Here’s how Trump Tariffs will impact your new truck purchase

Fightnfire said:
The leader of our Navajo tribes said “No one is an immigrant on land that was stolen from them”. I can’t agree more.
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I'm half first nation and half French descendent. My great grand parents lost their first nation status due to some repression, My grand-parents and my mom never pushed to get back the status, my uncle got it back. For my mom, it was inside of her, something you can feel.

Anytime I hear things like that, I aways tell myself part of my ancestors were first, and everyone else are from immigrants, but can't say it outload otherwise I will be called racist.

Should I get a truck free of tax ???? (or maybe half) :LOL:
 
So since the tariffs went into effect over night, I guess “bump” for this thread?

I’m not so sure I want to do another video. Maybe I’ll just create a YT post with the link. Nothing has changed except he went through with the tariffs.
 
Sorry to give you more work, but I want to know how this will raise the prices of things like tires and such.

The accessory business is going to get crushed. 🙁
 
Saddle Tramp said:
Sorry to give you more work, but I want to know how this will raise the prices of things like tires and such.

The accessory business is going to get crushed. 🙁
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That's actually an interesting angle. Not sure if we know the exact answer to that yet. But I think the short answer is: all prices go up. We are so co-dependent on our trade partners. No one wins here. Just pushed out another story about how this impacts the industry, but didn't dig into tires specifically.
 
Automotive tariffs were delayed, again. At this rate, Jill will need to start putting a time stamp on every article to keep current. Don't even bother making a video, it'll be outdated before you finish editing....lol.

Can you even imagine the difficulty of figuring out all the various parts of a modern vehicle and where they come from to assign tariffs? Or navigating the rules when the parts are made in the US, sent to Mexico/Canada for assembly, sent back to the US for installation. The admin costs of keeping track of this will be a huge part of the price increase.

Way I see it, tariffs will increase pricing just like covid times. Whether the tariffs directly impact a product or not, the price will go up just like covid times regardless of whether supply chain was an issue or not. Wholly made in the US with US parts? They will raise pricing because they can.
 
The uncertainty is every bit as bad as the Tariffs
Who's going to spend big money when you don't know how bad your weekly bills are going to rise or if you'll even have a job?
 
Posturing, negotiating, and making other people step up and do some work and pay, at least their share, for once. I agree with Dusdaddy, timestamp the videos and maybe change them to what "might" happen instead of declaring what "will" happen. I don't think anyone really knows at this point.
 
Fightnfire said:
Posturing, negotiating, and making other people step up and do some work and pay, at least their share, for once. I agree with Dusdaddy, timestamp the videos and maybe change them to what "might" happen instead of declaring what "will" happen. I don't think anyone really knows at this point.
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The only thing I agree with Trump on, is that other countries need to step up their military spending, Canada included. Everybody needs to contribute to NATO and not just reap the rewards and kick the can down the road.
 
Dusdaddy said:
Automotive tariffs were delayed, again. At this rate, Jill will need to start putting a time stamp on every article to keep current. Don't even bother making a video, it'll be outdated before you finish editing....lol.

Can you even imagine the difficulty of figuring out all the various parts of a modern vehicle and where they come from to assign tariffs? Or navigating the rules when the parts are made in the US, sent to Mexico/Canada for assembly, sent back to the US for installation. The admin costs of keeping track of this will be a huge part of the price increase.

Way I see it, tariffs will increase pricing just like covid times. Whether the tariffs directly impact a product or not, the price will go up just like covid times regardless of whether supply chain was an issue or not. Wholly made in the US with US parts? They will raise pricing because they can.
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IKR?! If I were an automaker, I'd preemptively start raising prices. Not a lot, but just enough to start getting people used to the idea. If the tariffs eventually go through, we're talking $4k to $10k price increases per vehicle.
 
jillciminillo said:
IKR?! If I were an automaker, I'd preemptively start raising prices. Not a lot, but just enough to start getting people used to the idea. If the tariffs eventually go through, we're talking $4k to $10k price increases per vehicle.
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You're probably right. They will need to start bumping the prices to stay ahead of it or bet that the tariffs will be negotiated away. It's gonna be a game of chicken. The challenge is going to be trying not to be first. I'm sure they're all desperately trying to determine when the competition will blink. Being second or third is easy, they can shrug and say so-and-so did it, so we did. Being the first one when no one follows right away makes you look greedy and gets all the press to dogpile on you.

And while typing this, I get an alert more Mexican tariffs have been delayed......lol
 
I'm wondering if the $4k-$10k will be directly passed on to the consumer. In some instances I would guess it would, but in others, I could see a return to actually being able to get a deal on a new truck. They will have to stay in competition with eachother and I could see price being a factor in that..especially for RAM.
 
TheDo114 said:
The only thing I agree with Trump on, is that other countries need to step up their military spending, Canada included. Everybody needs to contribute to NATO and not just reap the rewards and kick the can down the road.
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Solution for this, Canada should stop selling petrol and electricity to USA at a preferred price and use that money to put into NATO, since it is true Canada does not contribute enough.
 
Generally, I despise this whole situation. I dislike politics and posturing.
I view all politicians as different heads on the same snake.
On the vehicle front I don’t like that no matter what happens this will inflate vehicle costs. Any reasonable negotiations on tariffs would go through no problem but there seems to be a need for drama.

On the politics front the attempts to undermine Canada’s sovereignty are serious (this is part of what is talked about in every negotiation phone call).

The smoke and mirror show also distracts the American people from what is being done domestically. A lot of these moves could be viewed as a way to ignore the constitution and stay in power after his term. I fear for America’s democratic system.

Okay, soap box permanently put away. I’m going to find something funny on YouTube that isn’t political comedy.
 
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