These Car Brands WON'T MAKE IT
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These Car Brands WON'T MAKE IT
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My name is Brandon and I am a used car dealer. I created Car Questions Answered to share the ins and outs of the used car market from my perspective. I share with you updates on car prices, what's happening at the dealer auctions, and what it's like being a dealer. My goal is to share information to help you make the best decisions while buying a car to save you money. I do not want car dealers taking advantage of you.
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Here's a thought. Start building automobiles, etc without chips again. Tired of I Spy Brother Eye everywhere and in everything.
Shhhhhhhh they watch the TH-cam’s
Where did you find a chipless cell phone?
What?
@@richardfolden3860 no can do, no such thing
chips have been in vehicles since the 90s. its why you dont see so many brand new vehicles parked on the road broken down.
I have a Toyota Tacoma 2017 which is paid off and I got a call from the dealership asking me if I would like to sell my truck and I said no thank You
That Gen is in demand.
Got the same truck
High demand
New ones are expensive crap!
Yeap then you would have to replace it with something.
@@theamazinggoldfish8713 exactly, I have it paid off and I don’t want a new car payment. I am not that crazy 🤪
Almost EVERYTHING that is not a complete piece of (something) and in decent condition is in demand. i get eMails, phone calls, and regular mail about selling what I have.
They expect a gov bailout
Probably promised 1 😊
Maybe the Demonrats Who always chase after the union vote will bail out these auto makers you know for the votes down the road
I bet just like all the times before
Let them go bankrupt
Let BYD and GWM buy them out
It’s a Damned vehicle. NOT a status symbol. To many of us we don’t envy a 90 to 100K vehicle purchase unless you’re a Politician making big bucks. We pass a New ____ (name it) hi- buck rig and smile. Even the cheap cars have A/C ,Cruise ,etc. No thanks pal,getting there same as you a, hell of a lot cheaper. Don’t need Mc Donald’s either.
You should go back to your communist utopia
The problem is that cars/trucks really are the primary signaller of status in the minds of many even graduate educated people.
Juliet Schor; The Overspent American: Why We Want What We Don’t Need (1999) explains the syndrome perfectly.
Politicians blackmailed, paid off and who knows what else to get the tyrannical governments bidding done
They want people in debt plain and simple.
And not able to travel as they please. Do you have your papers to cross state lines. It’s comin
100 K for a truck? Then there’s insurance and tags. I won’t mention depreciation.
Plus high interest on loans
You'd have to think real hard before you throw your tools and other stuff in the bed !!
Property tax, in my state anyway.
@JohnRuhlJr-wf1on 😂😂😂 A Ford Raptor passes my the other day. Not a spec of dirt on it. I bet my Honda Fit has been off road more than it has.
We need to end the at-fault accident culture in the US. It isn't fair for drivers who drive modest vehicles to have to subsidize the cost of overpriced and luxury vehicles through absurd vehicle liability premiums.
We need to break this cycle like we're going to break this government cycle we live in today. It is simple, STOP buying their overpriced cars/trucks. It's NOT hard!
Stop buying things you can’t afford
@@JacobSchmitt-j8pExactly.
I bought my 1999 Mitsubishi Mirage in 2015 for $1,100, manual everything, It's at 235K miles and running great. Been keeping everything strictly maintained. I've easily saved over $50,000 in car payments. Best of all, I HAVE NO CAR PAYMENT! Owned outright, paid for, title in hand. It's not much to look at, but it's fun to drive a stick shift daily, and it's paid for!
Exactly
The government is interfering with the market to destroy it. People on bikes and buses are easier to control.
Seems like there is a niche for Nissan Toyota to produce lower price trucks.
Yeah like the small trucks they made in the 80s and 90s. Including manual transmissions.
If they did, the US government would just tariff it to hell.
@@clivewarner2162and why would they do that? For the environment? Yeah cloaked in screw your freedoms
Yes, back to the DATSUNs!
@@502Chevyyah like the manual DATSUNs of the 70s! 😊
Let's not forget that the UAW has been pushing for more money & bennies too; adding to the price increases.
Everyone asks for more money now that unskilled fast food gets 20$/hour. This is what happens when you raise min wage. Just wait till the dock workers strike for higher pay in 4 days.
