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5 hours ago, mowerman said:

yeah i paid 78000 for my first house in california,,,brand new with a half acre,,,,now i understand people are paying that for a brand new F250 these days,,,,like whaaaaaaaaat??????

Friend of mine paid $68,000 for a new F150. It's a hybrid, and he does not like it.

On 8/7/2023 at 10:41 AM, 67RModel said:

I agree. Its not uncommon to walk onto a lot and find highly optioned half tons for over $70,000. And they stock lots of them so that tells me they sell lots of them. At least in my area all I see is new pickups on the road. Paying $70,000+ and interest on a complete liability, depreciating asset is just plain looney to me. Like you said I purchased a single family rental house for $40,000 a few years back and it generates enough rent to pay the mortgage on itself as well as the mortgage on the house I live in. I could never in a million years justify paying more for a pickup than a house. I paid $17,200 for my used 2009 Silverado back in 2014. That is equivalent to spending $22,200 today. I looked a few months back and the cheapest I saw a excellent condition 5 year old truck was in the mid to low 30s....with a boatload of miles on it. Its crazy out there.

Yes it is crazy. They had a used Ram pickup over at the Honda dealer that was $13,000 more than the Nissan, and it had more miles on it. It was a pretty truck, black, but when I asked "how much is that Dodge over yonder?" I didn't even need to walk over and look at it.

I think it was Joey Moore's fault that we got that truck. When the starter stuck on the Ford he came and picked us up in his 4 door GMC Denali. Zina rode in the back, that's when she said "you know, we really need a 4 door truck". 

She'd been saying we needed a bigger vehicle for a while, but we were thinking a bigger SUV. I asked her "have you seen the price tag on a truck lately?".

They allowed her $24,000 for the CR-V, and they already have it listed for sale for $29,987, which is almost what she paid for it. 

When she bought it in Florida last year the sticker in the window had 31 or $32,000 on it.

A friend told me to ask $5,000 for the Ford. I thought it was a little high, but maybe it's not. I paid 1800, but of course I've done a lot of work on it too. It has a new starter on it. 🤣

13 hours ago, BOBWhite said:

Hey nice truck! Even better if it has the 300 6

You'd probably only get about $500 for it anyway so what's the point of selling it. I got mine for $800 am I'm getting every penny I can out of it. 

Yep, it's got a 300. Runs great!

2 hours ago, Joey Mack said:

I'm curious, but it's really none of my business....  What is that Blue Oval worth???  I'm at $4,000.00  But really don't know..  It looks like a good truck to have for going to the hardware giants and the scrap yard, and the landscaping yards to get stone or mulch, etc:...  anyway..  someone is gonna get a good work truck.. Jojo

I'll put a case of Hamm's in the back and drive it on down to Colfax for you if you want it.

15 hours ago, mowerman said:

Well, if I were you, I do absolutely have to sell the old classic. Why don’t you go get yourself a little utility trailer That way you won’t have to worry about beating up your wife’s  brand new pick up ha ha. 

We were actually thinking about a small utility trailer. I googled them yesterday as a matter of fact, and just like everything else they cost about twice as much as I expected. 

I just got back from Gladys in it. It runs like a top, just smooth as a sewing machine, and starts immediately too. But we just don't need it.

On 8/3/2023 at 10:31 AM, doubleclutchinweasel said:

If the value of your truck varies with the gas gauge...

I know the feeling.

11 hours ago, Mackpro said:

I’m willing to donate my Jeep to a new Hamms advertising campaign. Had some great pics but they won’t load. Had to do a quick pic. By the way , our local Walmart has Hamms in the 16 ounce cans for around 86 cents a can.  Cheaper than water! Lol

It's from the land of sky blue water- says so right on the can.

11 hours ago, Joey Mack said:

Dammit Man !!!!!!!!!!

Yeah, they sold it in 16 oz. cans over at the store in Gladys- cheapest beer in the store. If you're going to Colfax this fall I'll bring you some.

23 hours ago, Brocky said:

Put your photo chop skills to work!!!!!

The photo cutting program that I used to use has expired, I'll renew it again whenever we get good internet here. Firefly is supposed to be coming, "this summer" is what they told us. My son said "when you see a big black cable rolled up and hanging from a power pole, it won't be long then". There's been a big roll of cable hanging from a power pole since we've been here, but no high speed internet yet. We have something from T Mobile now I think 🤔, or maybe it's US Cellular, so Zina can work, but we only get so much data, so I'm afraid to get on my PC much.

1 hour ago, 70mackMB said:

Yes he was. (1935-1980) And he also started "Highway Express" (1991-2003) across the street from the OVNT Richmond VA home office. The day after his non-compete clause expired with the Union Pacific Corp. lol    .....Hippy

 

Overnite was never a union company either, they always voted against unionizing. And two good friends of mine that I've known since my teens worked for Overnite. One is the one who drove the B model to Roanoke, the other is his first cousin. I've seen where people called them a scab company on Facebook pages before, not for crossing anybody's picket line but because they were never a union company to start with. And I've never heard anybody that ever worked for Overnite have anything but good to say about them because Mr. Cochrane took care of his people, they didn't need to go union.

