>With stagnant wages, economically crippled younger generations, etc is ~$700/month in car payments [1] plus operating costs sustainable? This is like the most

>With stagnant wages, economically crippled younger generations, etc is ~$700/month in car payments [1] plus operating costs sustainable? This is like the most ridiculous example of unaffordability you could have cooked up. When I was young and poor, I bought a used 17-year old honda accord for $1000 and drove it around for nearly a decade. It worked fine. So yeah, a $700 car payment would have been absurd, but... I never subjected myself to that artificial constraint.