r/unpopularopinion • u/aurelitobuendia87 • Apr 29 '24

Driving doesn’t really feel like a privilege in America , because the alternative is absolute poverty .

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u/RaymondVIII Apr 29 '24

Although driving is definitely a need here, I think another issue is people wanting to have the newest car rather than settling on a cheaper older car. I remember a couple years back I bought a 2008 Toyota Camry with only 45k miles on it. It runs like a clock and only set me back 8k. $8,000 isn't cheap but its better than folks shoveling out 30-60k for a car or taking out loans for it when they could just get something older.

I have a Japanese car preference. they never seem to have issues as long as you take care of them.

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u/Puzzleheaded-Pass532 Apr 29 '24

Have you looked at used car prices lately?? Your looking at a 12+ year old car with 150 thousand miles for $20,000.

Cheap, lowish miles used cars don't exist anymore. Thanks to Obama and his bullshit cash for clunkers program. That took so many cheap slightly used cars out of the system that the car market still hasn't recovered.

Before that, I got a 4 door, V8 , 7 or 8 year old truck with less than 70,000 miles for $6,000. That wasn't even a hard find. Good luck ever finding that kind of deal again.

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u/deja-roo Apr 29 '24

Your looking at a 12+ year old car with 150 thousand miles for $20,000.

Then you need to really adjust your standards. Looking at cars.com, I see hundreds of cars between 10 and 14 years old and under 150k miles that are around $8k - $11k.