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I paid $2.54/gallon for gas at sams club in robinson this morning. That almost feels like a price mistake.

I paid $2.54/gallon for gas at sams club in robinson this morning. That almost feels like a price mistake.

Really dating myself, but I remember paying $.25 a gallon in my first car. All I could afford at the time was a 1955 VW bug that got around 50 mpg. Didn't cost much money in gas to keep that thing running. Real POS, but got me where I wanted to go.

I paid $2.54/gallon for gas at sams club in robinson this morning. That almost feels like a price mistake.

Really dating myself, but I remember paying $.25 a gallon in my first car. All I could afford at the time was a 1955 VW bug that got around 50 mpg. Didn't cost much money in gas to keep that thing running. Real POS, but got me where I wanted to go.

I remember back in the late 90s it was below a dollar for most of the summer. I want to say it was closer to .85/gal.

I actually like that Honda.

Cars are getting to be like college. I read a comparison article the other day between the 2018 CR-V and RAV4, and both of them were damn near $38k. It's insane.

With it being hard to get a 4 door Wrangler JL for under $40K, I don't even want to see the price of the Gladiators.

Americans love pickup trucks, and Americans love Jeeps. Sergio Marchionne knew this, so building a Wrangler pickup is a complete and total no-brainer. It'll also be wildly different from every other pickup currently on sale, which should help it further.

Marchionne said at the 2018 Detroit Auto Show that FCA expects to sell 100,000 examples of the pickup per year, and they'll be "expensive—intentionally so."

To get an idea of Gladiator pricing, I configured a Wrangler loaded to the hilt. The price tag on a Rubicon with all the bells and whistles? Over $57,000. Considering the Gladiator is that and then some, it'd be safe to say a fully loaded Gladiator Rubicon will probably hit $60,000.

Feeling encouraged, I moved on to "market adjustments." The salesman was pretty straight with me, which I appreciated. "It really depends on how many they give us, but I expect there won't be one [a markup]," he said. "I could see it if we were the only game in town."

"Chrysler/Jeep has a mind of their own. They haven't told us about equipment, options...nothing. I get my information from Allpar, magazines, websites..."

Will people pay $65,000-$70,000 just to be the first with a Jeep pickup truck? Don't underestimate the fanatics. It's a Jeep thing, after all.

The margin on a Silverado approaches $10k. The Ford trucks are not far behind. Was reading some interesting stuff about the 'big 3' not willing to play the high volume low margin game. They're going to be so **** when gas spikes again. This is mid-2000s all over again.

Wow.

Nostalgia is expensive af.