• Data's Cat Spot
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    81 year ago

    Ok, that doesn’t sound unreasonable then if someone finances a large percentage of an expensive car. Is this clickbait?

    • dual_sport_dork 🐧🗡️
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      91 year ago

      Pretty much, yeah.

      Fuel and other costs are also up slightly, but not nearly to the level of greed driven “inflation” as the sticker price on new automobiles.

    • SonnyVabitch
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      61 year ago

      If I’m honest it does sound a bit unreasonable if you fork out a grand a month to park two tonnes of metal outside your house most of the time, or use it to drive it to your place of work. I understand that not everybody can live in a walkable neighbourhood but the price for the privilege of sitting in traffic still seems a bit high.

      • Data's Cat Spot
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        31 year ago

        Oh, I meant the calculation seems reasonable if that’s what they were considering. The thought of owing that large of a car payment per month sounds insane to me.

        If I can’t put down enough to get under $250/month, then I can’t afford the car, in my opinion.

      • @bhmnscmm@lemmy.world
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        01 year ago

        It’s not a grand a month if you don’t finance a new car. The cost of owning a used car is much more affordable.

        • SonnyVabitch
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          11 year ago

          No I get it, the example they used is an extreme outlier and it’s a grand a month. Then again, some might argue that a lot less than $1000 would still be a lot more than reasonable.