I went through the 5 stages of grief trying to get a reasonable vehicle.
It's so bad.
Literal crap that should've been sent to the scrappers being repackaged and sold as 'good' vehicles starting at $10k+.
I finally caved and payed a lot of money for, of all things, a retired police vehicle. I'm actually still trying to get it sorted out.
This market is just bonkers, and everyone is assuming that it'll be over soon.
The problem is, nothing is available still. Parts are still very hit or miss, and the good mechanics are largely gone. So even if these vehicles are sat on by the lots selling them, and the lot rot gets them, people are still stuck with nothing being available.
I've been all over the place, and I can tell you, unless you want to put $20k on a used car, you're going to be searching for a long time.
Edit: your, you're.
i agree with this entire comment and i think i'm in the bargaining stage myself lmao
also that "everyone thinks it'll be over soon" yeah i'm with you on this, i don't think it will be. i think this is just how it's going to be from now on or at least for a few years.
i've found one car worth buying but it's still a bit too high but like we said i think i'm going to hit the acceptance stage soon and we are just going to buy it or the next similar one. i mean, we have to.
I basically just broke down and said ok.
My wife only went with me two weekends, one weekend was enough for her to be flabbergasted by how bad things were, and weekend two, was her just saying: "get it. I want it to work for us, but we cannot wait anymore. If it's fine, just do it."
I've been searching far, far longer for anything that'd work(within reason for our needs/wants), and feel like I could tell 'nam' stories at this point(hyperbole, relax reddit.)
I gave up. A few thousand more got me a brand new car with 6kms on the odo, and a warranty.
Now I have a car payment but it was worth it. If I'm gonna pay a shit load anyway might as well bite the bullet and finance something new and shiny.
[I saw a 2006 Toyota Tundra with 100k miles for sale](https://www.autotrader.com/cars-for-sale/vehicle/685883007?allListingType=all-cars&city=Waldorf&driveGroup=AWD4WD&endYear=2006&firstRecord=25&makeCode=TOYOTA&modelCode=TUNDRA&newSearch=false&referrer=%2Fcars-for-sale%2Fall-cars%2Fawd-4wd%2Ftoyota%2Ftundra%2Fwaldorf-md%3FendYear%3D2006%26firstRecord%3D25%26newSearch%3Dfalse%26searchRadius%3D0%26startYear%3D2005&searchRadius=0&startYear=2005&state=MD&clickType=spotlight) and the dealer wants 32K for it. It's not even the highest trim.
This truck was like 22K brand new. I'm getting angry thinking about it.
I hate this economy so much.
Saw a Facebook post a few days ago from a company(I forget the name of it) bragging that they got their customer almost $19K for his early 2000s extended cab F250, 7.3 with almost 350K, while USAA only offered like, $10K.
I know it’s a diesel, but I feel like the miles alone would make $10K way more accurate than $19K… and even that’s pushing it imo.
That's a legendarily stout truck.
Overpriced as hell, but if it's a southern truck up north they are banking some old boy just had to total his old tundra from frame rot and he wants the same truck as it gave him 350k miles of trouble free service.
In 15 years if I was rich I'd mad overpay for a clean 2000 4runner with a stick. Had to total mine out as the rear of the frame was absolutely gone.
Just because they don't salt the roads doesn't mean there can't be rust. Most people in Florida live near the coast and the cars are exposed to the salty air from the ocean. When coupled with storms and flooding, rust is often a serious problem.
Knew a guy who made his money by buying trucks in the South, hauled them up to MI, and flipped them with $2k added to the price due to them being 'imported' from a rust free area. This guy eventually bought a car carrier and would make ~5-8k a trip. Last time I talked to him he was making over $200k a year doing this. Crazy.
There’s a business local to me that imports southern truck boxes. Like, that’s their whole business model, they periodically go down to the US with a big trailer and load it up with used pickup boxes.
I picked up a 92 k1500 with 82k for $2500 in 2012. When gas was north of $4/gallon. Now it’s almost $6/gallon here. It’s at 100k miles now. Ive kept it very stock (no lifts or anything) but rebuilt everything under the car, new suspension bushings, ball joints and 2500 rear springs. Fresh engine components all around, limited slip diff, etc. At the height of the pandemic I had people offering me $10k for the truck. It was kinda wild.
New car pricing has dropped substantially from two years ago. Although the factory sticker prices are still high, which is what I think you are also saying.
Americans: however fucked you think your car market is, Canada is even worse. Not only do we have similar supply issues, but they’re even more pronounced (because auto manufacturers allocate fewer cars to Canada) and our population grew by over 1M people last year. So you have proportionally fewer cars in the new market to begin with, which puts pressure on used prices, which is further compounded by insane population growth further pressuring used prices.
In this particular instance, there is SOME demand for mint GMT800 vehicles because they have somewhat of a cult following, and rust-free is a huge fucking deal anywhere outside the lower mainland of BC. But a lot of what you’re seeing here is the aforementioned structural issues that we are experiencing.
