Car buying is never going back to normal

[Vern B]

Originally Posted by Dusk Blue Z

What happened to all the 2020 and 2021 cars and trucks seen on the internet, parked in storage lots that were built and waiting for chips?

There were thousands of them parked in farm fields east of Flint, Landing and around Detroit.
Apparently, mice got into many of them and ate the soy based wire coatings that have been in use for the past 20 years, so many were beyond repair and crushed.

[Z282NV]

Originally Posted by Vern B

There were thousands of them parked in farm fields east of Flint, Landing and around Detroit.
Apparently, mice got into many of them and ate the soy based wire coatings that have been in use for the past 20 years, so many were beyond repair and crushed.

Well at least someone got some use out of them.

[L_e_e]

There are about 30,000+ scattered around Dearborn, MI right now.

[BLACKLS5]

There are a ton of newer Silverado's stashed around the Ft. Wayne area. I don't know the numbers, but it is in the many thousands.

[70 copo]

Originally Posted by BLACKLS5

There are a ton of newer Silverado's stashed around the Ft. Wayne area. I don't know the numbers, but it is in the many thousands.

Ready for the mice to eat the wiring harnesses no doubt.

[Dusk Blue Z]

Originally Posted by BLACKLS5

There are a ton of newer Silverado's stashed around the Ft. Wayne area. I don't know the numbers, but it is in the many thousands.

Just checked "The Googles Map" at the truck plant. My local dealer only has 4 "new" trucks on the lot, guess I'll keep my 2014 for a while.

[dustinm]

Originally Posted by Dusk Blue Z

Just checked "The Googles Map" at the truck plant. My local dealer only has 4 "new" trucks on the lot, guess I'll keep my 2014 for a while.

Stay far away from the covid supply chain trucks as possible - suggestion from a friend of mine who is a GM service manager. He stated that his dealership is seeing failures on parts they never had problems with before.

[JRSully]

Used car prices are dropping, slowly, but dropping. Wait it out if you can, find a "Church Lady creampuff" IMO, "fair" deals on used cars are on the horizon

[70 copo]

Yes. The current goal is to make as much money as possible off of less new vehicle sales.

This of course has the end effect of pricing the working poor and the lower middle class out of a new vehicle.

[markinnaples]

I read just yesterday that the current average new car payment is ~$720/mo., which is astonishing to frugal ol' me. I could never imagine paying that much a month, let alone the ones on the high side that have pushed the average up that high. But, I have friends and acquaintances who have payments for well over $1,000 a month and it almost makes me physically ill to think about having that kind of payment. Today's world is insane to me.