Americans are behind on car payments at a record level

[BarbieHTX]

You can buy a cheap hooptie but still need to pay for maintenance or invest time and energy into fixing it yourself.

Also I don't think most Americans are intentionally buying these cars at higher prices a lot of times the Dealership Mark up the car more than its worth with a bunch of fees. Even if you negotiate and haggle you still can end up getting yo pockets ran

I think there's a middle ground here.

Plus these crazy high interest rates. Poorer people with bad credit and no good public transportation almost don’t have a choice

 

[Chrishaune]

Paid off my Jeep 5 years ago... driving her til the wheels fall off... saving up to pay cash for next Jeep

Good for you, slave.

Open your eyes.

 

[CashmereThoughts]

Haven’t had a car in 11 years

 

[ReturnOfJudah]

Them payments got boys stressed out

 

[ItsPeople]

New sentras are only 18k. Maybe 22 walk out the door. Gotta get in where you fit in

Only get them if they are manual

 

[King Poetic]

People are in competition with themselves

Going out here getting a $50,000 car while putting only $2,000 down so they can rush onto the streets and say “ look at me ya’ll , im on the same level as so and so”

Then they calling around asking for light, gas , phone bill money” or working a extra 30 hours just to have that extra 200 dollars to make it for the month

 

[Kiyoshi-Dono]

Just save up and buy a $2k-$4k junk car. Preferably a Toyota.

Maintenance for a junk car will still run your pockets
I have a two cars but drive my beater daily
I’ve sunken 7 grand into my 2010 Pathfinder in the last 5 months
Everything from brakes, starter, camshafts, spark plugs, whole intake and now I need a new catalytic converter
So no you can’t just buy a beater and be okay
Cars break down and need shyt fixed
Buying a new car and buying a old one will have you both fukked up
You just see the new car fukkery up front but an old car comes with just the amount of fukkery
Even if you know a good honest mechanic
Then these insurance companies are big stepping with these egregious prices
I really question how some of you nikkas live
I also find it funny in an ironic kinda of way
You nikkas hate republicans but use their same talking points when threads come up of Americans struggling knowing what everybody is facing outside at the moment
But I’m the paag loving c00n

 

[im_sleep]

It’s gonna get UGLY out here when this broken system fully collapses

 

[50CentStan]

Just paid off my last car.

 

[NoCones]

coli nikkas didn't disappoint