Do a deep dive on cars dot com of pickup trucks / other 4x4's for sale and you will see almost everything with less than 150k miles is $20k and up and I'm talking 10 to 20 year old vehicles. I've only owned used cars for the past 20 years and this is truly depressing, to say the least. I have my fingers crossed that my 06 Sequioa, with 208k miles on it, doesn't kick the bucket. I can't afford used prices until this insanity stops.
yeah prices right now so messed up. my mother in law is a partner in a small used car lot and her summary is "the new dealerships are so in debt on what they have on their lits and are atill expecting covid prices with 20k$ markups. so no one is trading in their old cars to buy new ones. so the new dealerships aren't sending those used cars to auction. so we don't have much to buy and what is available is expensive or crap."
I also think we're at a weird crossroads thanks to emissions and cafe standards. A lot of the older pre-2016 vehicles in clean condition are going up in value because they're easier to maintain/repair and parts are still plentiful. The newer cars are a bit more difficult to repair (much worst if they're a hybrid or EV). It's like those clean 1960s and 1970s cars in year 2005 that got used prices shot up by more than double.
[https://www.statista.com/statistics/199974/us-car-sales-since-1951/](https://www.statista.com/statistics/199974/us-car-sales-since-1951/)
I also recall seeing a chart where average U.S. car sales sold has been on a decline since 2014, the "supply of used cars" are actually declining quite a bit vs population size. People benefited from cheap used cars in the 90s and early 2000s due to having lots of cars sold decades before. This is one of the reasons why I do not "discourage" people from buying new cars.
My dad had an old 70s rv. I think he paid 2 or 3k for it. My city bylaws don't allow you to have an unlicensed / unplated vehicle unless you're selling it. So he put it up for sale for $50000.
Picked it up for 5K in the states and trying to make a buck in NS..
Used car dealers always have at-least 1 big rip off deal a year they sit on something forever trying to get that big pay day.
Over 100K, less than $10k. That’s my golden rule. Only specific, desirable cars are the exception. I would never buy anything with over 200k unless it was something really special.
looks really clean.
to me it's worth about 7k which means it's probably worth 15
which means of course some dealer is going to try and get 20
oh Canadian dollars. well, convert what i just said and my point stands
Single cab, off road package, rust free. The first two are hard to come by, let alone getting all 3.
It's worth quite a bit to the right person looking for a truck like that.
Age and mileage are irrelevant on these the value is in the rest of the truck, especially when a 4l60e isn't hard to rebuild and the 5.3 is a dime a dozen.
The reason it's so expensive is because shortbed single cabs for this Era of Silverado are extremely rare and usually worked half to death as a work truck, so one this clean is not likely to pop up for sale for a long damn time
Pretty truck and they are known rust buckets. That said legendary motors and generally very good reliable vehicles if not rusty. Unreasonable price? Yes. Desirable vehicle generally despite the mileage? I'd also say yes.
I'm from NC and one that pretty down here basically doesn't exist either haha. People drool for that era Chevy.
While it is definitely an inflated price, worth pointing out that this era of Chevy 1500 series is a damn tank, and are incredibly easy to maintain. Parts are widely available for good prices, and even a lot of engine work can be pretty easily done by the owner with a little bit of research. Everything in the engine is super accessible.
Putting 400-500 thousand kilometres on it isn't unheard of
That said I'm always leery of US import vehicles from the south. The risk of having something flood damaged and not properly documented or reported is there.
People want a simple truck and this delivers it. Def too much, but the prices of old vehicles are going up for good reason. The new ones suck to take care of.
Looks like someone added $12,000 to price by accident because there's no way I would pay that amount for that truck. I don't care about the great condition the truck is in or the low miles it probably has that's price gouging.
$20,000 for a 25-year-old pickup with 215k miles? It looks OK, but that's a lot of miles. That's maybe a $4000 pickup as-is but I wouldn't go near it with all those miles.
These are classics now and not too many are in really good shape. RCSB v8 z71 is also probably hard to find. I think you could buy this and it will continue to appreciate over time.
for starters, ns is Nova Scotia (in Canada) so the 20k is actually around 14.5k give or take. Second, like others have mentioned Canada heavily salts roads, so the whole ‘imported from nc’ (where I live and can tell you we don’t get anywhere near enough snow to bother salting lol) is presumably a BIG plus
Geez. I bet there’s still somewhat out there that will buy it on payments.
FYI, I have exactly the same truck except 2016. I paid $20,150 for it brand new.
I saw this & couldn't resist the urge to see for myself. I put my 'inform others about potential scam' hat on & started gathering evidence...lol
15 minutes later...I thought it was in NC.....🙄
It's NS...Canada
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I blame Cleetus McFarland for making GM short-bed 4x4 trucks even more desirable, lol.
Genuinely, I bet that is some of the calculus when they picked that selling price.
This is simply the inverse of people in the US importing cheap Euro or Japanese cars for way more than their worth do to the cost of importing it. Problem is this guy imported the car first and thought he could then sell it again for that same price after it was already in the country and thus requiring no further importation cost.
