Ranger 20 years ago. I wont own another but I just felt like Ford missed the market here. By reintroducing the F100, instead of the Ranger a guy could save some money by purchasing an F100 vs an F150 and have a pretty decent transportation. For me - leg room is important. I bought a new 1981 F100 - years ago .... It had rubber floor mats, roll up windows, an AM/FM radio and a heater. It got me to and from work for almost 10 years. I paid about $6500 for it. Granted that was more than 40 years ago. It was fine pick up for a young man who was just getting started in this old world. I think Henry Ford's premise was by making the automobile affordable - he would sell more. I just hope the Toyota I have now will last me. I don't like spending a small fortune on something that depreciates so fast. The same may be said of Chevy and Dodge. They all are worth less as soon as you drive off the car lot. Thanks Detroit !

 

[Wadlow Palerider]

These new trucks cost $70K and half the features just break or you never use them. Give me a simple older truck any day...they are cheaper, easier to fix, does the same job. Am I wrong or are new trucks just overpriced?

Yes they are overpriced! and yes- older trucks were reliable & easier to work on.

 

[Redhawker]

Now they're overrated, or maybe, more correctly, way overpriced. The last truck I bought, I consider my bucket-list truck, and it likely will outlast me (knock on wood). I spent way too much for it 10 years ago, but the plan is to never have to buy another. If I bought a similar new truck today, it would probably cost twice what I paid. Not long after I bought it, it seemed that similar trucks shot way up in price to almost the level of buying a small house. And most of them have way too many bells and whistles on them too. I bought the lowest-end truck they had at the time and added the features I wanted myself.

 

[Lt Choate]

'97 Ford F350 PS with 7.3 L diesel engine. Has pulled me, family, friends and horses all over the country. Absolutely love it.

 

[fullagofast]

Thank the EPA for today's truck insanity. To be a small car, you have to have 30+ mpg numbers for EPA approval. Larger vehicles are all averaged across their fleet so they make the "small" trucks mid-sized. Ford lost the plot with internal water pumps years ago.