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Buying a new car's pretty dumb, but leasing? LOL get outta here.
by steponlego 4y ago
Buying a new car's pretty dumb, but leasing? LOL get outta here.
- incompatible 4y agoSounds like if you buy a used car in future, you'll have to worry about which of the previous owners can still tamper with it. Edit: previous owners and script kiddies, since it probably stopped getting security updates 5 years ago.
- steponlego 4y agoI've already decided my next car will be something built before 1984.
- incompatible 4y agoBack when I owned cars, they were always pretty old, and it was an endless job replacing various parts as they wore out. These days, I just walk, it's faster.
- steponlego 4y agoThanks for the WEF spam! Any more great tips?
- incompatible 4y agoWorld Economic Forum and the 15 minute city thing? I guess I was an early adopter, but some places take me longer than 15 minutes to get to.
- gnicholas 4y agoYour cars must have been pretty old if they're slower than walking!
- incompatible 4y agoThey would go at the speed limit, when they were working, but once I added on the time spent maintaining and repairing them, it just didn't seem worth it.
- JohnFen 4y agoDepends on how old the used car is. I'll be sticking with the old ones, personally. The ones that don't have any sort of data connection.
- jay_kyburz 4y agoThere is this weird thing going on here in Australia where you buy a new car, drive around for a year or two, and sell it second hand and make a profit. I think people must assume that second hand cars are cheaper and not actually checking what price they can get on a new car. Perhaps they just check the advertised price and not realize you can get the dealer to knock off thousands if you pretend you are not interested.
- JohnFen 4y agoI'm in the US, and I bought the car I currently drive used for $2,000. It is, without exaggeration, the best and most reliable car I've owned in my life (even counting the new car I owned). Used cars can absolutely be cheaper than new ones even if you have great haggling skills at the dealership. I bought it pre-covid, though, and I know that used car prices became insane during the pandemic. But they'll settle back to norm (if they haven't already).