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Originally Posted by Flakbadger
Are you f***ing kidding me? Who in the hell spends $31k on a car?
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What I find odd is that the cost of entry to a car keeps escalating, but it also seems fewer people bother to learn to repair old cars. I often see the "reduce-reuse-recycle" logo anywhere that an ecologically responsible agenda is being pursued but to me, repair and maintenance are as important (or more important than) recycling and reducing.
My daily driver was $48k eleven years ago, which is close to $61k inflation adjusted today. I picked it up for $8k a year and a half ago, neglected but only about halfway through the total lifetime I'm expecting to get out of it (without heroic measures). The Taurus SHO I just picked up for my S/O was supposedly $27k in 1994, which is around $41k adjusted for inflation. It was $1000 in similarly neglected shape, though the application of $500 in repair parts and some greasy elbows and foul language has put it in such condition that I should easily see another 50k miles from the machine.
There's no possible way I could afford a $30k car new today, and while I may only make a modest salary I'm told there are more (employed) Americans making less than me, than making more than me.