• ripcord
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    37 months ago

    It doesn’t sound like you were going to buy a new car of any kind.

    Their argument supposedly isn’t that people aren’t buying new cars, but that they’re buying EVs at a slower rate.

    • @Sanctus@lemmy.world
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      117 months ago

      I’d buy an EV if I could afford one. Shit, when that transmission went out it would have been a good time to consider. But not with the price tags on everything and my 2004 wages.

      • ripcord
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        17 months ago

        The average new car in 2023 was like $47,000, would you have bought a new car at all?

        • @Sanctus@lemmy.world
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          27 months ago

          Well, you see, you don’t have to pay the entirety of the 47k right away. I have no idea why but they said I couldn’t make payments on the transmission when I asked in person.

          • ripcord
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            17 months ago

            While I agree that EVs are too expensive, it just sounds like you’re making the argument that you can’t buy any new car. Which is also fair but different.