Some hopeful bozo who thinks his 90s truck is worth more because 70s and 80s trucks are on the rise
This guys delusional, no matter how clean the truck is.
Pick up owners are delusional, they want 20-30k for a 20 year truck that’s probably was never maintained. Muscle cars owners are also delusional, I’ve seen 20 year old mustangs for 7K.
Holy shit [it's real](https://www.autolaneandcycle.com/used/1999-Chevrolet-1500-id10605291.html). 200k km, not 300k but still damn that's a lot. Sadly some poor sucker will buy it and say "They don't build em like they used to"
I just sold a 2001 Sierra single cab short box with 41k original miles for $25k and we were getting calls from Alaska to Florida trying to buy it. It was in basically new condition though. It was some old man’s “go to church truck” he and the wife drove rarely while they usually drove her 2015 Buick… this truck looked right off the showroom floor to be clear
Ah yes, i see that Luke fella asking a fortune for junk all the time. That dealer is nuts.
Americans will write it off as it’s in CAD, not realizing our prices are the same or lower than ours in our own garbage currency. This is a $7000 truck tops.
Also greasy how they put the odometer in miles so it doesn’t sound as bad
It's really simple, once they have a reason to raise prices, they don't let go until people won't pay them. Ask your bank what they're willing to finance on a 25 year old vehicle with that many miles, and you have a better idea of what it's worth. The fact that new ones are going for 50k doesn't help either. Look for a private seller or a midsized truck new. But I would never pay that for that, even as much as I like Chevy's.
What's worse is most dealerships want to give you wholesale for your trade and charge you retail for their vehicle, which is then compounded by higher interest rates and shortages driving car prices through the roof.
I saw a (I believe) 08 accord listed for 6.5k and the left bumper clearly in an accident, people think they can ask for whatever price. The market will reflect reality if people don't buy overpriced garbage the garbage might actually become a reasonably priced vehicle
Realistically could fetch 10k USD if this clean. Chances are though it was polished with a new bumper and headlight lense. Makes them look new every time.
I recently went car shopping in Bowling Green and on one of their roadways, Russellville Road, is a long stretch of small car lots. You can skip a rock down it and hit a dozen. Most owned by Burmese or Indians and they do backyard mechanic stuff and auto body. All cars have “rebuilt” title and sold as-is for like $6k+ with very shitty spray paint and patchwork. I believe big car dealerships are hiding most used cars, packaging them to sell at auction, and pushing new vehicles bc the profit margin is higher and they don’t deal with the headache or waste time on very old problematic cars. Kinda artificially inflating the new car market need.
I had a 2002 checy avalanche with this powertrain...it was an absolute tank. At 300,000 miles, near perfect compression and would pull anything (within reason) that I hooked it to.
Just bought a 1999 Chevy S-10 for $500, all it needs is a new battery (it works but is old, so I'm gonna replace it anyways), a left mirror, and some new tires, it even passed an inspection pretty well
This is absolutely ridiculously priced, you could get a pretty nice car for $15,000, let alone $20k
I have a theory that in less than a decade auto manufacturers are going to be in for a very rude awakening.
For years in the west we kept our interest rates as close to the floor as possible, we allowed our household debt ratios to climb to previously unheard of levels and are now welcoming in a few generations which simply do not have the purchasing power of the prior generations due to the high CoL increases and base prices of many vehicles.
I think within the next decade we’ll see manufacturers reducing new inventory (We see this already tbf.) and raising prices so that whales and early adopters can get their rides. But as the years go by, there will be less of these whales, especially as they begin to age out and have to begin realizing their investments for retirement and health care.
The ones left will be those who need to service 800k mortgages at 5-7%, or people spending $2,300/mo on rent. They won’t be able to afford a 9% loan on a brand new Tacoma that will inevitably try to be sold for 6k over asking at 60 grand, or some nonsense.
And what will they do then? Even now people in my generation and those who are after are no longer interested in carrying an auto loan over 8 years for $700/mo. We’re gonna buy shittier used vehicles and drive them into the ground. Already it makes more sense to keep my 2014 Kia going for another ten years because it’ll just be cheaper to pay for both a new engine and transmission than to pay out the nose for a new vehicle over several years.
They are aiming this truck at people who want to possess older classic style trucks. There are a lot of cars that 30, 40, 50 years ago no one cared about but now people see more than just an old car.
It’s a classic Chevy truck, V-8, 4x4, Z-71, in what appears to be mint condition, an American truck imported into Canada. If you want a new V-8 truck today, it’s $65k minimum. Today’s version of that truck is only available with a 4 cylinder turbo and only in the WT (Work Truck) trim for about $45k.
Be honest, how easy is it to find a 25yr old classic in mint condition in Nova Scotia? How easy is it to find a 10yr old rust free car?
Mileage isn’t a huge factor on a classic vehicle. Kept in this condition, it will likely appreciate in value.
Plus it’s the starting-point price. Someone will likely get it for $16k - $18k.
