De-energized: Electric Ford F-150 Customers Unplug from Skyrocketing E-Truck Prices

[Aerovette]

Originally Posted by Ill Duce

And by golly everyone buys a 1Ton Dually with 5000# bed load capacity for those trips to Costco

'Murica **** yeah!

It's their right if they want to. It doesn't require your approval.

[Aerovette]

Originally Posted by Ill Duce

No they don't however I'm starting to understand why more than half the people in this country don't have anything saved for retirement

If 24mpg vs 14mpg is the difference between a retirement plan and no retirement plan, there is something else very wrong happening.

[Steve_R]

Originally Posted by Ill Duce

I’ve used trucks from chopping firewood in the forest on rainy days to hauling a camper in the bed halfway across the country and never felt the need to own anything above a rubber floor mat work trim package

That's because you're special. Or something. And everyone should think and act like you.

Or not.

[Steve_R]

Originally Posted by Ill Duce

RIF

Yup, people don't have enough saved for retirement because they bought pickup trucks with options. Does that about cover it?

You should look up "correlation" and "causation" and not the differences between them.

[Bill]

Originally Posted by Ill Duce

No they don't however I'm starting to understand why more than half the people in this country don't have anything saved for retirement

The people running around in $ 80,000 trucks for the most part, aren't part of that half that has nothing saved, although there will be some. Business owners buy 3/4 ton luxury trucks just for the tax write off. A guy I went to college with showed up at our friend's birthday party years ago with a King Ranch F-250, absolutely loaded out. He's a lawyer who won't be pulling anything or using it for work. Just had a good year, boom. instant write off.

[LATB]

Originally Posted by Ill Duce

No they don't however I'm starting to understand why more than half the people in this country don't have anything saved for retirement

Yeah, my pickup truck is keeping me from retirement.

Thank God for social security or I's be driving a clapped out 1996 Chebbie pos truck instead of a new Ford F250 Platinum.

[LATB]

Originally Posted by bill_daniels

The people running around in $ 80,000 trucks for the most part, aren't part of that half that has nothing saved, although there will be some. Business owners buy 3/4 ton luxury trucks just for the tax write off. A guy I went to college with showed up at our friend's birthday party years ago with a King Ranch F-250, absolutely loaded out. He's a lawyer who won't be pulling anything or using it for work. Just had a good year, boom. instant write off.

I wish...

[Bill]

Originally Posted by aerovette

If 24mpg vs 14mpg is the difference between a retirement plan and no retirement plan, there is something else very wrong happening.

Speaking of trucks, how's that rebuilt engine working out so far? MOAR power? MPG about the same?

[LATB]

Has Duce posted a picture of his truck or car? He sounds a little jealous.

[Bill]

Originally Posted by LATB

I wish...

Moar? Shit, my current Dodge is a '10, Cummins 3/4 ton Laramie with most every single thing on it, I think it was around $ 45K OTD, before bedliner and gooseneck hitch. I figured they would have close to doubled in price, but not over doubled since then.

[LATB]

Originally Posted by bill_daniels

Moar? Shit, my current Dodge is a '10, Cummins 3/4 ton Laramie with most every single thing on it, I think it was around $ 45K OTD, before bedliner and gooseneck hitch. I figured they would have close to doubled in price, but not over doubled since then.

Ford Super Duty diesel Platinum is near 100.

[Aerovette]

Originally Posted by Ill Duce

You obviously don't understand the concept of how putting money into a IRA instead of blowing it on stupid shit works

Carry on...

You obviously don't realize I don't give a shit what you think.

I drive 52 miles a week
I use 2 gallons each way
2 gallons x 10 trips = 20 gallons.
20 gallons = $63.00/wk
$3276.00 a year

If my mileage doubled.
I'd save $1638.00/year

So I should buy some car I hate driving for the sake of $1638.00 a year? No thank you. I'll keep hogging down gas in my truck that I enjoy.

When you start buying me vehicles, you can dictate what makes sense.

If my retirement hinges on $1638.00, I'm fkd. That's UD money.

[Aerovette]

Originally Posted by bill_daniels

Speaking of trucks, how's that rebuilt engine working out so far? MOAR power? MPG about the same?

MPG went from 15-16mpg to 14-15mpg.

Mind you, I drive with my toes sticking out of the grille. I really need an on/off switch in place of a throttle.

No difference in power...yet. I have the tuner, I just don't want to change any parameters until the repair warranty expires.

These heat does not make it happy. I do notice that.

[LATB]

Originally Posted by Ill Duce

And in a country of 331 million population nobody gives a shit what your single little self does or think.

If paying 100k+ for a truck just to make trips to Costco when a Toyota Camry can do the exact same thing for a fraction of the price then people deserve to be working until they die.

Maybe some people like to work?

[Aerovette]

Originally Posted by Ill Duce

And in a country of 331 million population nobody gives a shit what your single little self does or think.

If paying 100k+ for a truck just to make trips to Costco when a Toyota Camry can do the exact same thing for a fraction of the price then people deserve to be working until they die.

You care

[TheRealBadger]

Originally Posted by Ill Duce

I’ve used trucks from chopping firewood in the forest on rainy days to hauling a camper in the bed halfway across the country and never felt the need to own anything above a rubber floor mat work trim package



Reading is fundamental. Only a poser buys a Platinum package truck if all they haul are grocery bags

Sure. But then people buy Platinum for a lot of other reasons.

[Bill]

Originally Posted by LATB

Ford Super Duty diesel Platinum is near 100.

:thud:


Having fallen and not able to get up, I do recall the Fords being close to $ 10K higher for comparable equipment, even back 13 years ago. Chevys were slightly higher, but pretty close.

[Tikiman]

Originally Posted by LATB

Yes you do

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You just haven't had issues with yours yet.

[Tikiman]

Originally Posted by Ill Duce

Never understood the mentality of someone buying the Platinum package for a pickup truck. If you want luxury just buy a Lexus instead of a ****ing Ford.

The only thing the Platinum package does is scream ‘hey look at me I’m a idiot that uses a pickup truck to haul bags of groceries and not go inside it with muddy boots’

The second photo shows my truck with (90) fifty pound bags of feed.

[RedLS1GTO]

Originally Posted by aerovette

People without kids buy SUVs
People who don't go off road, buy Jeeps
People who don't race, buy performance cars
People who can afford gas, buy EVs
People with a family of 4, buy 2-seaters
People who live where it rains a lot, buy convertibles
People who live in perfect weather, buy coupes
People who live in Arizona/Texas/Nevada, buy black vehicles with black interiors
People who have no garage, buy expensive cars
People who own dogs that ride with them, have white interiors...

But holy shit, if you own a truck, you better be dumping bucket loads of gravel in a muddy swamp or you're just a dumbass.