Yeah let's blame the people who make the least per capita and let upper management get their bonus.
It’s all by design please look around and quit blaming the wrong people. It goes back thousands of years. Y’all ain’t seen nothin yet
That may have been part of it back in the 70s when management were foolish but now there aren't USA makers that have global divisions, now the USA is just a division of the global manufacturer. GM is more concerned with China than the USA markets
@npinero1 I don't blame those with lower wages, I blame those in govt that spend and spend. This causes inflation, hurting those at the bottom more. Raising wages is terrible, deflating prices is the key.
I just leased a new Hyundai Tucson! Made in the USA and a good deal. I went to my local Ford dealer to lease a new Bronco and they would not deal even though they had at least 15 of them. Next nearby city would not deal on a new Honda CRV, they were holding them for ransom! I drove nearly a 100 miles to Columbus, Ohio to a Hyundai dealer to get what I wanted at what I was willing to pay without clearing a savings account! Thanks Great Lakes! Keep Fighting Everyone and don't be afraid to say NO!!
How much is the lease and the trim?
I wouldn’t buy a Hyundai even if it was free.
I got a deal on a 2024 Honda CR-V in June.
Back about 10 years ago, I got tired of the no dealing on a new Elantra. I sent out 4 emails to different dealers on what I wanted and what I would pay out the door. I had one dealer that would make the deal and I made the 100 mile drive to Atlanta, it was worth it. Make them deal the way we want it done not their way. Deal or no deal! Congrats for sticking up to them.
A Hyundai /Kia. In 5 years or 100000 miles the engine, transmission headaches.
Why can't they just build good solid cars without all the bells and whistles. Simple mechanics and easy to maintain.
Margins would be too small.
EPA said no way.
It against US corp policy to build quality car so they cannot sell parts and service (that cost more than the car worth) .
Exactly right, let all these wonderful fancy items be options for the few who will/can pay for them. But build us a very base model without all the bells & whistles that is just a good quality car/pickup that's easy to work on.
A car that cost 10k to make and 16k msrp ears less money than 15k production cost and 52k msrp.
They are going asking for a handout from the gov. Anyday now
And what's the Auto industry doesn't understand the workers that is the market has been turned over to China they just don't know it yet
Just remember, Republicans hate socialism.....until it benefits them....99% of most dealerships are probably support Republicans
From the United States taxpayers the government doesn’t produce a thing. They take!!
They are going to push profits for stock prices. Don't forget that everyone who has a 401 depends on these companies making money. It's a catch 22.
But they aren't making money and most of their stocks look like h3ll.
@constitutionalright827 Why? Ford is holding a typical price. Ford will never be "high" because their float is huge. Gm has done well the past couple of years. It's up now.
No, we rely on companies that aren’t focused on activist investors and profit scraping and focusing on the long term health of the company.
@stephkent2736 Not how this works. It sounds good, but most 401 investments are in the S&P 500, for example. The value of all these companies is important to retirement accounts. I'm not jumping on the companies bandwagon, but it is funny to hear people complain about company profits yet feel good that their 401s look good.
@@C-Culper4874 I’d rather my 401K was getting dividends from companies delivering long term success and being responsible.
One of the best vehicles I've ever owned was a barebones long bed Mazda pick-up. (Same as Ford Ranger.)
The ONLY option was A/C.
I paid $8,000 cash, literally with bundles of Benjamins.😅
Yup, 1995 Mazda 4x4 pickup. Still own it, still drives like new, engine is as smoothe as when it was new.
I'm keeping it.
My 92 ranger still runs just fine. 380,000 miles on it.
I pay cash for every car I have ever owned
Datsun, mid 70s, no a.c. or other bells and whistles like rolling up windows manually.
The energy you put into all your work is inspiring.
Just bought a 2008 grand marquis 100,000 miles, one owner, garage kept, no exterior rust, interior pristine 5k out the door
Great car
I don't know much about Mercury, but I'll bet if you keep it strictly maintained, it'll keep you free of car payments for decades. I'm driving a 1999 Mitsubishi daily and I'm loving it.
