Why not doing your own repairs will make you go bankrupt.

I had a friend but a new 389 glider a few years back for $175,000. I thought he was crazy. I realize now I should have bought about 20 of them and resold them now. My fortune would be made.

 

But how much does a "loaded up" truck cost now?

 

In 6 months cars and picks will be cheap.

But I agree, I'm done with new vehicles.

 

My 579 has Platinum interior with factory inverter and all the available options except heated seats. I paid $168k for it back in Dec 2021. This one might be $220k if I ordered the same one today.

 

$52k jump in less than 2 years is nuts though

 

I can dig thru stuff when I get home, but grandpa got a new K100 in 1974 and I think it was under $40k. So dad’s was $23k more 6 years later, and that would be roughly $84k in today’s money. We didn’t have the slow ramp up, everything hit all at once due to shortages and record inflation at the same time.

 

Brand new WS at Gulicks in Angola IN was $80k in 1996.

 

I’m going to buy at least one more newer vehicle. Probably a 2 yr old lease return. Usually priced at about 2/3 cost of new similar vehicle. I used to lease a new one every 2 yrs. It was worth the convenience at the time. Knowing the family had a dependable vehicle while I was working. Write off 100% of the payment. Trade it before it needed wiper blades. Lol. O maintenance except for oil changes.

 

I drive a daycab, no need for APU.
There is still the fact that emissions engines have more parts to fail that non-emissions engines. Now you may have had good luck so far, but if you keep the truck long enough it will have an emission related issue, which a non-emission truck can't have.

Now we can argue about fuel mileage or saving the environment, but a emissions truck will never be as reliable as a non-emissions truck. The fact is emissions trucks have a whole lot of garb on them that does nothing for truck performance, and it will fail at some point. Now it may never be an issue with you if you plan on trading before problems arise, but I'm still driving a '95 FL.

 

It can be, but we aren't talking about old vs new, we are talking about emissions vs non-emissions. You can still get late model glider trucks without emissions, so you can essentially get the same truck.

The newest truck in our fleet of 6 is a 1997. Sure, they have issues, but they don't have emissions issues, and the vast majority of repairs are because of hours of use not because it is non-emissions or of older design. I've got a '94 379 with over 2 million on the clock.