re: Car pricing when is it going to end

shite man, that $5k is only going to add $10/month. Surely you can swing that??? Or are you a broke dick????

Bought a 2023 NX350 Hybrid for the wife over the weekend in Austin. No markup at all. We just had to wait 2 months for it

I have had the drive it until the wheels fall off mentality for the last 25 years. When I sell my cars it is to a scrap yard for between 400 - 600 dollars.

I judge when it is time to get another car by the amount I’m paying to keep my old car running. But eventually, you get to the point where you are paying more on a yearly basis to repair a car then you would pay for a new car.

I have 3 kids with driver's licenses and I am looking to buy my 5th car. I have a old beater for the kids to drive in high school (started with a 18 year old Civic that got totaled and now have a 13 year old Altima).

When a kid graduates high school I need to give them something reliable for college. My daughters have to drive through Atlanta in route to college and I’m not giving them something I can’t trust.

I’m now in position of looking for my second daughter’s college car. I’m looking for a car about 3-5 years old with less than 50k miles and since this is going to be the last car I buy them and it has to last at least 5 years and stay reliable I’m looking for a Corolla.

I’m having a hard time finding a 3 to 4 year old Corolla with less than 50k miles for less than $20,000. Three years ago when I gave my oldest her car it was 12,000 dollars.

Many people buy cars out of vanity but more buy cars out of necessity.

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The worst thing you can do for your son ,or daughter, is to buy them a new vehicle. You should buy them a used car/pickup that barely runs.


Great idea. Buy them something that could leave them stranded and put them in a dangerous, potentially life-threating, situation.

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My dad bought my brother and I a used pickup truck in high school and that was my original mindset to buy my daughters a beater. After you think about the horrible scenarios of their car breaking, I sure as heck didn't want a 16 year girl stranded anywhere in this world because of a vehicle.

Their grandparents chipped in and we were able to buy new basic starter vehicles for each of them to get themselves to sports and jobs. And the job was a requirement.

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IMO you should not be paying $40k for a vehicle unless you are pulling $160k+

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The best rule for buying an automobile is the 20/4/10 principle:

*20% down payment
*4 year financed
*10% of monthly income

But as we all know, most don't follow this anywhere close.

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or a truck? Good luck getting it under 50k.

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Don’t be a drama queen