Comment on How to opt out of the privacy nightmare that comes with new Hondas

njm1314@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• deathbird@mander.xyz ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Also mind that soon these new cars will be used cars with the same bullshit.

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• Telodzrum@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Total new vehicle sales has remained roughly static for a little less than two decades. So yes, people can afford new cars.

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  • kautau@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    For most, they can afford to finance them, but the rates aren’t looking too good lately

    www.statista.com/…/auto-loan-rates-usa/

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    • Telodzrum@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Well yeah, they follow the prime rate.

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• Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Buying a new car never really made sense to me even when you could afford it. 2 - 3 year old model is effectively brand new but a lot cheaper. Why pay more if you can pay less?

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  • whereisk@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Mostly social signalling

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    • laughterlaughter@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Fuck social signaling.

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  • cocobean@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    2 - 3 year old model is effectively brand new but a lot cheaper.

    I’ve always heard this, but where is this actually true? When I bought a Camry like a decade ago, I could get a brand new one for $19.5k or used ones with 50k miles on them for…$18k. so yeah I paid the extra 1.5k to not have to deal with potential random shit.

    When my wife bought her car a few years ago it was a similar situation. The only used cars that were “a lot cheaper” had like 100k miles.

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• possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  People who have a college education and well paying jobs.

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  • scottmeme@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    ✅ well paying job ✅ Dropped out of college and went full time

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  • EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I have a college education and a well paying job the monthly payment on a new car has doubled since I bought my last one in 2020. No way am I buying a new car at these prices/rates.

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    • possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Fair enough

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  • TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    back in my day Spock had small hair

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  • aniki@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    With my last raise I’m over 130k a year and I still don’t buy new cars. My 2010 Audi is still running just fine.

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    • RaoulDook@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      That’s great, but the question from that OP was “are you able to” and your answer should be yes. I make less than that and I definitely am able to. But I’m waiting on the market to correct first

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      • Buddahriffic@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Though it also depends on how you define “able to”. Like I could fit a car payment in my budget but it would eat up most of my disposable income and I’m not willing to give that up, even if new cars weren’t so enshitified. I bet there’s a lot in this “technically capable but it would be a stupid financial move” group.

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    • possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      That’s probably a sound decision

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• slurpinderpin@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Yeah rates alone have made financing a new car pretty stupid. Save as much cash as possible and spend within your means

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• hark@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It made sense to me when I could take advantage of a tax credit for EVs in 2017. Now that car companies/dealerships simply jack up prices to eat that discount, it doesn’t make sense even in that case.

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• ripcord@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Yes

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• marx2k@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  People are buying new cars. I’m guessing it’s mostly leasing.

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