re: Article: "Record number of car buyers 'upside down' on trade-ins"

They aren't focused on practicing financially sound and logical decisions but rather practicing justification of if they can afford it over time. That's why.

Either way I'm not one to talk I bought my wife a brand new Lexus for Christmas and even though I paid cash it's a hugely depreciating asset and will do no return and not have the longevity to pass down to my kid