Let me know where I can buy new vehicles at 2003 prices. Please.
I'm sure applying inflation they would be comparable pricing. All I'm trying to say is that trucks are a premium price, especially with all the new technology. These aren't the hay-hauling, feed toting, basic utility farm vehicles any more. I know I'm comparing apples to oranges but for the price of my domestic sport model pickup (with cloth seats) I could be in a pretty nice Mercedes, BMW, Lexus, Audi, etc., with all the goodies (the new Toyota Supra MSRP is on par with what my truck cost). I'm not saying I should have gotten one (we're a truck/SUV kind of family) but the expectation of well-performing and/or over-achieving equipment is not unwarranted even though it's "just" a pickup truck.
I just priced out a Ford F-250 (gas V-8 4x4) with what I have on mine and the MSRP is $1000
LESS than the MSRP for my RAM 1500 Big Horn...
and the F-250 comes with power telescoping and heated tow mirrors.
You can refuse to do this but then you have to live with uncomfortable performance from the AC.
I survived the summer and it looks like the weather is finally starting to break. I might have considered it if the HVAC didn't somehow improve itself over the last month of 90F+ temps. It cools a lot faster if I roll all the windows down for the first minute of driving to suck all the stagnant hotness out of the cab.
If I hadn't spent the better part of the last decade with a manual valve on the heater core loop I might splice one in. I would like my HVAC to cool better but not at the expense of going back to popping the hood on a regular basis.