Spent all day working a car and it wasn't my dart.

Yea I've been looking at new vehicles for a while and they are so damn expensive. Even used ones. A used ram with 100k miles is 20-25 K. In 5 years ill be right back in the same boat. I have found some base 4x4 v6 rams new for around 35. As much as I don't want a v6 truck that makes more sense that 25 for a used one with 100k plus miles. What I want is out of reach. A new ram built with the options I want is 50k I just can't afford that.
Yeah, I hear ya, I take a peek at the window stickers on occasion whenever I have a delivery or pick up at one of the local dealerships. A well equipped new F150 Supercrew will easily run mid 60k here, a loaded one nearly 80k, similar Ram 1500 is not far from there either. We have some difficulty making ends meet as it is lately, wife has been on disability for 3 years now. We have even cut back to only one vehicle on the road since November, still not easy with the cost of everything going up.