@[email protected] to World [email protected]English • 2 years agoMore Than 80 Percent Of Americans Can’t Afford New Carsjalopnik.comexternal-linkmessage-square157fedilinkarrow-up1493cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected]
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•2 years agoWarranty. Safety features. Advanced tech.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•2 years agoLies. advanced butt fans. Advanced lack of fuel economy.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•2 years agoIdc about any of the things mentioned, but anti-consumer, anti-repair bs has been increasing steadily for many years
minus-square👁️👄👁️linkfedilinkEnglish5•2 years agoYou can have that all with an older car. As far as I’m concerned, tech has regressed since car manufacturers decided to go touchscreen.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•2 years agoSafety technology absolutely has not regressed, new cars are safer than ever, and generally make the roads safer by A) having more assists and alerts for drivers and B) having better crash structure resulting in less fatal accidents.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•2 years agoAnd headlights that blind everyone around you
minus-squareUranium3006linkfedilink1•2 years agoAnd front facing cameras because you can’t see what’s right in front of you in today’s huge ass trucks
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•2 years agoWell certainly some people need to buy new. If they didn’t, there wouldn’t be used to cars to buy.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish15•2 years agoBecause covid destroyed the car supply chain and made new cars basically the same price as used In some cases, used is actually more expensive because it’s available that day, whereas ordering a vehicle still takes 6+ weeks
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•2 years agoYup, and that’s why I’m still driving my 15+ yo cars. I’d like to replace the gas guzzler, but I’m not spending $40k or whatever to do so.
minus-squarenetburnrlinkfedilinkEnglish1•2 years agoAnd now we have strikes so we camt get new cars or parts to fix the cars we have. Fun times.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish8•2 years agoStrikes help the workers afford shit they wouldn’t otherwise, and has positive consequences for others in the same class
Why do you need to buy new
Warranty. Safety features. Advanced tech.
Lies. advanced butt fans. Advanced lack of fuel economy.
Idc about any of the things mentioned, but anti-consumer, anti-repair bs has been increasing steadily for many years
You can have that all with an older car. As far as I’m concerned, tech has regressed since car manufacturers decided to go touchscreen.
Safety technology absolutely has not regressed, new cars are safer than ever, and generally make the roads safer by A) having more assists and alerts for drivers and B) having better crash structure resulting in less fatal accidents.
And headlights that blind everyone around you
And front facing cameras because you can’t see what’s right in front of you in today’s huge ass trucks
Well certainly some people need to buy new. If they didn’t, there wouldn’t be used to cars to buy.
Because covid destroyed the car supply chain and made new cars basically the same price as used
In some cases, used is actually more expensive because it’s available that day, whereas ordering a vehicle still takes 6+ weeks
Yup, and that’s why I’m still driving my 15+ yo cars. I’d like to replace the gas guzzler, but I’m not spending $40k or whatever to do so.
And now we have strikes so we camt get new cars or parts to fix the cars we have. Fun times.
Strikes help the workers afford shit they wouldn’t otherwise, and has positive consequences for others in the same class