We found a 2023 Hyundai Ioniq 6 SEL sitting on a California car lot for $13,995, which is under a third of the $45,600 MSRP that Hyundai wants for a new one. We Can’t Find a Catch on the Listing So, what’s wrong with it? Honestly, not much. It shows a clean title, and the […]
Brutal depreciation… but also a really great market for used EV buyers.
I’m just mortified of every step of buying a vehicle.
I have to get rid of the old one, I have to be without car for an indeterminate amount of time (I have a vehicle I can borrow, which is a luxury most people don’t have!) I have to decide on a new car and commit to paying off a fucktillion dollar loan, which, ugh. Because saving up for a car to make a purchase in cash would take over a year… If I saved every cent I made to put towards the purchase and had no bills, hobbies or interests besides C A R.
For me, it’s the social piece that gets me - I have to go get talked at by a series of increasingly greasier dudes until eventually I reach the apex greaseball and he tries to con me out of as much money as he can steal
I test drove one… They’re really really nice!
Personally, the used market has collapsed, but that’s also sort of a good thing if you’re shopping used.
I’m just mortified of every step of buying a vehicle.
I have to get rid of the old one, I have to be without car for an indeterminate amount of time (I have a vehicle I can borrow, which is a luxury most people don’t have!) I have to decide on a new car and commit to paying off a fucktillion dollar loan, which, ugh. Because saving up for a car to make a purchase in cash would take over a year… If I saved every cent I made to put towards the purchase and had no bills, hobbies or interests besides C A R.
For me, it’s the social piece that gets me - I have to go get talked at by a series of increasingly greasier dudes until eventually I reach the apex greaseball and he tries to con me out of as much money as he can steal
It’s a terrible system TBH XD