Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoAmericans can no longer afford their carswww.newsweek.comexternal-linkmessage-square116fedilinkarrow-up1384arrow-down111cross-posted to: urbanism@hexbear.netpersonalfinanceurbanism@hexbear.net
arrow-up1373arrow-down1external-linkAmericans can no longer afford their carswww.newsweek.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square116fedilinkcross-posted to: urbanism@hexbear.netpersonalfinanceurbanism@hexbear.net
minus-squareFinal Remix@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up55arrow-down1·10 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-down3·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.
– and right up my chuff.
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.