@roamer-1
I admit to having a stupid truck payment on the 2016 Silverado I bought new,but I could easily afford it,and needed something reliable with a warranty in case I had to start making the 120 mile round trips to the VA hospital again.
It is now worth a lot more than I owe on it,and it mostly sits in the yard while I use a 03 4 cylinder Ranger for daily driving locally,and it will probably continue to sit idle unless I need to make a trip of more than 40 miles or so,and need something more comfortable than the Ranger.
Actually,I have always seen the Silverado as more of a tool I might need than a daily driver. Might even sell it to my ex,who wants to buy it. Last time I was hospitalized,she drove it to the hospital to pick me up and bring me back home,and loved it.
Selling it would free up some monthly money,but it would have zero effect on my life.
@sneakypete As long as I can fix it, or have a son or grandson that can, There ain't a single chance in hell I would buy a new rig, even if I could afford it. I am just oriented differently than that.
There is always something coming down the river (figurative) that is busted somehow, that I can pick up for a song, debt free. It will never make sense to me to buy new.
Besides, what I need the truck to be is not available. What I want the truck to do would inevitably have to be added to it.
Right now I am going through an old hay truck - I had thought it was a 2T, but it turns out it is a 5T with air brakes... The air brakes threw me off, but the intention is to cut the bed off, mount a pickup bed or flatbed on it, drop a Cummins 12v in it with a set of military axles... I am fixing to build the last truck I will ever need.
And even with the big iron, and the diesel, I will get it done nearly (or should I say, comparatively) for free. Why should I pay them azzholes more for a tinfoil replica of a truck?
Don't make no sense.
It is very rare that I buy anything new. certainly no big ticket item. Certainly no computer, certainly no furniture.
My kid just bought me a new air conditioner... I am pretty sure that is the ONLY thing that has entered this house new over 400 bucks. Very rare.