@@Spaethongood for you. The Mercury Marquis and the Ford version are exceptionally reliable somewhat large cars. If maintained they last a long time. Parts are cheap. Lots of mechanics out there that can work on them. If you are a careful driver it’s not hard to get over 20 mpg on regular gas. And they will very comfortably transport 6 people and all their luggage.
The Grand Marquis (or as my daughter calls it the Grandma Marquis) is the best car for the money EVER!. I have a 1999 that I drive a few times a week and love it. I would LOVE to get a 2008-2011 Grand Marquis soon.
My 2009 Grand Marquis, with 82k miles, set itself on fire. Electrical behind the dashboard. I thought I would be driving this car for another 20 years.
Charging $100K for trucks that cost $20K to produce out of the factory, I have no sympathy for these companies.
The OPEC oil embargo in the 70s, mfrs needed to make high mpg cars. Japanese imports filled the gap
and are till dominating since the eighties.
The Boeing strike has left 32,00 workers without pay. The upcoming East coast and Gulf coast dock strikes will stop nearly 100 thousand workers from getting a paycheck. Each worker supports about 4 other people who will lose their jobs. Nearly a million unemployed workers just before the election. OUCH
Bidenomics
Sounds like we need to become self sufficient and cut ties with the world. We can’t save everyone while our own civilization is at the threshold of hell.
@@Magnus055vote harder! It’s bigger than that. If I remember correctly Trump let Covid lockdowns happen and BOOM! Inflation today
They all hate you don’t ever think other wise
I dont think the average voter is gonna take notice of strikes and change their favored candidate.
I've been subscribed to your channel for a while, keep it up!
Only a select few are willing to pay 85k for a pickup truck or SUV, most can’t afford that or aren’t frivolous enough with their money. Auto makers gonna learn, the hard way) just watch. Oh they gonna change their ways or go bankrupt.
the problem is people do and that incentives the oems and dealers.
We need some $10.000 cars. HONDA BRING BACK MY 1988 HONDA CIVIC DX BRAND NEW $10.400
Absolutely the old Toyota sr5 pickup base model with manual windows
Honda bring back my 1977 Honda Civic for $2800.00 dollars brand new in 1977. Great car drove it over 400,000 miles
Do you guys not even realize that most people would never even be able to buy one of those cars at such a low price? If they made cars that cheap again they would be backordered for years. That is not going to solve anything.
But you have to ask yourself how much of this is actually because of new government mandates for the safety of vehicles and also government monitoring of drivers such as driver, alertness and vehicles that tail on their owners etc. That that all cost money and all has to be tied into costly electronics. And so why would you produce something that is basic when you're going to essentially just lose money on it. You're not in business to lose money. You're in business to make money. You wouldn't be called a business. If you weren't it'd be called the charity😅
The bureaucracy is the problem in the United States like the EPA you can't build a house without getting 900,000 permits in some areas and so your permits and everything cost as much as your construction supplies. So how are you supposed to build something affordable when they want just as much for the abstract as they want for the physical supplies that build the home. You can't. And this is unelected officials that are able to do this in the United States. Everybody is wondering why everything costs so much. 😅
It's about supply versus demand and if you can lock up supply you'll drive up the cost because they'll be too much demand and too little supply. But if you dump a whole bunch onto the market like you make it easier to build these homes and to easier to build these cars vehicles then you'll ramp up supply which will drive down demand and it'll lower the overall cost because the only way you can make money is to have a product that comes in at a lower cost than the next guy.
But the US doesn't do this anymore because most Americans don't even want to work. And there's so much bureaucracy in the system that it's taxes that aren't disclosed to the public. That's essentially what mandated safety features and environmental protection features are is unvoted for taxation. Essentially what started this nation was taxation without representation. How do you have representation in the EPA?
Lay with dogs get fleas!
What makes those pieces of crap worth $125,000 right now what are they made out of platinum?
There's a sucker born every minute. Speaking of platinum and precious metals. They often write Titanium or Platinum on the back of the car in chrome plated plastic. Some pea brains actually believe it. The power of advertising.
If one of those could do a realy cheap(25-30k) version of a full size suv or pick up but basic as hell they would sell by million and do volume profit.
