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Old 03-04-2018, 02:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Dillbilly Bone
Getting prepared to buy a 2018 pickup. Anyone here shopped them lately? Here's an example on the Ford:


2018 F250 Super Duty Crew Cab 4x4 = $39k+
Powerstroke Diesel = $49+
Lariat Pkg = $61k
King Ranch = $67k
Platinum = $72k


All these are baseline prices for a specific build level. You can reasonably anticipate another $3k to $9k in various options and upgrades. In my case I'm looking at a Lariat with enough extras to drive the price toward $68k. That's over $73k with sales tax. Ford is offering ZERO incentives as the trucks are selling strongly. I've seen several lots holding $75k trucks and a few approaching $80k. My '12 diesel worth $30k seems like a cheap ride.


Harley overpriced? Definitely a matter of perspective.
Wait until end of year 8-13k off
 
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Originally Posted by jd05flhtci
Wait until end of year 8-13k off

I was hoping someone would say this. Some dealers are actually taking 9 to 10 per cent discounts off msrp right now. I can buy a $70k truck for $63K (+/-) if I shop. That's in the ballpark of the percentage discounts I saw last summer at HD dealerships around central Ohio.


By the way, Ford is definitely not putting out any big incentives on leftover 2017 F250s...so not sure I'd count on the '18s getting huge discounts.
 
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Originally Posted by Dillbilly Bone
I was hoping someone would say this. Some dealers are actually taking 9 to 10 per cent discounts off msrp right now. I can buy a $70k truck for $63K (+/-) if I shop. That's in the ballpark of the percentage discounts I saw last summer at HD dealerships around central Ohio.


By the way, Ford is definitely not putting out any big incentives on leftover 2017 F250s...so not sure I'd count on the '18s getting huge discounts.
You are correct but HD has not discounted like that in years. Sales the last 3 or 4 years has forced them to discount at the end of year and that is if they have the model or color left. I know most central Ohio dealers didnt have leftover street glides until 17 or they had the bassboat colors that no one wanted
 
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We painted my grand daughters room today. Wife sent me to Burger King for lunch. 2 Burgers, 2 large fries, 2 large Colas.....$18.47
I didn't hesitate. What is cheap these days. Please let me know.
 
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. "Of which HD hasn't a clue. 115 years of stagnation."

Yet since 2000 Honda, Yamaha, Kawasaki and Suzuki large touring machine sales has dropped a full 50% while H-D touring sales has been stable.

Add in the BMW, Triumph and other big touring machines like Victories and Indian Harley still has 50% of the touring market covered year after year.

Now just explain in simple words to this not very bright old man how that SUCCESS translates into clueless and stagnation.

Also why did Honda issue a press release a few years back that they would no longer design and build a bike for the US market but only the Asian market? That was after the Rune, VTX and Fury models were such a dismal failure in this country and cost Honda financial losses for years on their US market. Recently I saw a major Chicago area dear list multiple years of NOS bikes from Rebels up at huge discounts.
 

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Originally Posted by Cbyway
We painted my grand daughters room today. Wife sent me to Burger King for lunch. 2 Burgers, 2 large fries, 2 large Colas.....$18.47
I didn't hesitate. What is cheap these days. Please let me know.
My girlfriend and I spent $275 at the grocery store today for a weeks worth of food. No kids, no pets, just us two. seems like a small fortune when you figure in its just the two of us and we dont buy over priced organic crap and I'm always price comparing generic vs name brand.
 
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Originally Posted by Cbyway
We painted my grand daughters room today. Wife sent me to Burger King for lunch. 2 Burgers, 2 large fries, 2 large Colas.....$18.47
I didn't hesitate. What is cheap these days. Please let me know.
Taco Bell is cheaper, sorry wrong thread.
 
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Taco Bell is cheaper, sorry wrong thread.
I think they use sawdust in the meat as a filler....... Taco Bell is, well...... Yuk.
 
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Originally Posted by TomcatCV62
I think they use sawdust in the meat as a filler....... Taco Bell is, well...... Yuk.


Well when you stop and think about it, we are all just recycling units. That's how the planet works.
 
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Originally Posted by TomcatCV62
I think they use sawdust in the meat as a filler....... Taco Bell is, well...... Yuk.
As I mentioned in the Taco Bell thread, I have worked for Pizza Hut and while at another job made deliveries to Vegas hotels/casinos. As a result, I saw, and smelled, the food before it was presented for public consumption. Pizza Hut wasn't bad, but I wouldn't eat at buffets for decades. Until the memories of my youth faded. People would be amazed at what they are eating. And yet a lot of people ridicule Taco Bell.

That is funny.
 


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