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Originally Posted by Christian
The manual transmission in North America is definitely dying out.
I agree the car market is not in the favor of buyers right now, but I believe it will all level out eventually. It's crazy, I'm browsing through ~6 year old 5spd Mirages and they're selling for $13,000+ CAD. THE BASE MODEL CAR HAD A MSRP of 14k CAD!
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Ya, I don't think I'd buy any used cars anytime soon. But I don't think I'd want to buy a new car either.
I have a couple of friends who bought used cars and they turned out to be lemons. One bought a 2017 Ford Escape with almost 100,000 miles on it about six months ago for some $17,000. Now the transmission is "severely damaged" and needs replacing.
A $17,000 vehicle that needs a replacement transmission that will probably cost them somewhere between $3,500 and $6,000...