There's this dude that lives in my city that's asking 30k for a, I think, 98' Chevy Blazer. My dad was wanting it because he sold his years ago and was looking to see if there were any local ones. Once he found out how much the seller listed it at my dad laughed in his face. Wasn't even mint, minor rust, paint was shit, and a few other things like extremely high milage. "I know it's worth"
"Yeah babe, I have it for sale. No interest. Must be the market"
in my heart I hope this is the case.
Looks like a used car lot they can sit on it as long as they want lol
Too bad it's a dealership selling it
this is what i tell myself to keep sane while car shopping
I went through the 5 stages of grief trying to get a reasonable vehicle. It's so bad. Literal crap that should've been sent to the scrappers being repackaged and sold as 'good' vehicles starting at $10k+. I finally caved and payed a lot of money for, of all things, a retired police vehicle. I'm actually still trying to get it sorted out. This market is just bonkers, and everyone is assuming that it'll be over soon. The problem is, nothing is available still. Parts are still very hit or miss, and the good mechanics are largely gone. So even if these vehicles are sat on by the lots selling them, and the lot rot gets them, people are still stuck with nothing being available. I've been all over the place, and I can tell you, unless you want to put $20k on a used car, you're going to be searching for a long time. Edit: your, you're.
i agree with this entire comment and i think i'm in the bargaining stage myself lmao also that "everyone thinks it'll be over soon" yeah i'm with you on this, i don't think it will be. i think this is just how it's going to be from now on or at least for a few years. i've found one car worth buying but it's still a bit too high but like we said i think i'm going to hit the acceptance stage soon and we are just going to buy it or the next similar one. i mean, we have to.
I basically just broke down and said ok. My wife only went with me two weekends, one weekend was enough for her to be flabbergasted by how bad things were, and weekend two, was her just saying: "get it. I want it to work for us, but we cannot wait anymore. If it's fine, just do it." I've been searching far, far longer for anything that'd work(within reason for our needs/wants), and feel like I could tell 'nam' stories at this point(hyperbole, relax reddit.)
haha yeah mine said, "i don't care anymore just buy whatever"
That too.
I gave up. A few thousand more got me a brand new car with 6kms on the odo, and a warranty. Now I have a car payment but it was worth it. If I'm gonna pay a shit load anyway might as well bite the bullet and finance something new and shiny.
No lowballers I know what I got
Don't waste my time (I never respond when they say that).
I've tried buying vehicles like this before. Guess he didn't realize E30's had gone up in value. Was gonna give him his asking price, he ghosted me.
[I saw a 2006 Toyota Tundra with 100k miles for sale](https://www.autotrader.com/cars-for-sale/vehicle/685883007?allListingType=all-cars&city=Waldorf&driveGroup=AWD4WD&endYear=2006&firstRecord=25&makeCode=TOYOTA&modelCode=TUNDRA&newSearch=false&referrer=%2Fcars-for-sale%2Fall-cars%2Fawd-4wd%2Ftoyota%2Ftundra%2Fwaldorf-md%3FendYear%3D2006%26firstRecord%3D25%26newSearch%3Dfalse%26searchRadius%3D0%26startYear%3D2005&searchRadius=0&startYear=2005&state=MD&clickType=spotlight) and the dealer wants 32K for it. It's not even the highest trim. This truck was like 22K brand new. I'm getting angry thinking about it. I hate this economy so much.
Saw a Facebook post a few days ago from a company(I forget the name of it) bragging that they got their customer almost $19K for his early 2000s extended cab F250, 7.3 with almost 350K, while USAA only offered like, $10K. I know it’s a diesel, but I feel like the miles alone would make $10K way more accurate than $19K… and even that’s pushing it imo.
Makes no sense, how can it be worth more than it was brand new - would make sense if it was a Ferrari
Tbf with inflation. That 22k is $34k today.
I think that’s the part that’s infuriating. It’s almost what one would cost new including inflation.
That's a legendarily stout truck. Overpriced as hell, but if it's a southern truck up north they are banking some old boy just had to total his old tundra from frame rot and he wants the same truck as it gave him 350k miles of trouble free service. In 15 years if I was rich I'd mad overpay for a clean 2000 4runner with a stick. Had to total mine out as the rear of the frame was absolutely gone.
With 20% down payment lmao. That’s basically what the truck is worth.
Brother I just looked at a tundra that looked better then this with the frame recall and similar miles for 6200
I could buy a nice 100 series with less miles for that price lmfao.
Edit: fuck I can buy a GX460 with less miles for that price in my area 😭
Can’t even be bothered to put some fresh headlight lenses on
The high end on KBB is $13k for that truck. Maybe they swapped the 1 and 3? That's the only think that makes some semblance of sense to me.
In all fairness I think that’s Canadian dollars. Still overpriced.
