It’s hard to find small cars in the us these days and if you do they are always clapped out shitboxes. Therefore your options are truck, suv, or a crossover.
corolla, mazda3, civic, elantra are all great cars and not shitboxes. what are you talking about?
it’s your mentality that drives people to drive huge cars they don’t need. a base level small car is 25K and you can lux them up to be luxury cars at around 30K, all without losing the mileage and safety.
I had a mazda 3, you’re right it was great but the used market is full of clapped out shit boxes and no one can afford to buy new these days. The people who can afford new cars are buying giant suvs and trucks.
I have no clue what you’re talking about or what would illicit an upvote here. There are plenty of small cars here. I have only owned them for 20 years now. I have seen them go from being the standard in cities to being on the downslope but that doesn’t mean they don’t exist.
Sure, a 93 civic is probably way too hard to come by now, for good reason… Yes it’s hard to find affordable and reliable cars compared to a decade ago but that doesn’t mean it’s the right move to say “fuck it I’ll just buy a $37K SUV. It’s only double the price and triple the cost of ownership anyway”. Economy cars are still a thing and will continue to be as long as enough people don’t say “fuck it I’ll buy an SUV”
People buy 10 year old compact cars every day. If you want to complain about it being harder I am with you. If you want an excuse for buying a gas guzzler I am very much not.
Issue is those 10 year old compact cars are dissapearing along with parts to keep them going, plus we know the idiotic cash for clunkers destroyed 10s of thousands of useable good cars the poor could have used so the government could force us to buy new so gm wouldn’t fail. I’m still mad at that.
Yep I agree. People gravitate to what’s easy, and in america, big truck or big SUV= easy and can haul their 5 fat kids. Except 99.8% of the time itll drive 1 person around.
It’s hard to find small cars in the us these days and if you do they are always clapped out shitboxes. Therefore your options are truck, suv, or a crossover.
corolla, mazda3, civic, elantra are all great cars and not shitboxes. what are you talking about?
it’s your mentality that drives people to drive huge cars they don’t need. a base level small car is 25K and you can lux them up to be luxury cars at around 30K, all without losing the mileage and safety.
I had a mazda 3, you’re right it was great but the used market is full of clapped out shit boxes and no one can afford to buy new these days. The people who can afford new cars are buying giant suvs and trucks.
25K civic is affordable for anyone on a salary 50/60K. The average salary in the USA for a single person is 48K…
yeah, it’s true that stupid people buy cars they can’t afford, rather than cars they can. the issue is people making 50K are buying cars that are 50K.
fwiw I’m looking for a used car 2-3yr old used in the 25K price range, and there are tons available in my area.
I have no clue what you’re talking about or what would illicit an upvote here. There are plenty of small cars here. I have only owned them for 20 years now. I have seen them go from being the standard in cities to being on the downslope but that doesn’t mean they don’t exist.
Wtf is a “clapped out shitbox” anyhow?
Op browsing Craigslist for a 93 civic - in this case they are 100% right ha
Sure, a 93 civic is probably way too hard to come by now, for good reason… Yes it’s hard to find affordable and reliable cars compared to a decade ago but that doesn’t mean it’s the right move to say “fuck it I’ll just buy a $37K SUV. It’s only double the price and triple the cost of ownership anyway”. Economy cars are still a thing and will continue to be as long as enough people don’t say “fuck it I’ll buy an SUV”
Not possible when mfgs do idiotic shit like ford stopping car production. you can’t even get a good car now
The fiesta was awesome. Ford stopped it. Subaru went to all shit cvt transmission. Chevy cars suck. Honda is ok ish.
I just want a manual awd wagon. Turbo optional. Apparently Americans hate wagons and hatches. I’ll keep buying used forever I guess.
“harder” !== “Not possible”
People buy 10 year old compact cars every day. If you want to complain about it being harder I am with you. If you want an excuse for buying a gas guzzler I am very much not.
Issue is those 10 year old compact cars are dissapearing along with parts to keep them going, plus we know the idiotic cash for clunkers destroyed 10s of thousands of useable good cars the poor could have used so the government could force us to buy new so gm wouldn’t fail. I’m still mad at that.
I would agree there are challenges/problems here. Just not that it’s impossible to drive/buy a car
Yep I agree. People gravitate to what’s easy, and in america, big truck or big SUV= easy and can haul their 5 fat kids. Except 99.8% of the time itll drive 1 person around.