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 1 day 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.
I cannot comprehend owning a $5000 car.
That’s insane that some people have 5k to spend.
We don’t - hence the loan
I bought my 2008 Toyota Sienna for $4500. I talked him down from $4900.
It had:
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 1 day ago
Reliability is a problem when car trouble can mean losing your job. $5000 doesn’t buy that much car anymore