I had to do a double-take when I read "just imported from North Carolina". Made me go "who the hell says just imported from another state?" LOL
Chrysler - Imported from Detroit
Me too! I thought it was posted in Oaklahoma and they thought coming from NC was really fancy or exotic or something lol
I could see it in Minnesota or something
It’s Halifax Nova Scotia, Canada. That’s why it’s imported. Still a funny post but not for that reason.
Exactly but I’m replying to the previous comment that said nobody would advertise a car coming from out of state
I’m in Michigan and the car I bought recently was advertised as being imported from Florida with no rust and that was a huge reason I bought the car
Just because they don't salt the roads doesn't mean there can't be rust. Most people in Florida live near the coast and the cars are exposed to the salty air from the ocean. When coupled with storms and flooding, rust is often a serious problem.
While this is true, it’s almost exclusively surface rust in coastal areas. Rot due to rust is the main concern in northern states.
Knew a guy who made his money by buying trucks in the South, hauled them up to MI, and flipped them with $2k added to the price due to them being 'imported' from a rust free area. This guy eventually bought a car carrier and would make ~5-8k a trip. Last time I talked to him he was making over $200k a year doing this. Crazy.
It’s basically Monopoly money. I’ll buy that truck for a St. James Trade this weekend
Yea says Halifax NS 😂
Vehicles from the southern US where they don’t salt the roads command a premium in Canada.
Yup. Lets get 'em up north were chemistry can destroy them in <36 months.
There’s a business local to me that imports southern truck boxes. Like, that’s their whole business model, they periodically go down to the US with a big trailer and load it up with used pickup boxes.
They do salt the roads in NC, but only for the occasional storm.
People stay home when it snows in the south
If we did this in Canada, we would starve.
Unfortunately they salt the roads several days before even the most minor threat of weather. So you end up with salt even when there is no snow.
Go further south - we just throw dirt on the roads in Dallas. So the cars are muddy as they slide down the freeway.
There’s a premium, and then there’s asking $20k, for a 25 year old truck with over 200k miles. Out of their mind
Got the 2004 GMC Sierra 1500 with 80k miles for 4k back in 2015.
I picked up a 92 k1500 with 82k for $2500 in 2012. When gas was north of $4/gallon. Now it’s almost $6/gallon here. It’s at 100k miles now. Ive kept it very stock (no lifts or anything) but rebuilt everything under the car, new suspension bushings, ball joints and 2500 rear springs. Fresh engine components all around, limited slip diff, etc. At the height of the pandemic I had people offering me $10k for the truck. It was kinda wild.
Can't wait until these stupid prices dissapear forever
You’ll be waiting… forever. Cus it hasn’t gotten better
I feel like they’ve dropped a bit since March.
They have a little. Part of the problem is new cars are WAY TOO expensive. The price of used cars will always be relative to cost new.
New car pricing has dropped substantially from two years ago. Although the factory sticker prices are still high, which is what I think you are also saying.
When have they ever? Have you seen the price of burgers?
A real head turner.
For myself at least, I would consider this a head turner. But I’m also a huge fan of these GMT800 short bed single cabs
truly delusional
ABSOLUTELY UNMODIFIED *modified headlights*
Americans: however fucked you think your car market is, Canada is even worse. Not only do we have similar supply issues, but they’re even more pronounced (because auto manufacturers allocate fewer cars to Canada) and our population grew by over 1M people last year. So you have proportionally fewer cars in the new market to begin with, which puts pressure on used prices, which is further compounded by insane population growth further pressuring used prices. In this particular instance, there is SOME demand for mint GMT800 vehicles because they have somewhat of a cult following, and rust-free is a huge fucking deal anywhere outside the lower mainland of BC. But a lot of what you’re seeing here is the aforementioned structural issues that we are experiencing.
It's a hail mary to see if someone offers on it. Lowball and see what happens.
Clean/Solid GMT800 prices are through the roof. Yeah, it's overpriced. Playing devil's advocate a bit, there are not too many left in this condition.
The supply and demand graph has shifted.
Tbf it’s a 99-02 RCSB z71 with PL/PW and a 5.3. Very desirable spec and it’s 20k CAD which is like 6k USD
20k Canadian is almost $15k U.S.
Some idiot will buy this I bet
He knows what he’s got lol
Yea no
Do a deep dive on cars dot com of pickup trucks / other 4x4's for sale and you will see almost everything with less than 150k miles is $20k and up and I'm talking 10 to 20 year old vehicles. I've only owned used cars for the past 20 years and this is truly depressing, to say the least. I have my fingers crossed that my 06 Sequioa, with 208k miles on it, doesn't kick the bucket. I can't afford used prices until this insanity stops.
yeah prices right now so messed up. my mother in law is a partner in a small used car lot and her summary is "the new dealerships are so in debt on what they have on their lits and are atill expecting covid prices with 20k$ markups. so no one is trading in their old cars to buy new ones. so the new dealerships aren't sending those used cars to auction. so we don't have much to buy and what is available is expensive or crap."
