Unbelievable Depreciation on Some Vehicles

[MapleLeafFarmer]

My aunt refused to ever eat pot pie again.

well... that made me spit my tea.... brought a smile to my morning face..... can't beat the old stoves that will last forever..... they makes the best morning sausage and beans.... I make mine on leftover tin foil plates.

 

[The Evil Twin]

Call the company and ask for a service dealer.

I solved the problem myself for less than a servicing dealer wanted just to show up.

 

[McMXi]

That brings back memories. My Grandma had an old GE stove that I'm pretty sure was bought in the early 1950's. She'd make delicious whole meals in a big cast iron skillet. The stove still worked fine when she passed in '94 and was used by an aunt for the next several years till she moved. Could still be going

Here's my friend's mum making me breakfast on 1/2. She's an amazing woman and particularly given that she's 97 years old! The stove control panel reminds me of some of the dashboards in cars in the 1950's. My friend Mike mentioned that they had a repair guy come out to the house last year to replace some part that had finally failed. An oven that's over 70 years old that's still working and can still be repaired when necessary. I find that incredible.

 

[GrumpyFarmer]

Here's my friend's mum making me breakfast on 1/2. She's an amazing woman and particularly given that she's 97 years old! The stove control panel reminds me of some of the dashboards in cars in the 1950's. My friend Mike mentioned that they had a repair guy come out to the house last year to replace some part that had finally failed. An oven that's over 70 years old that's still working and can still be repaired when necessary. I find that incredible.

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Well I was going to chime in on the OP title and mention I think the thread was about loss of value, not depreciation but I see we are a bit past that now…now I am reminded that the best coffee comes from percolators like the one on the stove, at least IMO.

 

[jyoutz]

Here's my friend's mum making me breakfast on 1/2. She's an amazing woman and particularly given that she's 97 years old! The stove control panel reminds me of some of the dashboards in cars in the 1950's. My friend Mike mentioned that they had a repair guy come out to the house last year to replace some part that had finally failed. An oven that's over 70 years old that's still working and can still be repaired when necessary. I find that incredible.

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There’s really not a lot of failure prone parts in those old stoves with manual controls.

 

[Botamon]

There’s really not a lot of failure prone parts in those old stoves with manual controls.

Nope. All "manual control" and will work for your lifetime and your descendants lifetimes!

 

[Tractor Gal]

Many of the old appliances still have parts available. Plus, depending on the problem, they're easy to work on. They're like the Ford N series and Timex watches. Takes a lickin' and keeps on tickin'. Sadly, things are not made that way anymore. Unless it's important to keep up with the Joneses, stick with the old stuff. Someone posted a picture of a little boy with greasy hands outstretched in victory in the daily chuckle thread. The caption read, "this is how I feel when I fix something." Totally true.

Here's the picture. Tughill Tom posted it. I love it...and I relate.



Tractor Gal

 

[chim]

Here's my friend's mum making me breakfast on 1/2. She's an amazing woman and particularly given that she's 97 years old! The stove control panel reminds me of some of the dashboards in cars in the 1950's. My friend Mike mentioned that they had a repair guy come out to the house last year to replace some part that had finally failed. An oven that's over 70 years old that's still working and can still be repaired when necessary. I find that incredible.

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I'm betting that stove has the deep well. The rear left burner looks like it has some extra trim.

 

[chim]

I have been buying and driving Tahoes for decades…great work horse. I have a device that plugs into the OBD port that defeats that crap…called a Range. Works perfectly.

All new cars have aftermarket defeat devices…

Looking at it from another perspective, back when I bought a new K5 Blazer in '75 we were still thinking a vehicle was ready to trade with 75K miles on it and at 100K miles it was shot. Now they're getting $30-40K for Tahoes with 100K miles on them.

 

[ken erickson]

Looking at it from another perspective, back when I bought a new K5 Blazer in '75 we were still thinking a vehicle was ready to trade with 75K miles on it and at 100K miles it was shot. Now they're getting $30-40K for Tahoes with 100K miles on them.

In 1975 I purchase a 1972 Ford F250 highboy used with 50k miles and a snowplow.

Just turned 18 and my first real Loan at the bank. My dad had a friend that owned a Standard station and insisted I have him inspect the truck and put it on the lift.

My dad was not in favor me buying that truck and I can remember his exact words . "Ken, firstly why in the world do you want to buy a 3/4 ton 4x4 pickup truck, and second, with 50thousand miles that truck is 1/2 wore out!"

I paid around $3200 for the truck, with Western plow and besides making spending money plowing snow I had some of the best times of my life in that thing.

 

[NvRudder]

I've been wanting a new vehicle - most likely an SUV - for the last 4 years. The more I investigate the less I like all of them. If GM didn't have that awful cylinder deactivation it would be a Tahoe.

A crew cab pickup could work. Again, there's the GM CD and they shipped a bunch of pickups that had roof panels splitting before leaving the lots.

The Fords seem to have trans problems being reported. Rams are kind of attractive because some have nearly 25% depreciation before they are sold.

The Trailblazer the company sold me for $1200 when I retired in 2021 has 296,000 miles on it and still runs great. So far it's only needed brakes, tires, etc. One of these days it'll take a crap and I'll HAVE to replace it.

Have 218k on my 2015 Suburban 5.3L...cylinder deactivation has not been an issue, still runs great (20 mpg).

Looking at a new Tahoe...but as someone posted in the Daily Chuckle..." Nothing makes an old car run better than the price of a new one".

Did find a new Tahoe...but the odometer had ~195 miles on it...seems high for a new vehicle and the Dealer asking MSRP.

 

[GrumpyFarmer]

In 1975 I purchase a 1972 Ford F250 highboy used with 50k miles and a snowplow.

Just turned 18 and my first real Loan at the bank. My dad had a friend that owned a Standard station and insisted I have him inspect the truck and put it on the lift.

My dad was not in favor me buying that truck and I can remember his exact words . "Ken, firstly why in the world do you want to buy a 3/4 ton 4x4 pickup truck, and second, with 50thousand miles that truck is 1/2 wore out!"

I paid around $3200 for the truck, with Western plow and besides making spending money plowing snow I had some of the best times of my life in that thing.

Those older Highboys go for good money but they are rare to find. I regularly watch a site that has big 3 classics. 70’s vintage getting hard to come by and don’t last long. They sell for more than they ever did new.

id like to have one.

 

[ken erickson]

Those older Highboys go for good money but they are rare to find. I regularly watch a site that has big 3 classics. 70’s vintage getting hard to come by and don’t last long. They sell for more than they ever did new.

id like to have one.

Exactly! I knew at the time I had something special but try and convince my dad who was very conservative with his money and ideas! lol.

I sold it in summer of 1978 when I had my spinal cord injury . Dang 4 speed manual and the entrance height! lol.

It went thru a copy of paint schemes, the original green, then a two tone scheme using Ford truck colors at the time. I would take the plow sub frame off in spring and put the Warn winch bumper on and vice versus. Guys today rebuild and restore those old original 8274's.