• zjti8eit@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    6 days ago

    I have owned a car for 30 years, and never got close to $50,000. I once made the poor decision to buy a brand new $19,000 VW in 2009, never again. Only suckers buy new cars.

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      6 days ago

      How much have you spent on maintenance, repairs, fuel, insurance, fees, taxes etc for your cars in those 30 years?

    • we is doomed!@lemmy.world
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      5 days ago

      Only suckers buy new cars.

      well you need them to or you’d not be able to buy used. Having no choice though ? that’s what sucks.

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      6 days ago

      brand new $19,000 VW in 2009

      Passat? My dad made the same mistake. German engineering lmao.

      Meanwhile the 2006 toyota I inherited from him still runs fine, though the paint and the plastics are sad.