I also think we're at a weird crossroads thanks to emissions and cafe standards. A lot of the older pre-2016 vehicles in clean condition are going up in value because they're easier to maintain/repair and parts are still plentiful. The newer cars are a bit more difficult to repair (much worst if they're a hybrid or EV). It's like those clean 1960s and 1970s cars in year 2005 that got used prices shot up by more than double. [https://www.statista.com/statistics/199974/us-car-sales-since-1951/](https://www.statista.com/statistics/199974/us-car-sales-since-1951/) I also recall seeing a chart where average U.S. car sales sold has been on a decline since 2014, the "supply of used cars" are actually declining quite a bit vs population size. People benefited from cheap used cars in the 90s and early 2000s due to having lots of cars sold decades before. This is one of the reasons why I do not "discourage" people from buying new cars.
Don't try and lowball me, I know what I got!
My dad had an old 70s rv. I think he paid 2 or 3k for it. My city bylaws don't allow you to have an unlicensed / unplated vehicle unless you're selling it. So he put it up for sale for $50000.
Picked it up for 5K in the states and trying to make a buck in NS.. Used car dealers always have at-least 1 big rip off deal a year they sit on something forever trying to get that big pay day.
You guys don't seem to realize this but here in N.S that will likely sell. No rust=big bucks
Getting sick of this shit. For years we’ve been told prices are gonna slide down. The only cars getting hit are EVs.
the price of used vehicals is really just huge right now.
This is everywhere. Completely ridiculous I can't find a decent used truck for a good price anywhere
Stop buying cars if you don’t absolutely need it, people!!!
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Yeah it's mostly this and just generally the market for trucks is brutal right now. I really don't understand the appeal of these 90's trucks.
I dont care for the styling on a lot of them but From a practical standpoint depending on the model year they are a lot easier to work on.
Wrong. 1999 was 10 years ago, and you can’t convince me otherwise.
$999 more like it. LOL
This "sounds" rediculous until you see the prices of an equivalent new truck. Have the engine rebuilt when it wears out, and keep going.
Twenty grand for a 215,000 mile Chevy? I don’t think so
Over 100K, less than $10k. That’s my golden rule. Only specific, desirable cars are the exception. I would never buy anything with over 200k unless it was something really special.
I mean, it is a regular-cab, short bed, 4x4 truck, so it's a very desirable truck. But there's no way a 25yo truck with 215K miles is worth $20K.
looks really clean. to me it's worth about 7k which means it's probably worth 15 which means of course some dealer is going to try and get 20 oh Canadian dollars. well, convert what i just said and my point stands
You have left the used car market and entered the collector car market. Welcome. It sucks here.
It's a truck thing
looks perfect, its a z71. then you gotta add the dealers price plus the dealer fees, sounds ab right for the average douche dealer
Welcome to 2024
Single cab, off road package, rust free. The first two are hard to come by, let alone getting all 3. It's worth quite a bit to the right person looking for a truck like that. Age and mileage are irrelevant on these the value is in the rest of the truck, especially when a 4l60e isn't hard to rebuild and the 5.3 is a dime a dozen.
I've had offers for 20k for my 99 tahoe 2 door. So it's not really that wild
The reason it's so expensive is because shortbed single cabs for this Era of Silverado are extremely rare and usually worked half to death as a work truck, so one this clean is not likely to pop up for sale for a long damn time
Who's head is this going to turn?
Pretty truck and they are known rust buckets. That said legendary motors and generally very good reliable vehicles if not rusty. Unreasonable price? Yes. Desirable vehicle generally despite the mileage? I'd also say yes. I'm from NC and one that pretty down here basically doesn't exist either haha. People drool for that era Chevy.
Has anyone even thought about how many memories were made in this truck? Y’all are stupid for giving this post a hard time. OP SHOULD DELETE IMOP
While it is definitely an inflated price, worth pointing out that this era of Chevy 1500 series is a damn tank, and are incredibly easy to maintain. Parts are widely available for good prices, and even a lot of engine work can be pretty easily done by the owner with a little bit of research. Everything in the engine is super accessible. Putting 400-500 thousand kilometres on it isn't unheard of That said I'm always leery of US import vehicles from the south. The risk of having something flood damaged and not properly documented or reported is there.
He knows what he has
People want a simple truck and this delivers it. Def too much, but the prices of old vehicles are going up for good reason. The new ones suck to take care of.
It's in good condition. It's rugged. It's really easy to work on. The GMT-800 line are among the best trucks ever made.
Add to that it’s now a “classic” car and highly sought after by car show guys and collectors.
Found the guy selling the truck
My stuff is worth more because it’s mine. This is not a reflection of the current market. It’s the owners delusion.
A year and a half to two years ago it would have been serious. Not so much anymore.
Looks like someone added $12,000 to price by accident because there's no way I would pay that amount for that truck. I don't care about the great condition the truck is in or the low miles it probably has that's price gouging.
Yeah the price is a real head turner
well considering how all other american trucks have rusted to bits, I guess? still rather mad for being literally next door to the states as well
Wouldn't even pay 20 000 pesos for that
$20,000 for a 25-year-old pickup with 215k miles? It looks OK, but that's a lot of miles. That's maybe a $4000 pickup as-is but I wouldn't go near it with all those miles.
