More Than 80 Percent Of Americans Can’t Afford New Cars

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• anarchy79@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Great news!

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  • beneeney@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Yeah fr lmao maybe if new cars weren’t littered with privacy infringement, I’d be upset about this

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    • ahriboy@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Smart vehicles aren’t so smart anyway, they screw your privacy, even they would record car sex inside.

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• lorez@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I’m European and I’m disabled so I don’t earn a lot. I plan on swapping my 30 years old Opel Corsa with a Yaris sometime in the far future. It’ll be the last car I buy. Oh, I hate SUVs.

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  • You_Are_Breathing@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I hate the trend of everyone driving SUVs. I drive a small sedan and I hate not being able to see around me because everyone is driving big SUVs or trucks.

    Plus, I get blinded with their lights because their headlights are shining on my rearview mirror.

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• pewgar_seemsimandroid@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  good

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• possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Then why don’t you just buy used? Anyway the data used in this study seems problematic

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  • RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Prices are still up and quality down in the used market. They’re not near the absurd level they were two years ago, but you’re getting a car with a lot more miles and abuse for way more money than you would have paid pre-covid. Problem is that a lot of these car resellers like Carvana are offering more than dealerships for used car trade ins, then re-sell them for higher prices and have way less hassle than trying to sell your car via private sale. So that convenience drives up all the prices for used cars and reduces dealer and private sale used inventory.

    So “just buy used” isn’t the fix you think it is. Sure, it will be less, but you’re getting less car and a car closer to problem mileage markers.

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    • possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      It fixes it for me. I just go to the local car shop and see what they have. I work on my own car to maintain it and it has lasted me a long time.

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  • Uranium3006@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    where do used cars come from? storks? no, from new cars. if 80% of Americans can't afford a new car what do you think that's gonna do to the used car market?

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• buzz86us@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Ugh yeah I’m waiting on the Tesla M2

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  • spooksboots@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I… Don’t think that stat refers to you

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    • buzz86us@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      It’s a 25k car that I’m taking out a loan for… The gas savings alone make it pretty much free

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  • rab@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    That’s why I drive a 2007 chevy pickup. Most things I can fix myself and the only thing that’s going to get it off the road is rust in 20 or 30 years

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• NaturalBeauty@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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  • bob_wiley@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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    • afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Sales guy at my job made a sale that is by far the biggest in the corporation history. Bought a Tesla right after the ink was dried. Took me out to lunch at a fancy place and confessed that the sale was only possible because I was there and had worked on that type of process before. Alright I am fine with the situation but maybe don’t park it right next to my 15 year old civic.

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    • NaturalBeauty@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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  • SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I suspect most of those are leased

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