83% claim they can't participate in this current car market? I mean I see at least that many people on the road with newer cars in the brand new to 4-year-old range.
Many of which are 40 to $70,000 SUVs and trucks.
Price doesn't seem to be holding those people back but these are the kind of people who are comfortable buying a car with 23% interest.
Are they lease cars?
May I submit to you Exhibit A for a vehicle no one wanted....the Pontiac Aztec.
Walter White enters the room
There was a reason it failed. It was hideously ugly ! And then it was a GM to boot
These channels keep saying vehicle prices will drop for 2 yesrs. They are not dropping.
I'll rebuild my old truck. It's cheaper.
it is better quality than today.
Prices for used cars seem really overpriced as well.
@@denimlabels7315 the whole system is broken.
Surely looking at this there is a massive market for a manufacturer to produce a 2024 Model T ?
There is a market, but the gov't won't let you. Gotta have a and b and c and d and e (etc). Just the gov't making sure we don't hurt ourselves with too much freedom.
Dacia (Dachia) from Romania sell big in Italy. Robust and reliable. Popular 4WD wagon. Still have a/c etc. Not fancy but nice euro styling I think.
maybe discuss the likelihood that pre 2010 vehicles at 20 years old will be more servicable than newer vehicles and how that may affect used values in the coming years?
What are you going to do, when BYD opens distribution and service centres in the US and starts selling plug-in electric hybrid trucks for $40,000?
From what I have read the build quality is poor. Trained mechanics insulated tools, charging stations. Battery repairs, collision or flood damage. Where is the upside? Have you seen an electric car fire?
@@johnweiland9389 Did you notice that a month ago a DIESEL car set fire to an entire car park in England and destroyed more than 100 cars? According to reviews. BYD quality is better than Tesla's.
They still sell what we want in other countries. Bring back the Honda Fit, Toyota Yaris, Ford Fiesta, Chevrolet Cruze, and those type of basic transportation cars. The only way the manufacturers will stop this nonsense is if dealers refuse inventory and just step up their service departments to survive.
CDJR should just sell jeep wrangler to Toyota or Honda so they can fix the quality and stop production of everything else. It’s all trash.
I do not believe manufacturers CAN build a low priced vehicle and make a profit?
Inflated prices are really DEFLATED CURRENCY!
ANSWER is LEASE by the piece....... BUY OFF LEASE vehicles?
China can...😂
Yup, I have 2009 BMW 328i. I got called yesterday from dealer to see if I will sell it. I said yes!
Cash for clunkers helped no working poor family. Its still effing us over by not having available sources to rehab older vehicles.
Thanks Obummer
That was 2009. Are you in the market? You can’t find any 15yo + vehicles?
there will be zero used 10-year-old Toyotas and Hondas for 5k . Thats what 20 year old ones go for now.
Consumers don’t want “cheaper” cars. They want cars that are priced correctly, and are not so expensive.
Greed had lead to the downfall of MANY companies. I've been in the full service restaurant industry since 1981, and I've seen Steak and Ale, Sambo's, Denny's, Chili's, Outback, Red Lobster, and a host of others either go out of business or severely cut back operations due to corporate greed.
Argue "it's the economy" all you've want, but I've seen it from the inside. Poor management decisions where they cut corners on quality's for a 1% profit increase, but then drive away their customer base who don't want their garbage. The good servers see their income decline, then they leave.
I also sold cars in the early 2000s, and the greed was just as prevalent then. Eventually they will either bend or break.
Uncontrolled capitalism that disregards antitrust laws and has lobbied congress for bailouts with our federal funds has led to this mess.
You can always move to North Korea. It's paradise there, and no evil companies to worry about!
of course they put profit first. they don't care about you. we need entrepreneurs like the host. It's easy money right now like he says he is hitting the cover off the ball.
How can they make money if no one buys it? Look at the Ford Maverick, they can't keep them on the lot at under $40K
What about cdjr putting out a memo to there dealers that they need to not put mark up on the new cars but they also said the will hold dealers to the fire
The government mandate ev and they are losing so much money they need to make it up some where but that is not a food reason
On the new channel, I expect Ray to call you “handsome” every episode like he does to Zach 😂
I find that really creepy that he introduces his son that way.