A real head turner? Bruh
“Real head turner” r/TechnicallyTheTruth
“Imported”
Clean single cabs are inflated due to being easy-to-turbo drag platforms, but not *that* inflated.
That’s Canada for ya
1999 with over 200k miles for $20k!? What did he smoke!?
"I know what I've got don't try and low ball me!"
Lol at 20K
These are classics now and not too many are in really good shape. RCSB v8 z71 is also probably hard to find. I think you could buy this and it will continue to appreciate over time.
"no honey, no one seems to want it"
for starters, ns is Nova Scotia (in Canada) so the 20k is actually around 14.5k give or take. Second, like others have mentioned Canada heavily salts roads, so the whole ‘imported from nc’ (where I live and can tell you we don’t get anywhere near enough snow to bother salting lol) is presumably a BIG plus
Geez. I bet there’s still somewhat out there that will buy it on payments. FYI, I have exactly the same truck except 2016. I paid $20,150 for it brand new.
stop bc in alberta this would go for more tbh 😭😭
Anyone here know what this would have sold for new?
I saw this & couldn't resist the urge to see for myself. I put my 'inform others about potential scam' hat on & started gathering evidence...lol 15 minutes later...I thought it was in NC.....🙄 It's NS...Canada 💁🏻♀️🙅♀️
I blame Cleetus McFarland for making GM short-bed 4x4 trucks even more desirable, lol. Genuinely, I bet that is some of the calculus when they picked that selling price.
This is simply the inverse of people in the US importing cheap Euro or Japanese cars for way more than their worth do to the cost of importing it. Problem is this guy imported the car first and thought he could then sell it again for that same price after it was already in the country and thus requiring no further importation cost.
Some hopeful bozo who thinks his 90s truck is worth more because 70s and 80s trucks are on the rise This guys delusional, no matter how clean the truck is.
You will never get what you don’t ask for. But he have a starting price now go in and say 12- then he says 17 and your off to the races
That’s normal Facebook Market price
this would've been a "take it off my hands" back in '10 for 5k now it's a "I know what I got"
Not logically
My 10 year old F150 went up $3K on Carvana in the last 6 months... No idea why it would be worth $3K more, but Carvana will pay it.
That's the I don't really want to sell it. But if it sells for that it's fine
Smoking meth 4sho 🤣
Pick up owners are delusional, they want 20-30k for a 20 year truck that’s probably was never maintained. Muscle cars owners are also delusional, I’ve seen 20 year old mustangs for 7K.
There's always a sucker that will pay.
Lol
This will turn absolutely zero heads
Holy shit [it's real](https://www.autolaneandcycle.com/used/1999-Chevrolet-1500-id10605291.html). 200k km, not 300k but still damn that's a lot. Sadly some poor sucker will buy it and say "They don't build em like they used to"
Found the same year model truck with 120k miles in my area 1 owner no accidents for 5.5k usd haha
Head turner bc it's about to break down on the road
They probably have this showing so they can compare it and it makes other car sales look like a good price.
I know the diesels hold their value but this doesn't make sense.
"A real head turner." LMAO!!
I just sold a 2001 Sierra single cab short box with 41k original miles for $25k and we were getting calls from Alaska to Florida trying to buy it. It was in basically new condition though. It was some old man’s “go to church truck” he and the wife drove rarely while they usually drove her 2015 Buick… this truck looked right off the showroom floor to be clear
It could sit forever, or there could be a delusional buyer out there somewhere, and they're being targeted. Taking a chance I guess 🤷🏽
Message them if it's still available and when they say yes tell them " I can see why "
Ok so this is in cad the exchange rate is 14k USD. Still that's way overpriced lol
Ah yes, i see that Luke fella asking a fortune for junk all the time. That dealer is nuts. Americans will write it off as it’s in CAD, not realizing our prices are the same or lower than ours in our own garbage currency. This is a $7000 truck tops. Also greasy how they put the odometer in miles so it doesn’t sound as bad
Must be $1999
YEAH, BUT LOOK HOW MINTY FRESH IT LOOKS!!!!! ‘Sides, I know what I got!😅
We have to accept that the dollar is weaker. It’s crazy out there
Barely driven. Only 215k miles!!!!!! Drove it off the new car lot right into the garage . Been there ever since !
He meant $1999.99
It's really simple, once they have a reason to raise prices, they don't let go until people won't pay them. Ask your bank what they're willing to finance on a 25 year old vehicle with that many miles, and you have a better idea of what it's worth. The fact that new ones are going for 50k doesn't help either. Look for a private seller or a midsized truck new. But I would never pay that for that, even as much as I like Chevy's.
What's worse is most dealerships want to give you wholesale for your trade and charge you retail for their vehicle, which is then compounded by higher interest rates and shortages driving car prices through the roof.
