Cars have become as expensive as entry level homes used to be, not so very long ago.
Repair costs are through the roof
Some states mandate OEM replacement catalytic converters
And there are folks that decided to torch their declining value “asset”.
Market will level itself if Goobermint gets out of the way.
But they won’t, so it won’t.
Solution? Pay cash for a used beater and drive it til the wheels fall off.
Rinse. Repeat.
“ Solution? Pay cash for a used beater and drive it til the wheels fall off”
My 23 year Ford Exploder finally lived up to its nickname and threw some internal part right through the engine block last week.
Not enough for another beater as this is like the third one in 4 years.
Been trying to sell my Harley which is my last halfway valuable thing and I think every kind of scammer on earth has contacted me.
The last one got really enraged when I showed him a screen shot of his phone number on a known scammer list.
He said he was going to report me if I ever replied to him again.
(To whom do criminals report you when you catch them trying to rob you? 🤔)
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“Solution? Pay cash for a used beater and drive it til the wheels fall off.”
But that enacts the Repair Costs Through the Roof.
I drive beaters but unfortunately I’m not able to repair them all the time due to injuries from being rear-ended last year.
Then the healthcare racket after a car accident is disgusting. Triple billing and costly, worthless treatments. The outcome is to soak up all the money from the settlement and still leave a person injured.