Comment on Battery electric vehicles lose their spark in Europe as hybrids steal the show

• Usernameblankface@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  I always wonder who is buying brand new vehicles. Why buy new instead of a car from one year ago?

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  • Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Because I really want it in grey!!

    • seriously, these are the people.

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    • Usernameblankface@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      But like, so many used cars are grey? I always heard that people buy white, black, and grey because they sell better later on.

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      • Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        Grey was meant as a variable there. People buying new cars are typically either heavy on disposable income and/or have placed high value on arbitrary criteria that most of us would not consider worth the very high price difference between New and used cars.

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  • Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Depends on the cost of new vs used…extra warranty on new, and cheaper monthly rates on new compared to used.

    Financially, depending on the cars being compared it can actually be cheaper in the long run to buy new instead of used.

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    • Usernameblankface@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Every comparison I’ve ever seen puts the new car as far, far more expensive than used.

      Do two cars have to be different models and different years? Can it work out to compare the same trim level of the same car, and have the new one cost less overall than the used one?

      I’ve never figured for any warranty in my car buying, so I’m playing a whole different ballgame here. I just go by advertised price, average gas milage, and how expensive is it when it breaks?

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