What the heck has happened!? Prices are through the roof.
>>28765427Economy bad.
>>28765427I replied to you here: >>28765439 sk8r boi
>>28765427inflation or something else
nu cars are so shit that the demand for used cars has gone through the roofsupply and demand bro, supply and demand
>>28765441Nobody has money to buy things so price of used junk goes up?>>28765470People are still driving recent used cars, older used cars were bought at insane high prices, do they're trying not to lose money. Then the really old cars are desirable because they're known to be good and fun.
my 2006 focus has 130,000 miles on it and god I hope it lasts to 200,000. I’ll be in my mid 30s before I ever think of upgrading
>>28765569Questionable. Usually you are doing full suspension (or at least bushings) and everything related to clutch at that point.If you don't do that work yourself (and even if you do), it brings up the question of whether it was easier to just upgrade.I know people like to yell "wrenchlet" here when people recommend that repairing might not be the way to go, but I have a Civic Si with something like 150k on it and I have 7k in literally just parts. None super fancy, but some Honda stuff specifically when it came to clutch, fork, flywheel, etc.Random things went - generator, A/C, battery cables, ignition coil, oil pan bolt is stripped*, random-ass interior parts like heat blender door, etc.* I smell wrenchlet comments again, but the subframe has to get dropped
>>28765568nobody has money because the dollar is worth less than it wasin other words, everything costs more dollars
>>28765811It's solid advice, fixing stuff is nice but you have to look at the total condition of your vehicle and what YOU are comfortable repairing.
>>28765811how much would it cost to fix it, and how much would it cost to purchase a comparable vehicle in good conditionits not a complicated equation
>>28765427it happened for jewish reasons
>>28765427obama
>>28765427Did you live under a rock for the past four years?
>>28765427Inflation is increasing at a higher rate than depreciation
Seems fine up here in the north
Price of new cars have gone up substantially. Naturally, the spread between used and new cars will decrease.
>>28765427Sounds like a Democrat Hoax to me. Everything is fine. The stock market is good.
>>28766095>look underneath >oops all rust
First time pulling your head out of ass for the past 5 years? idk why this board continues to focus solely on the car market "correcting itself" when the price of everything is fucked.
yeah they are crazyIt's why I am buying a new car this week instead of a used. The price difference is so little id' rather pay a lil more and just buy brand new with warranty and all
>>28766615>a lil moreIts like 10x more to buy new than used. A shitbox is 25k new. An econobox is $35k new. Regular vehicles start at 45k.
>>28766627not really thoa lot of used camrys if you want at least 2020 are around 25k without all the tax bullshitpaying 30k for brand new
>>28766095>$3,700 for a 10 year old salvage title econoboxyeah everything is fine
>>28766702>Salvage title for a 4k car is bad THINK your resell value is in the GUTTER!Okay granpa that's great now please get in the car so we can take you back to the home
>>28766095you couldn't pay me to get a chevy cruz
>>28765427Because new car prices are absolutely insane, so people are trying to spend less money, driving the price of used cars up.The economy is also in the shitter because of morons voting for big money interests.
>>28765427The covid checks fucked it up
>>28767129If you're in Fargo that car is probably fine, you say what you want but when it's -40 out your ass is going to want anything to be in to get to work.
>>28766702For Fargo where the city is like a 15x15 mile box on the map? Sure what should it be anon? Inb4 a KBB price back in 2005
>>28766095It's a dreadful super unreliable turd with a salvage title probably rustier than the titanic in the bottom
Not just cars it's everything,they don't want you owning anything what do you not understand.
>>28765427>Prices are through the roof.Cars retaining value is a good thing. If you weren't a bus rider you'd understand this.>>28765441You're retarded.
>>28767314but how will he ever get a car if all he can afford is the bus?
>be fa/g/ lurking board due to work reloacation>asked friends for advice need a 3-5k car to go ~5-10 miles a day for work bus line doesn't go directly the office like back in Arizona>midwest winters fucking suck I found out >need beater>show friends some cars who are mechanics>AW NAW ANON YOU DON'T WANT THAT GET <8,500 dollar car> I'TS A MIATA AND THOSE ARE FUN>I just need a car for the winter months until I can use my electric bike again and go to hybrid/WFH 1 day in office in 90 days>WELL ANON IT'S AN INVESTMENT WHAT YOU NEED IS SOMETHING GOOD MAN WHAT ABOUT GROCERIES? HUH WHAT ABOUT EATING OUT? WHAT ABOUT DA GYM>gym is across the street next to a grocery store and I uber to bars because lol no DUI for me>go back and forth somehow want me to get some 15k car Toyota in my area instead of the beater I was looking at>read sticky but seems out of date and not exactly relevant to me>asked a few weeks back in the stupid questions thread but get yelled at about "why bother dude"I feel like I am going insane with people telling me the used car market is dead, picrel is what I am looking at. I always assumed used car market is your A->B need to get to work and back no driving across the other side of the state tier road trips each weekend, maybe 125-250mi/mo type thing. Like I get being a nerd dorker, cars aren't my strong suit but man I just don't understand how any used car always ends up with carfags trying to upsell a simple used car for work to "why didn't you just get a 30k car? Do you not care about your investments? what about peeling out at the stop light uh? You're not going to redline it on the highway? pfft no fun.I could be the retard but man I feel the discussion of the used car market is more doomer than the state of it from my perspective.
