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I hate the used car market
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Yeah, we've bought two new cars within the past 5 years. Initially looked at newer used, but they were only marginally less than new cars with 30k+ more miles. Definitely a different landscape than I was in my 20s.
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We had a head gasket blow on one of our very used cars during my postdoc (early 2020s), it was cheaper to just replace the engine than buy another used car. It's been several years and it still runs great!
I have a reliable car now, but my last "fun" car gave me CPTSD (Car PTSD) w. how expensive everything was to fix and how long (i.e. months) it took to find replacement parts. I drive <6,000/year, so having a car already feels like a waste of money, but mass transit in my city is only mediocre.
Anytime I travel back from somewhere with good public transit I feel scammed.
My aunt historically bought used Honda sedans (and often the same model) every 4-5 years for about 30 years. After COVID she bought her first new car in probably over 40 years… if that’s not a sign of the used car market right now, IDK what is.
It doesn’t really make sense to me, though, since one would think all these used cars are sitting around if people are going to new cars more? But maybe that’s the point…?
It doesn’t really make sense to me, though, since one would think all these used cars are sitting around if people are going to new cars more? But maybe that’s the point…?
Sanman
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You can only get a new car if you can afford a new car. Seems like most people can't do that and won't get a cheap new car anyway.
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