#used cars

[oldmanpeace]

[stone-cold-groove]

Variety and value are always in season at your Chevy dealer’s. Chevrolet OK Used Cars ad - 1961.

[cinemaautomobilia]

John Bromfield seals the deal for a 1955 Buick Special Riviera Coupe in "Hot Cars" (1956)

[newyorkthegoldenage]

Ron Blumberg, Used Cars, ca. 1934. Gouache.

Photo: 1st Dibs

[karagin22]

[bitchesgetriches]

Hey bitches! I have a question for you about cars! My friend and I ended up buying the same make, model, and year of a car at roughly the same time almost five years ago. She mentioned that she is thinking of trading in her car to get a new one. To me, this is inconceivable—I come from a family that was a maintain-repair-sell for scraps when it’s truly dead and gone kind of family. My first car at 16 was as old and this was the first car I ever bought new and have planned to keep it 10+ years. I think she views having a newer car as a kind of investment since cars do depreciate over time. It doesn’t seem like it’s smarter to do financially on the surface, but is it? Am I wrong?

You're right, your friend is wrong.

Cars DO depreciate as soon as your drive them off the sales lot. They're in no way an investment (with a few exceptions). The most financially efficient way to own a car is to pay cash, keep it in good repair for as long as possible, then get rid of it when it is no longer affordable to repair. My last car was 15 years old when I sold it for parts. I plan on driving my current car until it's at least 15. Then I'll pay cash for another relatively young USED car.

Here's our philosophy on car-buying, in a two-part nutshell, my dove:

Buying a Car with the Bitches, Part 1: How to Choose Your Car 

Buying a Car with the Bitches, Part 2: How to Pay for Your Car 

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[nostalgia-eh52]

Vintage Los Angeles

1970s Castle Ford Located at 4531 Hollywood Blvd

📷 Stephen Roullier

[machetelanding]

Chicago (1940s)

[reasonsforhope]

The U.S. Department of Treasury’s gift to electric-vehicle shoppers (and global automakers) for the new year was to make many more EVs and plug-in hybrids eligible for the federal tax subsidy of up to $7,500 — including vehicles built outside North America — as long as drivers lease them or buy used rather than buy new.

EV credits and [rules] took effect Jan. 1.

One category extends the former credit of up to $7,500 for consumers buying new EVs and PHEVs, but it puts new limits on vehicle price and buyer income and will soon add requirements for the sourcing of EV batteries and materials. Additionally, since August [2022], it has required that the vehicles be assembled in North America.

A second is a new credit of up to $4,000 for buyers of used EVs.

A third is a “commercial” credit for businesses acquiring EVs. It offers up to $7,500 for light-duty vehicles (under 14,000 pounds) and up to $40,000 for heavier vehicles. Significantly, the commercial credit does not have the origin, price or other restrictions of the credit for consumer buyers.

On top of all that, the Department of Treasury guidance released at the end of December allows the less restrictive commercial credit to also apply to vehicles leased by consumers; that means most plug-in and fuel-cell EVs currently on the market can qualify, including those built in Europe or Asia. The credit goes to the leasing company — the vehicle owner — but it can be passed to the consumer in the form of lower lease payments.

The new federal rules do not affect state and local subsidies available for EV buyers [which may be able to get you even more savings].

-via Cars.com, January 12, 2023

[dougielombax]

I wonder if big bill hells is still open.

*FOR LEGAL REASONS THIS IS A JOKE!!!*

[misforgotten2]

You promise?

[fuzzyghost]

[thegoodmorningman]

Friday means no rules or consequences!!!

[wheelsgoroundincircles]

It’s the cast of USED CARS (1980), “Trust me”.

[mischief-night-ghost]

Ray Toro, trustworthy used-car salesman, *slaps roof of car*: "now this beauty over here is really good for if you want to run a red light and make someone else swerve into traffic, causing a horrible accident; and with my family discount you'll get a get out of jail free card with the additional perk of embarassement-induced defensiveness"

Car:

[bignaz8]

Released July 11, 1980, Used Cars is an American satirical comedy film co-written and directed by Robert Zemeckis, and starring Kurt Russell, Jack Warden, Gerrit Graham, and Deborah Harmon.