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to United States | News & Politics@midwest.socialEnglish · 7 days ago

As 1 Million New Car Buyers Vanish From U.S. Economy, a New Car Increasingly Becomes a Distant Dream

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As 1 Million New Car Buyers Vanish From U.S. Economy, a New Car Increasingly Becomes a Distant Dream

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to United States | News & Politics@midwest.socialEnglish · 7 days ago
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Buying a new car—any new car—is increasingly a baller move, rather than something Americans can expect to do.
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    WE DONT WANT YOUR THIN ASS PLASTIC, COVERED IN TOUCH SCREENS JJ ABRAMS TOO HIGH TO SEE PEDESTRIANS BULLSHIT, JUST GIVE US NORMAL FUCKING CARS THAT DONT COST THE SAME AS A HOUSE

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    Weird. I’ve seen a noticeable amount of temporary tags near me. Like every 8th car

    • WellTheresYourCobbler [ey/em, they/them]@hexbear.net
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      People may still be buying used cars

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      It’s because Memorial Day was last week and there’s typically shitloads of dealer special offers around that time

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      Do leases count? Could be leasing, or maybe got some 84 month loan.

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      There tends to be waves of new car buyers. Which means that when that waves cars start to fail on them in how ever so many years they buy in another wave.

      There’s a wave every 3 and 5 years near me. Its very noticeable. Outside of that you basically see zero new cars on the road.

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        I wonder if there were a bunch of Honda hybrids. I had a headgasket leak and I had to sell before it showed up on the onboard computer

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      https://fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/?g=1WJFh

      New car sales have been on a declining path since around Y2K.

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    Where are we gonna live, then?!

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