Has the world gone mad? (1 Viewer)

[k4azy]

I haven't been on any social media or watched/read/discussed/listened to any news or current events since Jan 6th 2021. At all.

So now I'm thinking about selling a vehicle and have poked my head back into the world. And I am confused! There's no rational explanation for the prices of things. I mean, sure, I know a decent hamburger is now $20 and the decentest burger at McDonald's is $12. But what I thought I'd be lucky to get 10 - 12K for is going for its weight in gold on FB marketplace and in the classified section of Mud! Have we all gone mad?!

This is a rhetorical post... No need to respond. I love everybody, but you're all probably lunatics!

 

[roadstr6]

Not sure what vehicle you are speaking of that is worth its weight in gold, but used Land Cruiser prices have actually come down substantially from their peak in 2020 - 2021. Gold price has skyrocketed though. I wish I had sold a few Land Cruisers in 2020 and bought gold.

 

[sogafarm]

Definitely prices are down compared to the Covid era skyrocketing prices of collector vehicles. It’s actually a good time to buy but not to sell.

 

[lt1fire]

The prices have come down a bit but the prices of cruisers have always been crazy. They entered the yuppie spectrum a while back and the prices have been ridiculous ever since. Its the same thing that happened to muscle cars around the millenium. I used to buy and sell those things in my senior year and early college years by working at a pizza place for minimum wage. Then they became the next yuppie classic and soon you have them breaking $1 million marks at auctions. That's my 2cents recently inflated to 2 bucks.

 

[k4azy]

Actually, I was looking at what Tacomas are going for. People are trying to get upwards of $20 - 25K for 10 year old trucks. I was going to list my 2012 for $12K but now I'm not so sure. I wasn't trying to make a sales post so I was purposely vague. It was also the middle of the night and the beer was all gone.

 

[sogafarm]

Actually, I was looking at what Tacomas are going for. People are trying to get upwards of $20 - 25K for 10 year old trucks. I was going to list my 2012 for $12K but now I'm not so sure. I wasn't trying to make a sales post so I was purposely vague. It was also the middle of the night and the beer was all gone.

Newer cars are definitely crazy priced these days.

 

[roadstr6]

Newer cars are definitely crazy priced these days.

Yes they are. Don't get me started about Toyota's promise of a $50k Land Cruiser that turned out to be an $80k 4Runner in disguise. Apparently Japan has gone just as mad as the rest of the world.

 

[GLTHFJ60]

Compare the sticker price of an 80 series in the late 90s, adjusted for inflation, to a new cruiser today. Not very far off. Inflation is a bitch.

No sense in complaining about the new prices anyway, none of us are new car people, lol.