Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoAmericans can no longer afford their carswww.newsweek.comexternal-linkmessage-square117fedilinkarrow-up1361arrow-down110cross-posted to: urbanism@hexbear.netpersonalfinance@lemmy.mlurbanism@hexbear.net
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minus-squareFinal Remix@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up51arrow-down2·10 months agoRight. Cars aren’t really on the market. These cramped, low visibility, shit-mileage behemoths are the reigning force on the market now.
minus-squareCrashumbc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down4·edit-210 months agoThat’s because Americans are fucking idiots that WANT these behemoths… 15 years ago, I’m worried about spending 25k on a car, my friend went out and bought a huge Chevy pickup that was over 40k… Here’s the twist, he made a quarter of what did… Less than two years later it was repo’d.
Right. Cars aren’t really on the market. These cramped, low visibility, shit-mileage behemoths are the reigning force on the market now.
That’s because Americans are fucking idiots that WANT these behemoths…
15 years ago, I’m worried about spending 25k on a car, my friend went out and bought a huge Chevy pickup that was over 40k…
Here’s the twist, he made a quarter of what did…
Less than two years later it was repo’d.