Why Affordability and the Vibecession Are Real Economic Problems

Re:Why Affordability and the Vibecession Are Real Economic P... by Gigachad on Monday February 16, 2026 @11:29PM (#47043712)

There are more vehicles in the US than the F150 right? in Australia this would be seen as an absurdly over the top vehicle for almost all contractors and construction workers.

Some amount of this issue must be marketing and propaganda making people buy massively over spec vehicles than their actual needs require. Most of these workers could get by with basically any car but get marketed and peer pressured in to spending $50,000 on the biggest one.

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Re:Why Affordability and the Vibecession Are Real Economic P... by WillPostForFood on Monday February 16, 2026 @11:35PM (#47043745)

Yes, but there are no ~17k pickups in the US, which would be the inflation adjusted price of the F-100. The cheapest truck is the Maverick which starts at 28k.

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Re:Why Affordability and the Vibecession Are Real Economic P... by esseph on Monday February 16, 2026 @11:38PM (#47043760)

> $50,000 on the biggest one

You can easily run into trucks in the $120,000-$150,000 range in the car lots now.

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