>>28767353Also not a carfag but in general if you ask for a recommendation and people start saying a bunch of shit that is relevant to their tastes rather than your situation you should ignore them.
>>28765427they look fine in my area just shop for old reliable cars.
>>28766095how do you even register the car with a salvage title, or do you just drive around with no papers and fake/stolen plates like a nigger
>>28765830Or in other, other words, economy bad
>>28768485mine is salvaged its insured and passes inspection fine so i can register it.
>>28768485When you go to register a car, at least in Texas idk about other states, there's a few checkboxes for the previous title. "Salvaged title" is one. Idk, I guess enough tryhards found junkers on the side of the freeway and got them going but yeah, that's the official way to do it.
>>28765427>What the heck has happened!?No one can afford to buy a car, so they hold off on buying cars. Dealers still need to pay the bills with far fewer customers, so they need to increase the margin on their cars to make the numbers work, so they raise prices and overcharge for the people still willing to buy cars at this price.It seems counterintuitive but this is essentially the early stages of another downturn as we're approaching the rollercoaster peak. If you're expecting a steep discount, that is not the right approach. The right approach is to just have the money and buy at the value, mileage, and condition you want.Consumers think that dealers should push volume instead of profit-per-vehicle, but dealers can't push volume at all right now, so profit-per-vehicle is the only avenue they have, and it's not a particularly sustainable one.
>>28767438>if you ask for a recommendation and people start saying a bunch of shit that is relevant to their tastes rather than your situation you should ignore themReally that applies to any product recommendation. Some people just cannot get out of their own ego at all.For many people that just need a car that runs for a long time, there's a big list of cars that fulfill that basic transportation role. Just to make the search easier, you can squeeze out a few better answers to narrow down the search, but ultimately they need a set of reliable wheels that stays dependable for a while.
>>28765427The dollar is hyperinflating and becoming worthless as boomers print trillions in debt. At the same time the world has rapidly lost trust in the US dollar as a store of value due to the retarded president starting trade wars with the rest of the planet. This is why shit like silver and gold are suddenly mooning. Stop by /biz/ sometime.
>>28765427cash for clunkers one and two removed hundreds of thousands of reliable easily fixable cars so they could be sold to China as a source of cheap steal.
>>28768531>Some peopleThey are called kikes, jeets, niggers and redditors
>>28765427>What the heck has happened!?Used car supply is going down because new cars suck so people are holding on to their old cars longer.Used car demand is going up because new cars suck and nobody wants to buy them.When demand goes up and supply goes down, prices increase.
>>28768942Will this trend ever reverse? Or should I bite the bullet and buy a used car now before prices continue increasing?
>>28767353Used German stuff is cheap for a reason do NOT get it or you will quickly find out why.GMT800 is cheap and easy
>>28768543Silver niggers should be a ban.Beans and bullets can't eat metal
>>28768668Not even a percent of the American vehicle fleet was destroyed. C4c meme needs to end.
>>28769825it will never end. obama boogeyman lives rent free for eternity
>>28768668Wasn't it like 60k vehicles?
>>28768668OH stop it with this meme already it wasn't even that many compared to the whole fleet and 99% of them werel worthless rusty CLUNKERS which would have been long gone by now regardless.
>>28769832the perception is probably enough to let people justify charging what they do for old shitboxes
>>28767353take the miata pill
>>28765427Covid fucked the car market more than anything in the history of automobile People like the cite c4c but that shit is so old news now. I even bought my first car in late 2010, there was still tons cheap, affordable 90s econoboxes back then.
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>>28770130I bought a Volvo 240 for $400 in 2009 and all it needed was a timing belt, which I changed in the street then drove the car home.
>>28765427I know nothing about cars and am just browsing this sub looking to see if anybody has cracked the code on used cars yet, as I'm looking for my first car.It's terrible. Honda Civic and Totoya Corolla are extremely inflated because of their reputations of "Best First Car" and "Most reliable".From what I gather, a lot of regulations are forcing new cars to be extremely pricey, and a lot of raw materials need to be imported from foreign countries like China to have manufacturing even happen here, which is tarrif'd and heavily affects the final price of the car.Dealerships are also assholes.Correct me if I'm wrong though, I quite literally know nothing about cars.
All I want is a V6 or V8 sedan I can fuck around with. Or a sedan that can seat a V6 or V8 engine.
>>28765569Focuses of all years easily it to 200k. Just check your water pump early on.
Is it worth it to buy an Audi with 60,000 miles?
>>28770749You're wrong
As someone who had just got his license at the tail end of C4C the market was absolutely fucked. Sure it was fine if you didn't care about cars and would've been okay with a mom car as a 16 year old but good luck getting a decent car for under 10k.