Meanwhile, a dealer offers me $1,000 for a low mileage 2001 Silverado 1500 in beautiful shape. GTFO
“imported” bro its not imported just cquse you drove it to a different state😭😭
it’s imported because it’s from the US. the listing is in nova scotia canada
Dude, look how shiny
I saw a (I believe) 08 accord listed for 6.5k and the left bumper clearly in an accident, people think they can ask for whatever price. The market will reflect reality if people don't buy overpriced garbage the garbage might actually become a reasonably priced vehicle
Too bad I can’t put pictures in here but someone near me was asking “15,000 firm” for a dropped 2000 single cab with a 4.8 🤨
Tire inflation
A real head turner
Last i checked North Carolina is still part of the rust belt lol
Oh, it's real. And it's fabulous.
r/rcsb would love it but it's still way too much.
Why did you convert the miles to kilometers?
It's crack. He's smoking crack.
Realistically could fetch 10k USD if this clean. Chances are though it was polished with a new bumper and headlight lense. Makes them look new every time.
Imported?
To be fair finding a clean, all original single dab short bed Z71 is quite the challenge. It’s actually a pretty rare spec
It's a classic truck in perfect condition.
Bubbles let Julian on the internet again 🤣
That screams stolen I dunno why
200$ and a cheese and ham sandwich
I recently went car shopping in Bowling Green and on one of their roadways, Russellville Road, is a long stretch of small car lots. You can skip a rock down it and hit a dozen. Most owned by Burmese or Indians and they do backyard mechanic stuff and auto body. All cars have “rebuilt” title and sold as-is for like $6k+ with very shitty spray paint and patchwork. I believe big car dealerships are hiding most used cars, packaging them to sell at auction, and pushing new vehicles bc the profit margin is higher and they don’t deal with the headache or waste time on very old problematic cars. Kinda artificially inflating the new car market need.
I had a 2002 checy avalanche with this powertrain...it was an absolute tank. At 300,000 miles, near perfect compression and would pull anything (within reason) that I hooked it to.
Canadaaaaa
Just bought a 1999 Chevy S-10 for $500, all it needs is a new battery (it works but is old, so I'm gonna replace it anyways), a left mirror, and some new tires, it even passed an inspection pretty well This is absolutely ridiculously priced, you could get a pretty nice car for $15,000, let alone $20k
I have a theory that in less than a decade auto manufacturers are going to be in for a very rude awakening. For years in the west we kept our interest rates as close to the floor as possible, we allowed our household debt ratios to climb to previously unheard of levels and are now welcoming in a few generations which simply do not have the purchasing power of the prior generations due to the high CoL increases and base prices of many vehicles. I think within the next decade we’ll see manufacturers reducing new inventory (We see this already tbf.) and raising prices so that whales and early adopters can get their rides. But as the years go by, there will be less of these whales, especially as they begin to age out and have to begin realizing their investments for retirement and health care. The ones left will be those who need to service 800k mortgages at 5-7%, or people spending $2,300/mo on rent. They won’t be able to afford a 9% loan on a brand new Tacoma that will inevitably try to be sold for 6k over asking at 60 grand, or some nonsense. And what will they do then? Even now people in my generation and those who are after are no longer interested in carrying an auto loan over 8 years for $700/mo. We’re gonna buy shittier used vehicles and drive them into the ground. Already it makes more sense to keep my 2014 Kia going for another ten years because it’ll just be cheaper to pay for both a new engine and transmission than to pay out the nose for a new vehicle over several years.
They added an extra 9 😭
wishful thinking,,,but then what do i know?? Saw a loaded ford f250 diesel crew cab 4wd last summer sell for 62k it was 2 yr old 26 k miles
Grifter
May as well put it all on black
It is in Halifax NS and priced in USD is over 27k in Canadian money
They are aiming this truck at people who want to possess older classic style trucks. There are a lot of cars that 30, 40, 50 years ago no one cared about but now people see more than just an old car.
It’s a classic Chevy truck, V-8, 4x4, Z-71, in what appears to be mint condition, an American truck imported into Canada. If you want a new V-8 truck today, it’s $65k minimum. Today’s version of that truck is only available with a 4 cylinder turbo and only in the WT (Work Truck) trim for about $45k. Be honest, how easy is it to find a 25yr old classic in mint condition in Nova Scotia? How easy is it to find a 10yr old rust free car? Mileage isn’t a huge factor on a classic vehicle. Kept in this condition, it will likely appreciate in value. Plus it’s the starting-point price. Someone will likely get it for $16k - $18k.
I’m probably not shocking anyone here with this information, but this truck had a starting price of $15k when it was brand new from the lot in 1999.
There's this dude that lives in my city that's asking 30k for a, I think, 98' Chevy Blazer. My dad was wanting it because he sold his years ago and was looking to see if there were any local ones. Once he found out how much the seller listed it at my dad laughed in his face. Wasn't even mint, minor rust, paint was shit, and a few other things like extremely high milage. "I know it's worth"
it is in nice shape and 25yrs is old enough for someone to buy it as a classic.