5 hours ago, doubleclutchinweasel said:

Yeah, here's something on that...

I can't remember where I found some of the other stuff.  I'll keep looking.

https://www.historync.org/laureate - C Grier Beam.htm

http://www.beamtruckmuseum.com/

 

 

Yeah, that museum has been on my bucket list for a while now.

10 hours ago, D2Denny said:

How about this Overnight Mack?   Was my  B-42. I sold it to Overnight about 20 years ago and they painted it in their livery as their heritage truck.

Is that the one that's in the Transportation Museum in Roanoke? A friend of mine drove it up there from Richmond if it is. He worked for Overnite for a long time, mostly in the shop. He was the only one that could even drive the B model, so he took it to Roanoke.

14 hours ago, 70mackMB said:

Tom, You can add mine to that picture also! And the long list of other "Fallen Flags" that are gone.    .....Hippy

Yep, that's a good picture, if there was an Overnite truck in there with them it would be a great picture!

11 hours ago, mowerman said:

You would be surprised bud with the prices these days. Good luck hell I forgot all about that Chevy. Lol 

JT formula, he's the car guy on here, had the GMC General, said the average retail was $12,250. My car guy here who was going to sell it for me said he was going to put $10,900 on it, and JT said that would be a good price. We were going to put the money towards the Nissan, but we still put 20 down and they gave her 24 for the CR-V, so we did ok. I know I'll take a beating on the F150 but there's no reason to keep it and keep paying for insurance and taxes on it.

All gone.

That's not my picture, I saw it on Facebook.

1 hour ago, mowerman said:

I am Tom congratulations on the move up another thing about the new Broncos were wondering why there’s so many of them being turned in with low mileage and where the prices are so high on secondhand????????? Bob 

Thanks Bob. I decided to keep my car. I washed it and blackened the tires and said "that's a damn good looking car. I really like that car. I should keep that car". And it makes way more sense than keeping the Ford, when we got finished moving we won't need it anymore because we have a new truck. But it'll be good to have a nice car too, for just running around town. Like I've said, I'd get in it right now and take off to anywhere with confidence.

I know I'll never get near as much for the Ford as I've put in it, but there's no sense in keeping it really. That 300 runs really good too, smooth as a clock.

...and throw in this girl on a boat in Lake Winfall for good measure.

I might not get to drive it myself anymore, I'll just have to drive the old F150 with the new starter. I drove it for a test drive, Zina didn't want to because it's so big. The hood did look longer than a Kenworth hood, even to me. Way bigger looking than her Honda CR-V. So I left the lot driving it home, but I pulled over on 460 at Moore's Country Store and asked her if she wanted to drive the rest of the way, 460 is 4 lane, open highway, and she said yes. 

Then we found a $3,000 mistake they had made and we went right back to Lynchburg to get that straight, $3,000 is $3,000, and she drove it up there and back.

43 minutes ago, Brocky said:

Tom and Zina,

Looks like you got a great deal!! Maybe a few too many electrical gadgets!!!! In 2014 When I bought Ram 3500 I was able to pay for it by combining both our 401 required distributions and paid it off direct deposit.

My daughter in Cheshire Conn had her VW SUV stolen right out of the attached garage, at 10 AM in the morning, because the keys laying on the kitchen counter were close enough to the sensor so the kids could start it and drive away.. All of it caught on video security camera.. Cops found it and another stolen car, that was in the driveway video, about 25-30 miles away.. Interiors trashed, radio stolen, overhead console tore up, and other misc stuff.

Told son in law to put a manual cutout switch in either the starter solenoid circuit or the electric fuel pump circuit and hide the switch under the dash where it is convenient to operate..

Yeah, I don't even know what it's got or how to work anything. I'll read the manual a bit and see what I can learn. The owners manual has never even been opened, still wrapped in plastic. The one that came with Zina's Honda was over 600 pages!

I asked the salesman why it was even traded in the first place with so few miles, and he said the guy got a new one every year.

3 hours ago, mrsmackpaul said:

A Nissan what ?

Work ute is a Nissan Navara, looks very similar, goes okay but has coil sprung back end so it is perfect for most things except it rides a little different with a ton in the back than leaf spring back end, but honestly how many times do we ever do that

Doesn't do a bad job though, hope it all works out okay for you as Im sure it will

 

Paul 

https://www.lynchburgnissan.com/used/Nissan/2022-Nissan-Titan-a06b4ec10a0e0a927d03a25c21e17781.htm

I must post this girl on a bike that I saw in front of Costco in Winfall today, just to counteract that.

Maybe I should even add this girl I saw testing mattresses in the Winfall furniture store.