Comment on Tesla recalls all 3,878 Cybertrucks over faulty accelerator pedal cover

• Addv4@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Poor financial literacy, not really planning for the future, or thinking the reliability will make up for the extra cost. Either way, I suspect there’s plenty of people like that around the world, just that we have less public transport so most people actually need a car to get around (although most people would be better with beaters or just a couple years old sedan).

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  • wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I always match my loans to the warranty. That way I don’t have a payment and repairs.

    The problem for most people is car cost of went up and people want very expensive cars. I’ve seen people spend equivalent to their yearly income on a car

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    • Addv4@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yep. I recently got a newish car (a first for me, grew up on beaters and was fine until I drove a newish miata), and a remember when talking with credit union’s officers that the new avg price for a lot of the loans they were seeing was around 50k, which just blew my mind.

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      • wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Cars just keep going up. I had a Nissan I bought new for 17k. Tax credits. Aggressive discounting. Etc. is was a 40k car. I still have it but my kid drives It. I choked when I bought my first Tesla. It was around 60k. I had the money but I’m just cheap on cars. They wear out and break. I don’t drive much since I work from home. I do travel for work but I often fly. My friend bought a 90k truck. It’s insane. I think two majors problems have to be solved for electric.

        1. Cost
        2. City charging - we need to make access available to condos, apartments, etc. it was going to cost 20k to add a charging station for my condo.

        People complain about range but it’s not that bad.

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