Owning a Car Is Less Important To Younger Generations. - eviltoast
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    2 months ago

    You can’t get a maverick for 25k now and never have. It also goes up in price for the 25 model year and spans comfortably into the 40k range pre markup.

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      2 months ago

      Plus taxes and registration, which can easily add an extra 10-15% to the cost in many places.

      Unlike a couple decsdes ago, the second hand market doesn’t really save that much either.

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      2 months ago

      Uhm, I paid less than 25k for mine, and thousands of others did too. Sure, I had to pre-order because I knew they would never be in stock at that price and post covid backups. If you walked onto a lot to try to buy one, yeah, you were upcharged.
      Now, if you were to buy one, yes, the base price is now essentially 25k vs 20k.

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        2 months ago

        I’ve been watching for some time and there hasn’t been one available in 200mi of me for less than 28k - absolute base model… And I doubt you can walk out with that. Most are well over $30k and even used 20-40k mi are over $25k. You got lucky.

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          It wasnt luck, like I said, I pre-ordered, along with almost every other buyer for initial year. If you go to one sitting on a lot, yes, it’s upcharged due to scarcity. To my knowledge, there is still a shortage. For shits and giggles, I priced out selling mine, 2 years later and I can sell it for more than I paid. If you really want one without upcharges, pre-order it. Ford doesn’t (at least for the first 2 model years) allow upcharging on the ordered models.