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re: I can’t help but think a lot of people driving newer cars with upside down loans

Posted on 5/9/24 at 7:15 am to
Posted by NIH
Member since Aug 2008
114984 posts
Posted on 5/9/24 at 7:15 am to
Don’t forget complaining about $11 chicken tenders
Posted by GetCocky11
Calgary, AB
Member since Oct 2012
52225 posts
Posted on 5/9/24 at 7:20 am to
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Bro a sequoia is 82k. So Toyotas aren’t as inexpensive as you think.


A sequoia is one of Toyotas most expensive cars, not exactly a typical example.

Everyone in this thread keeps bringing up crazy expensive examples from basic manufacturers.
This post was edited on 5/9/24 at 7:21 am
Posted by monsterballads
Make LSU Great Again
Member since Jun 2013
29627 posts
Posted on 5/9/24 at 7:21 am to
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I have an 800 score my bank offered me a 10% rate.


get a new bank holy shite
Posted by Dixie2023
Member since Mar 2023
2721 posts
Posted on 5/9/24 at 7:22 am to
A friend of mine just bought a 2010 Tundra with less than 140k miles, one owner. Great shape, his mechanic had pointed him to it bc he’d seen it pop up for sale. Paid cash. More folks will go this route.
Posted by Shankapotamous
Member since Dec 2014
314 posts
Posted on 5/9/24 at 7:25 am to
So Nissan had a record sales year last year and they are doubling that this year? bullshite
Posted by tdme
Member since Jan 2022
176 posts
Posted on 5/9/24 at 7:26 am to
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I heard this morning that Nissan sales were up 90% over last year which was the best year they had ever had


??? 90% sounds too good to be true.


Nissan US sales for the first quarter in the US are up 7.2%

2023 235,818
2024 252,735

up 7.2%

Nissan 1st quarter US sales

This post was edited on 5/9/24 at 7:27 am
Posted by GuidoVestieri
Baton Rouge
Member since Jun 2021
851 posts
Posted on 5/9/24 at 7:32 am to
Same here Baw. Bought a Colorado new in 2016. It's been through a rockslide and a few minor wrecks. 149,000 miles on it. 19-20 mpg. Everyone around me driving new trucks.
Posted by lsu777
Lake Charles
Member since Jan 2004
32959 posts
Posted on 5/9/24 at 7:33 am to
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I'm still driving daily my 2009 Tacoma with 130k miles. Only cost is Oil Changes, Tires recently and a set of brake pads. I'll drive it another 10 years I'm sure.


still driving my 2014 tundra with 150k miles. plan to drive it another 3 years before passing to my oldest son.

i just buy my wife a really nice car every 4 or 5 years.

we are blessed and can afford it no problem, but yea its crazy how sales have not fallen like crazy. mind blowing really. My friends in the business are telling me its upticked if anything and people getting 8% quoted routinely which is crazy

i used to be on here telling people they were dumb for not financing for as long and as little down as possible when rates were below 3%. essentially it was free money when you factored in inflation but man these new rates...crazy


Posted by Scruffy
Kansas City
Member since Jul 2011
73857 posts
Posted on 5/9/24 at 7:33 am to
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my first car loan in 1992 was 6%. That’s just what it was back in the stone ages. My home loan at the time was 11%. People have lived entire lives in a zero to low rate environment
And the average car price in 1992 was $16,336.

If corrected for inflation, the average car price today would be $36k.

Instead, it is $47k.

The whole argument of “well, our interest rate was higher” is dumb as hell.

Yes, it was…and the cost of goods and services was substantially lower, even when corrected for inflation.

I would gladly take your 6% and cheaper prices over the current 7% and higher prices.
Posted by RogerTheShrubber
Juneau, AK
Member since Jan 2009
269591 posts
Posted on 5/9/24 at 7:34 am to
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Instead, it is $47k.


Yet, there are many viable vehicles you can buy under 47k.

People just dont have restraint.
Posted by Scruffy
Kansas City
Member since Jul 2011
73857 posts
Posted on 5/9/24 at 7:36 am to
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Yet, there are many viable vehicles you can buy under 47k.
In 1992, if the average was $16k, there were many viable options below that number.

Still sounds significantly better.
Posted by GreatLakesTiger24
One State Solution
Member since May 2012
56722 posts
Posted on 5/9/24 at 7:38 am to
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Everyone on the OT makes deep six figures except they can’t afford to buy a car

can't afford a vacation either
Posted by RogerTheShrubber
Juneau, AK
Member since Jan 2009
269591 posts
Posted on 5/9/24 at 7:39 am to
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In 1992, if the average was $16k, there were many viable options below that number.


Very true. I bought a new Isuzu Rodeo that year, manual 6 cyl enginem 4wd and it cost less than 16k.

Too many tards think if they can get a loan for it, they can afford it.
Posted by WDE24
Member since Oct 2010
54444 posts
Posted on 5/9/24 at 7:40 am to
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At what income can one drive a $100k car in your book? Minimum 200k/yr to me and that's individual income.
Not nearly a high enough income for that to be a good decision
Posted by dandan
Member since Nov 2007
4508 posts
Posted on 5/9/24 at 7:40 am to
Yeah I can’t get on board with paying 50K for a car. I would rather spend it/invest on something else.
Posted by RogerTheShrubber
Juneau, AK
Member since Jan 2009
269591 posts
Posted on 5/9/24 at 7:42 am to
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I would rather spend it/invest on something else.


Indeed.

Self indulgence is very expensive. Its those little extras that cost you.
This post was edited on 5/9/24 at 7:43 am
Posted by Jcorye1
Tom Brady = GoAT
Member since Dec 2007
73441 posts
Posted on 5/9/24 at 7:42 am to
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Once the cracks start to create floods, houses will be next.


I just don't believe it anymore.
Posted by LSUSports247
Member since Apr 2007
794 posts
Posted on 5/9/24 at 7:43 am to
50k seem to be the low end these days, how in the hell are there so many 90k-120k SUV’s on the road these days

Posted by RogerTheShrubber
Juneau, AK
Member since Jan 2009
269591 posts
Posted on 5/9/24 at 7:44 am to
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I just don't believe it anymore.


Me neither.

Govt will protect investors over residents. They'll bail out people if the market falls.

The game is rigged when those who drive the market cannot fail.
Posted by DrrTiger
Louisiana
Member since Nov 2023
850 posts
Posted on 5/9/24 at 7:46 am to
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how in the hell are there so many 90k-120k SUV’s on the road these days


Those instagram photos aren’t going to like themselves.
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