Whatever Happened to Satisfaction with the Average Pickup?
02-13-2019, 06:17 PM
#91
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I started this thread... asking... well umm ...at this point it has gone way off topic but I know I did not aid in that. I want to say thank you to anyone who chimed in. We should all be grateful for living in a country that allows us to make decisions about what we want to drive versus having to worry about our family's safety with possible car bombs going off in the neighborhood. A roof over our heads is most important. Be thankful for these blessings!
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Spectragod (02-14-2019)
02-13-2019, 09:33 PM
#92
I think your putting words in my mouth, I gave an example that I personally experienced. Ironically just yesterday, a co-worker asked me if I would be interested in selling him my 13' FX4, I'm a love nothing sell all guy, I say sure, shoot him a off the cuff price, he tries to tell me my 50k mile truck is worth 5k, how does he get to that figure, he is supporting 5 kids with 3 ex wife's and that's all he has, so essentially, he just made my point for me. And he will keep on driving his 200k mile POS, with no hope of getting anything till he runs out of 18 year payments. BTW, he is hard working, shows up 5 days a week and probably doesn't do the strip joint thing much anymore, but he has already made his choices....
Life is about choices, your education, your job, your marriage, where you live, how you live your life.....choices, if someone makes a choice that does not coincide with their budget, it's who's problem to deal with?
When gas goes up to $5-7 a gallon, the price of trucks will come down, then the demand for fuel efficient vehicles will go up
Life is about choices, your education, your job, your marriage, where you live, how you live your life.....choices, if someone makes a choice that does not coincide with their budget, it's who's problem to deal with?
When gas goes up to $5-7 a gallon, the price of trucks will come down, then the demand for fuel efficient vehicles will go up
02-14-2019, 12:18 AM
#93
Senior Member
If an XLT truck is considered an average pickup, then I'm good with average, since that's what I buy. Otherwise, I really don't care that folks want to spend 65K or more on a F150. I don't care if they pay cash for it, or go deep in debt to buy a fully loaded King Ranch. It's their business as long as it doesn't affect me, or cost me any thing.
02-14-2019, 01:55 AM
#94
They are still being made. I have a rcsb XL, its basic but has power windows/locks. I use it as a daily driver in the winter and to haul materials for whatever house project I am working on at the time.
02-14-2019, 08:06 AM
#95
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02-14-2019, 09:01 AM
#96
Senior Member
Trucks still accounted to 68% of vehicle sales in Canada last year also...
02-14-2019, 09:45 AM
#97
02-14-2019, 08:01 PM
#98
Senior Member
LOL gas prices 5-7$ a gallon...not in our lifetime
While fracking has been terrific for producing record amounts of oil for us, we still import about 4 million barrels more than we export. Every day.
How much petroleum does the United States import and export?
In 2017, the United States imported approximately 10.14 million barrels per day (MMb/d) of petroleum from about 84 countries. Petroleum includes crude oil, hydrocarbon gas liquids, refined petroleum products such as gasoline and diesel fuel, and biofuels including ethanol and biodiesel. Crude oil accounted for about 79% of U.S. gross petroleum imports in 2017 and non-crude oil petroleum accounted for about 21% of gross petroleum imports.In 2017, the United States exported about 6.38 MMb/d of petroleum to 186 countries, of which about 18% was crude oil and 82% was non-crude oil petroleum. The resulting net imports (imports minus exports) of petroleum were about 3.77 MMb/d.The top five source countries of U.S. petroleum imports in 2017 were Canada, Saudi Arabia, Mexico, Venezuela, and Iraq.And if a war with Iran should break out, good luck to us. Google Strait of Hormuz.
02-14-2019, 08:59 PM
#99
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02-14-2019, 09:27 PM
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