I cannot comprehend owning a $5000 car.
That’s insane that some people have 5k to spend.
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satans_methpipe@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago“American” here. We are obsessed with financing depreciable assets.
We are also obsessed with appearances and status.
I’m sure you can see from this thread some of us cannot comprehend driving a $5000 car. They will whine and come up with tons of excuses for why that just cannot happen.
ameancow@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
MECHAGODZILLA2@midwest.social 3 weeks ago
We don’t - hence the loan
lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
I bought my 2008 Toyota Sienna for $4500. I talked him down from $4900.
It had:
- 230k miles (269k now)
- an engine replacement (2010 with 91k miles less than the chassis)
- worn out sliding door rear hinges ($140 apiece), bad enough to be grinding on the body under the 3rd row windows
- broken power steering rack (found that a few weeks later)
- balding tires
- rattle-can patch job (black paint on factory black paint, not a huge deal for me)
- blown out rear shocks
- more that I forgot about (noted down in my records)
I bought that van because 1) it was a really good price, and 2) I knew what most of its issues were before I bought it and was able to fix it up. Also, I have 5 kids, so the minivan was a necessity.
$5000 is basically the bare minimum for a family car these days.
fluffykittycat@slrpnk.net 3 weeks ago
Reliability is a problem when car trouble can mean losing your job. $5000 doesn’t buy that much car anymore