> New cars are a fool’s game for most people, imho. I’d have agreed with you in the past, but I just bought a new car for the first time. I wanted a compact pi

> New cars are a fool’s game for most people, imho. I’d have agreed with you in the past, but I just bought a new car for the first time. I wanted a compact pickup - there were basically none produced for a decade from 2012-2022 - the ones from before this gap are questionable safety-wise, and now either are falling apart from rust, or going for a hefty premium because there aren’t many enthusiast-maintained rust-free models for sale. The post 2022 ones for sale just don’t have enough of a discount off new models to be worth buying unless.