We have been looking for a new truck. I haven’t really priced a new truck in about 12 years when I bought mine. These folks have lost their mind. Apparently no one offers a actual work truck with vinyl seats and rubber mats. It’s all cloth and carpet. You have to get all the bells and whistles also. I just want a 4wd.truck with a crew cab. You can’t even buy a used truck at a reasonable price.

10-4. I bought a 2wd cause I wasn't paying 50-60+K for a 4wd.
And I wouldn't put a truck that cost that much in a place where
I needed 4wd anyway.
I have an old 4wd and a 4wheeler for that kind of stuff.

Yep, that's the reason I'm still driving my 98 f150. It still runs good and I'm not paying more for a truck than I paid for my house and about 30 acres of land

I'm in the same position with a 13 yr. old truck. Love the truck but getting a little unreliable now. The new ones seem cheap to me and grossly overpriced. I refuse to pay $50 to $60k for a 4x4 crew cab. Have been looking at some used ones. Drove a new one the other day with an 8 speed tranny that shifted like crap brand new! And the interiors are garbage too. They are putting out some garbage nowadays. Wish i could buy a late 90's early 2000 truck brand new today.

Why buy something that cost way too much and aint gonna be worth anything after you break it in or pay it off. And i dang sure aint gonna pay 10k for one with 160k. Your gonna have 10k in a 200k mile vehicle. Thats not good to me.

A fleet vehicle is what you're looking for. Use that description when searching.

That's why, as under powered as it is, I'm still driving my 2001 Ford Ranger 4x4.

That’s not hard to accomplish, and you can add all the comforts of the late models for less than a loaded new one would cost.
We do it with 90’s model big trucks everyday because people are sick of the new ones and ours have better warranty than a new truck for less money

I’ve decided if I can find the right body (shouldn’t be to hard) my next truck is gonna be an early 90’s Chevrolet srw 1ton 4x4 crew cab with a 5.9 Cummins and I can add anything a 2020 would have that I want. I’ll have way less in it and a way better truck than a new Duramax

Thats what id like to have....you build one of them...boy id like to see a build along post to go with it

My cousin has a 2009 f350 crew cab loaded thats been destroked with a 12 valve cummins..little work on it and hes pushin about 300hp and enough tourque to pull the moon out the sky...truck is super nice and affords all the creature comforts you could ask for and the reliability of a tried an true legend..i love that truck.

even the fleet trucks have cloth and carpet.

Our last few vehicles have been bought 2-3 years old, low miles, coming off of leases.

Nobody with a brain abuses a vehicle they are leasing. We have gotten great deals, as the major depreciation has been incurred already. Then we drive them until they start giving problems, generally 7-10 years, but longer if we can.

Pricing on new is what it is. They are not nearly as cheap as they used to be, but they are built WAY better than they used to be. Trucks built since 2000 drive and handle better than most cars did in the 80's.

Trouble with older vehicles is that they ride, handle, and stop like crap. I know this, as I drove new ones in that time frame, and today's trucks are 10x better than even the best ones back then. Just like with guns, these are the "good old days" as far as vehicle quality.

With today’s options you can buy and install as good or better brake, suspension, steering, noise dampening, Bluetooth, navigation and other comforts like heated/cooled seats or remote start( the list goes on and on) as what new vehicles have.

That's true Hoggin, but some of us just like to buy it in one package and drive off the lot in a new truck every 5 years or so. For me that will mean about 150K miles on a truck and then it starts getting expensive to maintain. I drove my last truck 10 years and I probably spent nearly as much in repairs after it was paid off as I did in the first 5 years. It was about to cost me several more thousand and I decided I would rather put a little down on a new one.

Nissan Titan. Great values especially with 5 yr 100k mile BTB warranty

I don’t have anything against buying a new truck at all, I’m just saying it ain’t the only way to have a nice “new” truck and some of us want a little more or different than the manufacturers are gonna offer.

I’ve never understood why new(this was year or so ago) GM’s stickered 53k but they was actually selling them for 38ish

I’ve recently been looking at trucks. My next one will be a Frontier. You can get a brand new 2019 without all the electronic crap, 4x4, 4.0 6cy 4 door for $24k. Look at the used market and you can get one with 50k miles for $10-12k

Right now I’ve got a 2003 frontier with 176k miles and going strong. When it lays down I’ll get another. Still got my 3/4 ton dodge if I need to do real truck stuff.

Yup, Ford and Chevy both offer big rebates/dealer cash. You'd be crazy to pay the sticker price for a new Ford/Chevy. I bought a new f150 at the end of 2012 that had $10k in rebates. I can get that same truck right now for $4k more than what I paid 7 years ago. The sticker price went up about $10k in that timeframe though.

I just pulled the trigger on a new frontier last week. Crew cab, 4x4, most of the bells and whistles and I’m very happy so far. Didn’t pay much more than you mentioned here.