Trucks are very expensive if you buy the same silly trucks that everyone has. The four door short bed truck is a gas guzzling inadequate tool. In large trucks, 3/4 ton and up everyone wants to buy an expensive to maintain diesel engine. A lot of fleets are moving back to gas because the economics of diesel don't make sense with the much higher maintenance costs. You can use all of this consumer behavior to your advantage by buying unpopular but incredibly useful trucks at low prices. Get the longbed regular cab models with gas, they are hard to find but super cheap when you do. In the past 4 months I bought a 2004 F250 with 89k miles in great conditions (no scratches in the unlined bed) from a dealer for $6800. I also bought a 2000 GMC 2500 with lift gate (body was ok, lots of small dents, mechanically super skookum) with 56k miles for $5000 from a private seller. When I looked for trucks, I regularly saw 2500/F250s with over 150k for over $20k (those were diesel, 4x4, crew cab). Yes the trucks get around 14 mpg and can only hold 3 people. I'm not that popular, in the 65k miles I put on my old car over 3 years, less than 1000 were with more than 2 people. I have enough money left over that I will probably be buying a prius or a leaf for my second car.
> The four door short bed truck is a gas guzzling inadequate tool.
Those little truck beds are so cute. They look like a toy truck bed. Can't even put a sheet of plywood in one. Since the cabin is basically an SUV, the truck bed is basically an open-air trunk.
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