Great interview. Useful information. Enjoyed it
Bought a used 2016 jeep patriot for 6k. I’ve had it 6 months, no car payment, solid ride, I’m winning, why do I need a 100k dollar jeep ?
You keep making the same video!?
I'm glad that I'm not in the market now.
We have a few very well maintained vehicles that are very good to excellent condition that serve us well ,never to such pis-poor build quality that has so many i quality ssues and grossly overpriced and a brutally depreciating. asset, let alone the interest rates and insurance
I won't buy new. I keep and repair, if needed, what I already own. It's cheaper to fix what I have than to replace it with something new.
same
THANK THE GOVERNMENT FOR INFLATION THAT CANNOT EVEN RUN THE POST OFFICE & KEEPS IN RACING THEIR PRICES FOR ALL THEIR SERVICES & SOME OF THE EMPLOYEES DON'T HAVE GOOD TRAINING & KEEP DELIVERYING TO THE WRONG PEOPLE THAT TAKES MAIL TO BE DELIVER ACROSS TOWN THAT FIREST GOES OUT OF TOWN & THEN COMES BACK A WEEK LATER
The post office is not government run.
It’s not the car makers, it’s the government that has them in the corner
Make a video without a hat
Ten years from now those used car buyers will be staring at ultra high repair cost American vehicles much like todays situation with used Mercedes and BMWs. Everyone will forget the claim by EPA administrators that they were out to save consumers money, in the latest "who could have known" fiasco.
now is the prime time for another AMERICAN manufacturer to pop up and produce cheaper, base model cars with a non turbo RELIABLE engines that people can use to get around....not these behemoth trucks that are >$80k
Buy HD work truck trim pickups for towing or work. Modest Japanese cars for daily drivers. That way your trucks last 3X as long and these greedy Domestic truck manufacturers stop the Luxury Bull Sh!t
I have no problem paying over $100K for a car but for that amount it's going to be a classic or custom that is going to appreciate and not some poorly put together truck overloaded with useless and prone to fail electronics whose value is zero bound.
It used to be that a halo car was the most expensive.
NOW a halo is the cheapest one.
with cheap electronics it doesnt save enough to delete options/features.
BUT... they can save a ton in lighting!!
Headlights, and taillights cost a fortune.
We dont need moonroofs or leather upholstery
If the dealerships would stop talking these high priced vehicles being shoved down the throats maybe they would start listening. It’s killing the American auto industry it is embarrassing they are totally out of touch with what the American people want .
Although car companies keep handing out tens of millions of dollars to a few executives at the top, our government will bail them out.
I like the show, and the message is good but damn you say a lot for not saying much of anything at all
Just a lot of the same shit
Yep the CarEdge guy always rambles on and on after he tells you how handsome his son is. (creepy)
I hate the way the world has turned out!
The ZDX was literally designed by new FEMALE Recent graduates 🎓
I wanted a full sized GM pick up, but there was no way in H*LL I was going into 55k + debt.
I got a used 22 Nissan Frontier SV for under 30k & haven't looked back!
I’m looking at used Honda ridgelines around that price. I never thought I would consider buying a unibody truck.
I looked at Ridgeline, but all-wheel drive not true 4x & Unibody, it became apparent that it was nothing More than an overpriced chopped mini van.@@jackofalltrades4844
Any thoughts on Amazon Auto? So far the beta trial has Nissan and Hyundai
People have to get off the SUV/truck teet. Not everyone needs a tank.
3 ton truck to go get 1 bag of groceries. 😂😂😂
U S auto has been junk for decades
50 grand for a truck that’s crazy
The “chip shortage” was BS… there, it’s been said.
Where did you buy your chips?
The best team up on TH-cam!
You can buy a brand new Mitsubishi Mirage for under $20K - but who wants one?
But that same car was $9995 7-8 yrs ago.
@@tonflo1And fast food wages were 50 percent less then .
@@tonflo1 of course, because the car value has not changed- the actual value of the money has changed.
And 10 years from now the federal minimum wage will still be $7.25 an hour.
If the government keeps flooding the country with room temperature IQ 3rd worlders, the min wage will go down. Too many people, too few jobs.
