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Used cars are up over 30% in these numbers. That's bananas. With the price of cars going nuts, that could be good for EVs.
by AlanSE 5y ago
Used cars are up over 30% in these numbers. That's bananas.
With the price of cars going nuts, that could be good for EVs.
- dragonwriter 5y ago> With the price of cars going nuts The price of used cars is going nuts far more than new cars, so I don't think the increase in car prices is good news for sellers of a class of new cars that is already at a premium.
- commandlinefan 5y agoNew cars are pretty bad too. I've been shopping for one all week, and one dealer yesterday had a mystery $1800 charge added to the price. When I asked what that was he explained, "our inventory is currently very low so we're adding this charge to make up for lost inventory". That's right - there was an $1800 "there aren't a lot of cars right now so you'll pay whatever we charge you" charge on the quote.
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- Der_Einzige 5y agoBe happy that's all it is. The idea of "negotiating" a car price has died in this economy. You let the car sales-person decide just how badly you're going to have to bend over for them - or they find someone else. You should see the markups people paid for a RAV4 prime (a kind of nice soccer mom subcompact SUV). I saw 20000$ markups in some places. Dealerships and car sales people have always been scum - but an economy like this turbocharges their virility.
- throwawaygh 5y ago> I saw 20000$ markups in some places. I'll call BS on this. Sounds completely made up.
- dkn775 5y agoJust to check I looked at prices on the rav primes. Holy cow… 44k is about the median I saw used. Some upwards of 63k!!!! These popular all around great cars are getting inflated to hell