Nothing Margot says is outdated if you don't want car payments. If you insist on living above your means. Then don't complain that you can't possibly buy a car outright cause "status". Earn Status, save then with PORTION of your cash, buy they car you like. (bitchin about saving? Learn to make more money doing something else.)
Boomer brain detected. Tell me, what’s the difference between the used car market today and 20 years ago? Did planned obsolescence disappear? Where are the cars lasting 30 years and 300k miles with good maintenance today? Did the supply of cars meet demand or has there been intentional scarcity? How did Covid, cash for clunkers, and mass immigration impact price point?
I plugged the following details into autotrader.com:
Toyota - any make
Max price: $3k
Within 50 miles of 98310
Got 13 matches, anywhere from $1999 for a Camry, to $3k for a Prius.
Yes, they are all high mileage cars, but they are all 2000-2010 model years, which have cheap parts, are easier to fix, and cheap to insure.
Bullshit, especially for non-100% gas cars like the Prius. You've got computers instead of carbs. Alloys instead of steelies, which are more expensive to maintain and replace. Unique headlights as opposed to sealed beam units you could buy at garages.
Not a boomer, sorry, its common sense though. Go to a car lot, get a used car you can afford. It might be $1000 or even less. spend your money on keeping it running instead of monthly payments. Work at a job that makes more money or better yet your own business on the side. Get better car. Get a mentor. Don't repeat mistakes someone else already made and set them back years. TO your other questions... 2. not much, I paid $300 for my 1st car and I could do it again today if I was 15 yo and working. 3) No, but not all cars posses planned obsolescence. 4) buy older model Toyotas, Hondas or similar in great shape from old people. 5) supply/demand is nothing you can control in the macro. In the micro, where you live, find a car for sale with a lot of similar cars like it also for sale. Then negotiate down. 6) Bitching about the past doesn't change price point. Do what you can do and vote accordingly so the future doesn't arrive with regrets.
The fact you think you car lots sell used cars for under 1k means you don’t live in reality. I got a very cheap car in 08 for 2k a beater that would last under a year was 400-500 then. Those beaters are 2k now.
Get a mentor. Nah boomer dudes are too busy chasing pussy and being selfish IMO. Just read this thread.
Young people just don't care anymore. That's why our country is collapsing. Nobody is going to work to take care of old people anymore, roll your dice and take your chances with a foreign care aide I guess.
Young white men have less reason to care about anything than a deathrow inmate in prison. At least the latter has hope of a reduced sentence, whereas the path we're on is certain. We have no future. At this point I just want things to burn and blood to flow, at least then it would be a change of pace.
Wrong. The most successful in anything, directing movies to billionaire stuff, MADE opportunities. That is why they succeed. you can do it coding, or selling online, or see an op at work. If you wait for something to be given to you, its too late, or its mediocre at best.
Nothing Margot says is outdated if you don't want car payments. If you insist on living above your means. Then don't complain that you can't possibly buy a car outright cause "status". Earn Status, save then with PORTION of your cash, buy they car you like. (bitchin about saving? Learn to make more money doing something else.)
Boomer brain detected. Tell me, what’s the difference between the used car market today and 20 years ago? Did planned obsolescence disappear? Where are the cars lasting 30 years and 300k miles with good maintenance today? Did the supply of cars meet demand or has there been intentional scarcity? How did Covid, cash for clunkers, and mass immigration impact price point?
I plugged the following details into autotrader.com: Toyota - any make Max price: $3k Within 50 miles of 98310
Got 13 matches, anywhere from $1999 for a Camry, to $3k for a Prius. Yes, they are all high mileage cars, but they are all 2000-2010 model years, which have cheap parts, are easier to fix, and cheap to insure.
If it’s a 2000s car over 150k miles it’s a planned obsolescence money pit.
Pattern detected! Until you focus on what you CAN do and not what bothers you. You will have problems you can blame on everybody and everything else.
Mmm I'm sure they won't just cost another 5k in parts and labor within the year.
Bullshit, especially for non-100% gas cars like the Prius. You've got computers instead of carbs. Alloys instead of steelies, which are more expensive to maintain and replace. Unique headlights as opposed to sealed beam units you could buy at garages.
and then while your car is being worked on you can spend as much as you make just paying for transit so you can keep your job. There is no winning.
Only two points in and we're already at "pull yourself up by your bootstraps and just make more money"
The fact you think you car lots sell used cars for under 1k means you don’t live in reality. I got a very cheap car in 08 for 2k a beater that would last under a year was 400-500 then. Those beaters are 2k now.
When did I mention car lots? You do need a mentor, in many things.
Get a mentor. Nah boomer dudes are too busy chasing pussy and being selfish IMO. Just read this thread.
Young people just don't care anymore. That's why our country is collapsing. Nobody is going to work to take care of old people anymore, roll your dice and take your chances with a foreign care aide I guess.
Young white men have less reason to care about anything than a deathrow inmate in prison. At least the latter has hope of a reduced sentence, whereas the path we're on is certain. We have no future. At this point I just want things to burn and blood to flow, at least then it would be a change of pace.
"Just make more money and stop complaining"
Ironically, you said it, but don't believe it.
Because it's retarded. Ability to make money is entirely based on the opportunities you're given.
Wrong. The most successful in anything, directing movies to billionaire stuff, MADE opportunities. That is why they succeed. you can do it coding, or selling online, or see an op at work. If you wait for something to be given to you, its too late, or its mediocre at best.