[lurk]

New cars are expensive.

[Williams]

It’s great to show off you can afford a new car but cars last longer these days. You can own a good used car for a fraction of the cost.

[Sybeck1]

New pickups average 50K. My 10 year old one is going to have to last several more years

[Wonder Warthog]

"New cars are expensive."

Heh! My dad had the solution to that back in 1962. He bought a "sort of running" Nash Metropolitan for $300. He gave me that and a basic set of Craftsman tools and said "when you have repaired it to my satisfaction, you can drive it (the Old Man was a TOP mechanic... if it was mechanical, he could fix it)".

Greatest compliment I ever had from him..."I never thought you'd be such a good mechanic." (my interests 'til then had been VERY "bookish").

And I still have most of those tools.

[Vaduz]

And high maintenance costs because of all the bling trash.
It’s cheaper to by a restored car that will last longer and it will retain it’s value and looks a hell of a lot better.