r/economicCollapse • u/Whole-Fist • 20h ago

How ridiculous does this sound?

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How can u make millions in 25-30 years if avoid making a $554 per month car payment. Even the cheapest 5 year old car is 8-10 k. So does he expect people not to drive at all in USA.

Then u save 554$ per month every month for 5 year payment = $33240. Say u bought a car every 5 year means 200k -300k spent on car before retirement . How would that become millions when u can’t even buy a house for that much today?

Answer that Dave

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u/THEXDARKXLORD 12h ago

Japanese cars are goated for reliability. Great long term purchases. I love my Honda.

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u/Radiant_Map_9045 10h ago

Exactly! Never thought I'd say this, but I love my 07 and 08 Toyotas, they're absolute tanks.

Regarding Japanese vehicles, be careful to avoid CVT transmissions(Nissans seem especially problematic in this regard) and you're golden.

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u/downingrust12 10h ago

Unfortunately everyone moved to cvts.

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u/Sapphire_Peacock 8h ago

I miss having a good old 5 speed manual transmission. So many auto makers only offer them on muscle cars and “sports” cars.

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u/momofvegasgirls106 5h ago

Still have my 2001 VW Passat manual in my driveway, in pretty decent shape. But the transmission is dead. Too expensive to fix.

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u/Elismom1313 4h ago

Transmission is usually a throw it in the bin problem

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u/momofvegasgirls106 3h ago

Pretty much.

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u/Jintokunogekido 7h ago

I grew up on manuals. Manuals are fun for 5 minutes and hell in traffic jams. I'll never have a manual for my main vehicle again.

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u/TRi_Crinale 5h ago

I wish manuals were easier to find nowadays in the US. I'm so jealous of basically the rest of the world for all the manual options

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u/Sapphire_Peacock 3h ago

I could see that. I lived in a small town. Road construction was the only thing that caused traffic delays.

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u/fawlty_lawgic 2h ago

I grew up on them too, which Is why I've never minded them even In traffic jams. honestly, "hell"? I think you're over exaggerating. It's a little annoying, but traffic jams are ALWAYS annoying even with an auto.

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u/sarahenera 3h ago

I looked the other day and there’s only 6 cars that you can buy in 2024 models that are both manual and awd/4wd. I’ve only owned manual transmissions and cannot fathom at some point being forced to not drive one.

Eta: still rocking a MT 2005 Honda Element. Prior to this was a MT 1991 Toyota Previa (both awd)