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      8 小时前

      Not everyone has several thousands in cash to buy a used car outright. Most Americans don’t even have $1,000 in emergency savings.

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        8 小时前

        And I grew up on a junkyard. Nobody ever signed up for a payment plan, they just paid straight cash.

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          8 小时前

          Have you seen the prices of used cars these days? Who has that kind of money in cash and isn’t in the financial position to buy new?

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            8 小时前

            I’m literally trying to hock off a 1995 GMC Sonoma for $400 right now. Nobody seems to want it.

            New battery and new keys and it should run just fine.

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              8 小时前

              Yeah…it’s a 1995 and who knows how long it will last on the road before falling apart.

              Just because you have a single used car you’re trying to sell for cheap doesn’t make the entirety of used cars suddenly more affordable.

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                8 小时前

                Bitch bitch, $400, take it or leave it.

                I really don’t understand why people complain, either fix it up or sell it for scrap metal, why is it so difficult to sell a truck for $400?

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                    8 小时前

                    I can crank it with tweezers if I needed to.

                    $1000? Where the fuck do you get your parts from? $200 worth of parts would totally fix this thing right up properly.

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          5 小时前

          New cars are more reliable than used and while it’s not a good idea to take loans when you’re broke, sometimes it’s the only option.