The more the system beats them down, the less likely it is they become successful and financially free. It's sad and I'm working on big things to help cat people but most simply don't have the fight and motivation in them to work harder and make anything affordable...
just buy used cars and F new cars.
It takes new cars to be made to have used cars.
There are no 'used car' factories.
I guess if you say so new car guy 😂 that's why Manheim and all the other auction spots are full of used cars right now
At the end of the day, it's quite simple. Buy a car with a long-term reliable reputation, if you haven't already. Stay away from turbos. Find a car that you can personally learn to maintain relatively easily. They are hard to find these days, but they're out there. Maintain everything on schedule. Power steering fluid, fuel filter, spark plugs, clean the throttle intake, EGR valve, struts, tie rods, EVERYTHING. Keep your maintenance strictly on schedule, don't drive like a speed demon, and enjoy your car for the next 40 years. It will feel like an outdated clunker for a while, until it starts nearing its 30-year mark, at which time it will probably be a "trendy" old vehicle.
Give yourself this goal... Get that coveted "antique" license plate.
If you keep your car for decades, and save the $550 a month average used car payment, over the next 20 years you will save at least $132,000. That's not adjusting for inflation.
I’ve been trying to buy a new car for 2 years now and it’s insane! High prices for crap cars and the dealers continue to think they can charge what ever they want and it’s insane! Their business models are just pure greed and the cars I’m looking at are getting cheaper in materials and quality too. I’ll just hold on to my paid off car! Problem solved!
If a company made civic/accord/corolla/camry sized vehicle, dependable with AC and a Bluetooth radio at the 18k price point, they'd sell a million of them. Let the aftermarket pick up the rest.
I never understood how companies thought that selling less more expensive goods was better than selling more less expensive products.
Or, take what they're producing now, dummy it down and drop the prices. We need less computerized, complicated vehicles.
OEM used to have lead in vehicles to progress you through the line - cobalt, Malibu, impala, then Buick, then Cadillac. That’s gone
Im hoping the Fed res screwed up soooooo bad that even with lowering interest rates the prices for debt driven mkts like auto and housing, will still continue to drop. While at the same time inflation still rises . Could be a time when all mkts collapse due to absolutely no buyers participating because the money spent by the consumer needs to go to food , insurance and mortgages ,
Utility vehicles don't need High-end gadgets.
People do want the cars their building without the tracking crap and half the price.
Give away new cars on your cannel!...
Give away new cars on your cannel!...
Give away new cars on your cannel!...
Give away new cars on your cannel!...
You always say these brands will go out of business, but they won't. Most people don't know much about cars. As long as these companies keep changing the designs and make them look good, people will go buy them. There is always a NEED for people to go buy a car of their own because it symbolizes wealth and status. They don't care whats on the inside as long as the car runs. If there is a warranty, the dealer will fix it. And businesses will always buy cars from these brands because it's a tax write off for them. So yeah, these car brands will never go out of business.
I dont want a SUV or Truck there to expesnsive. i like my tiny cars and that porbably never change till i cant physically get in and out of them anymore. hell even then ill find a way maybe have someone put me in the car lolol
but... but... but we don't make the focus anymore, so buy a f250. Um Toyota still makes a corolla.... bye.
Kia "we'd be killin it if this engine didn't suck"
Where is Lee Iacocca when you need him?
I STILL have a Dodge Aries/K car (abate it is a little rusty) and it runs like a champ. Almost 300k miles and it did the job we wanted at that moment of history... And it has returned right now, today.
We need a 2020's era K car, right now. No questions.
I loved the look of the ZDX and the Crosstour. Never owned either but I am considering a 2012 Crosstour with
This isn't just about people not being able to afford this ridiculous prices - I make C level money and I'm not about to go waste it on this overpriced nonsense when 95% of the time I'm gonna be stuck in traffic barely going the speed limit just to get to-n-fro...You should be able to get a decent vehicle for mid 30s and an pretty ok vehicle for 20s new. Spending 90k, 100k+...no man, I'm not buying a damn house, it's a car/truck for transportation. You need an expensive work truck, I get it. You like endorphin rush of spending big bucks, ok...But for me, until these jackass manufacturers get real, I'm gonna keep buying 100k mile used stuff until they're unusable and repeat. Waste of money, not a status symbol.
