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How selfless.
by kurtisc 8y ago
How selfless.
- ansible 8y agoThe people buying $35K USD cars aren't likely thinking about selflessness, true. But the question remains, if everyone who bought new cars kept them for 20 years and drove them a lot, what would the used car market look like?
- athenot 8y agoThe example of the Subaru Outback comes to mind: these are relatively harder to find used because most owners hang on to them.
- kurtisc 8y agoSimilar the rental market, I'd guess. Mostly done by those who couldn't afford to buy new but at a greater long-term cost. I've seen people commenting that the money you save on buying new just goes on repairs instead: I don't agree. There's a fashion and entertainment value to driving something that works just as well as a new car but is newer, so the market gets pushed down.
- shakestheclown 8y ago~30% of cars are leased, so those would still be available