77 years old.... My '22 Lariat now has roof racks and a raised bed rail bar for kayak transportation. have not had the need for a larger truck----yet!
72 years old and drove F-150’s for over forty years. ‘24 Maverick Lariat now and would not go back to a full size truck.
69, male, '22 hybrid - an absolute no brainer at 21K out the door - so glad to be rid of car repair bills, have had 0 problem and bought the extended warranty so I'm good until 2032 :}
The 69 F100 had a 390 as well! My F150s had the 300 L6. A beast of an engine. Would pull anything and you almost could not kill it. One of the best truck engines ever made.
That first new car is a milestone. After that initial investment, selling it or trading it in to get the NEXT new car is subsidized. Older buyers also, as you said, have fewer things to spend money on, and higher incomes due to experience or position in a company. Or retirement and empty nest; I never realized how much I spent on the kids living at home until they both had moved out to go to college.
I would of Still had the 2008, except had a flat. Spare wheel was rusted, leaked. Ford no longer stocked the wheels.That gap seems appropriate. A lot of people held on to their last gen Ranger until the Maverick came out.
I hope so too. This is my third and last new vehicle (wife goes new car every few years. The rest of the story is I put $2500 down on the new 2005 Ranger. Went to work and asked if they could pay for a new truck for me. The owner gave me the $350/month to make my payments till it was paid off, so it was in my name, my truck. So I had $2500 invested in it and got $3500 when I sold it a 300k miles! He paid for gas too, I covered the maintenance. I'd say that was a great deal.
In my case it was the price, followed by the then well known poor fuel mileage as a used vehicle. Initially, I really liked the concept, but the MPG's kept me from pulling the trigger more than once on used ones. I had gotten used to good mileage from my smaller trucks and was not going backwards.