"Honey Holes" sounds racy. Dad sold 60's to 70's. He also said "A well run used car dept CAN make more than new." He was Used Mgr for the #2 Pontiac here. His favorite driver was a Grand Prix. Car sales were good for Nixon's first term But Watergate changed all that. So Helfman Pontiac folded. Dad went to the rival but sales blew as recession marked Nixon last years. By the time Ford's stagflation hit, he was already trained for HVAC and became a building engineer. But wanted "Someday" to have a "TNT" lot again. So, Brandon you are living my late Father's dream! Car sales picked during the Carter years. In 78, I installed trim for dealers at a bustling shop downtown. The business I worked at withered as the Reagan years began. My next act was retail.
Hope you and your family are OK. Looks like Helene wreaked havoc in NC. If you can make a quick short letting everyone know you and your family and employees are ok.
I would rather spend $5000 fixing my current vehicles that are paid for already
The Ford Maverick has been out for 4 or 5 years now. You would think that by now some other brand would have come out with something similar that people can afford. Granted, once dealer got a hold of the Maverick they jacked the price up but even then it was still less then half the price of most other trucks out there. If someone came out with a good cheap car or truck some people might even buy it new instead of spending $15,000 on something used. Just make it where dealers can't jack up the price.
Back when GM and Ford said they weren't going to make cars anymore and only have SUV's and Trucks and then both decided EV's were the way to go i just laughed. How much of the EV Koolaid can you drink at one time, it was ALWAYS going to be the early adopters and those that wanted to take advantage of government subsidies, those products are SUPER OVERPRICED and the infrastructer isn't there yet ON TOP of the fact the tech isn't ready yet for the general public. But what REALLY got me is that these fools decided they would get rid of the entry level products that engender product loyalty and create a feeling so they could build for A TINY SUBSET OF THE POPULATION. They both got rid of cars which of course HOW MANY 10's of MILLIONS OF PEOPLE STILL DRIVE? These morons all decided to sell to the wealthy and super wealthy and forgot the business they are in ON TOP OF the failed engineering of how many of their vehicles that cause all the recalls they have. Still driving my 2013 Ford Edge (80k miles) and i won't be replacing it until i absolutely need one or it falls apart and i can tell you flat out, i AM NOT spending 50k-100k for a new vehicle, what a joke. I would love to replace it with another Forde Edge...but can't do that because Ford just discontinued it AFTER PUSHING BACK it's end of production 3 times because they were selling so many of them, are there ANY PEOPLE at Ford or GM that have a clue what the general public wants or needs? Guess where all that business is going? NOT GM AND FORD.
The last new truck I bought is a 2016 F550 XL. Had it equipped as a service truck. The total cost for this fully equipped truck was $108,000. This same truck today is $206,000.
Some of the Japanese car makers are doing things customers don't want. Like installing CVT transmissions that they buy from other companies. But in general they aren't as overpriced and filled with overly complex and failure prone systems as American made cars are. Modern cars are filled with systems that eventually fail and are expensive to replace. Like HVAC controls and actuators that fail. They should offer cable controlled slides and dials to control the airflow that almost never fails. Get rid of $7K tail lights that aren't even available that fog up and fail. The list is long.
I'll be buying a new commuter car by the end of the year. Doesn't need to be gigantic just something to get me back and forth to work for another 6.5 years. Thinking Mazda 3 turbo or Mazda cx50
I do not understand the tauruus. I thought it was replaced by the Fusion. Then the Taurus while the Fusion was out came out, then I realized I was wrong.
Dealers call me asking if I still have my 2015 Jeep JK Hard Rock Rubicon edition
There looking for used cars
Bottom line is; people was RELIABLE & AFFORDABLE cars/suv/trucks. Get rid of fancy schamcy stuff like sunroof, lane assist, parking assist, collision warning, ... simple as that!
I was going to snag a 2023 Ram Promaster 2500 159WB near me for $37,800. Nearly $15,000 off msrp. Got a quote for commercial insurance, and its roughly $230 a month. No thanks, ill stick with my 2001 tundra. Paid off and my insurance is $80/mo.