re: Who is the national market for $80k suv's?

Apparently the same people that are getting TOPS

I can’t fathom what my income would have to be to consider spending $80-100K on a vehicle.

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Everyone in my neighborhood

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We may live in the same neighborhood. Since 2020 I've seen at least 10-12 of my neighbors driving by in new (Denali's, a Range Rover or two, and the big Infinity soccer mom mobile).

Truth be told, I'd like to get a new truck myself. But with the current state of the market, I will be taking my car in to the shop next week to get work done in order to hang on to it for another year or two. Or at least until dealers are asking $10k above sticker.

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Let me translate slowly. If you pay for the car in one transaction up front then you can afford it. If you think you can swing a monthly note, but you can't pay for it outright, then you can't afford it.

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Okay Dave Ramsey. Let me translate slowly… people don’t stay poor by leveraging debt, they stay poor by spending cash on a depreciating asset when that money could be making them money. If you have good credit or belong to a credit union you’re getting a 2% interest rate. You’re telling me you’re not smart enough to realize that 20k you just spent on a car could earn you more than 2% somewhere over 5-6 years?

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I like paying cash for cars. Car notes are a good way to stay poor.

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So is turning down 0% interest free money and instead withdrawing funds that would be making you money.

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Land Cruiser

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Try 100k up for a used 20-21

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Dude it 30 cents past that last weekend

Someone here has to understand inflation, right?

We bought my wife a Hyundai Palisade almost a month ago. But it’s was $20K under your ceiling.

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I'll die on this hill, but anyone who keeps spending money on new cars is a sucker.

Get one, ride it till it dies, move on.

They all have 4 wheels and get you where you need to go.

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I'm kind of like this. My last two cars were 4Runners I bought new. The first I drove for 12 years and 250,000+ miles. The one I'm currently driving is 4 years old, and my goal is to try to drive it until my almost 5 year old turns 16. I'll probably end up buying one before that, but we'll see.