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Most inflated new car price due to shortages

Just looked this morning @ local Dealer, $3500.00-$7200.00 over MSRP on new 3/4 ton Rams.
 
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The market has started its nosedive. Give it a few months and the difference will be noticeable. If you want to see something amusing, check out how bad Carmax is doing right now.
 
Eighty said:
Wouldn’t know it by some of the TRX markups that are still out there…

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That’s on par with the Raptor R. I don’t think I’ll be able to get ahold of one so much so that I’m considering a regular Raptor.
 
CMil527 said:
These dealer mark ups are insane... straight criminal!!
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I was told $50k ADM on a raptor R this morning and price not guaranteed when it hit the lot. I let them know what they could do with it and hung up on them. It felt good, but I know they don’t give a crap about me- I’m just a peon to them.
 
CMil527 said:
Yeah its just a joke right now!
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Honestly, it makes me pretty sad that this is the new norm. For the first time in my life, I finally have enough money to do get something like a raptor R, and “global circumstances” suck it right out of my reach.
 
djevox said:
Honestly, it makes me pretty sad that this is the new norm. For the first time in my life, I finally have enough money to do get something like a raptor R, and “global circumstances” suck it right out of my reach.
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It's not global circumstances. No matter how many "microchips" there are, the Raptor R will be a limited-run, high-demand truck. There are way too many current Raptor owners that want to one-up their friends. So it would be marked up that much regardless. If it wasn't for the no-sale-within-a-year agreements that Ford is making people sign, I would expect to see Raptor R's on the resale market for $200k.
The TRX will still be a better truck, though. My humble opinion.
 
Eighty said:
It's not global circumstances. No matter how many "microchips" there are, the Raptor R will be a limited-run, high-demand truck. There are way too many current Raptor owners that want to one-up their friends. So it would be marked up that much regardless. If it wasn't for the no-sale-within-a-year agreements that Ford is making people sign, I would expect to see Raptor R's on the resale market for $200k.
The TRX will still be a better truck, though. My humble opinion.
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I restrained myself by calling it circumstances since this isn’t off topic section, which you can garner who I blame if you go through my off-topic posts. The question is, what makes the R so special over the TRX that it commands so much of ADM when I can get under msrp on a TRX? The only thing I can see here is greed, but maybe it’s because I’m annoyed right now.
 
djevox said:
I restrained myself by calling it circumstances since this isn’t off topic section, which you can garner who I blame if you go through my off-topic posts. The question is, what makes the R so special over the TRX that it commands so much of ADM when I can get under msrp on a TRX? The only thing I can see here is greed, but maybe it’s because I’m annoyed right now.
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If you ask 10 people which is better (Raptor R vs. TRX), you'll get 10 different answers. The Raptor has slightly less HP than the TRX, but it's lighter overall. So theoretically it should beat a TRX in a drag race. But the R comes with 37's, so the jury is out on which will be faster. The Raptor fanboys say the R isn't a race truck, it's an offroad machine. And I'm pretty sure it will do better there. On the other hand, it's not nearly as well-appointed as a TRX (and it still looks like a Ford).
But all that aside, the reason you can't find a Raptor R below MSRP is because they're a super-limited allocation (only). No one can call a dealership and custom order a Raptor R - regardless of the wait time.
 
djevox said:
I restrained myself by calling it circumstances since this isn’t off topic section, which you can garner who I blame if you go through my off-topic posts. The question is, what makes the R so special over the TRX that it commands so much of ADM when I can get under msrp on a TRX? The only thing I can see here is greed, but maybe it’s because I’m annoyed right now.
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This thread shows up under "Off Topic Discussions" for me.
 
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