Home Depot rents a big truck for $20-$40 for the 2 hours I'd need it. I could rent this truck every weekend for 30 years for the same price as a giant truck. And I wouldn't have to worry about its maintenance either.
If you'd have told me 15 years ago that people would be buying pickup trucks brand new for $60k with regularity I wouldn't have believed you but here we are...
> I could rent this truck every weekend for 30 years for the same price as a giant truck.
That assumes the price never increases for 30 years.
> That assumes the price never increases for 30 years.
While the average truck owner is paying interest, I'll be earning interest, so let's call it even.