I grew up middle class, and statistically I'm upper-middle-class now. The closest I've got to a new car was when I got together with my wife, who had just purch

I grew up middle class, and statistically I'm upper-middle-class now. The closest I've got to a new car was when I got together with my wife, who had just purchased one. Currently, we operate two cheap vehicles, less than $10k between them. But I work from home, and my wife is part-time, so we don't put a lot of load on them. We also can easily handle one of them breaking down, both financially and from a scheduling perspective. I have the time to change a flat if needed. Used cars make sense for me, but I'm definitely privileged in many of the ways Jack describes in the article.