Thought I needed a new used car...

Looked around and said...

F' it...PRICES ARE WAY WAY UP!!!

I'll fix my hurtin' ride and bite the bulliet...

Cost $844.04 to fix and another $80 yet to pay for the inspection stickers...

Plus I need 2 new tires by winter and a possible brake job by then...

I've owneD the car since 2016...

No MONTHLy PAYMeNTS

I like it that way...

Gotta start buying midgrade gas though,

No more regular gas at cheap foriegn owned gas stations though...that cheap regular 87 paki gas is messin' wit my ENGINE CONTROL MODULE...

THEY are $1,000 new...

Re-cloned my old one for $FIVE FIDDY

and seems to be working...

Knock on wood.

Cars are a pain in the azzz but you gotta have one to live and make money even if your a poor grub trash picking and dumpster diving...

A WORKING Car IS a MUST HAVE.

I had a car once...

What's more is they aren't inclined to haggle at all currently. When getting the wife's new ride, I was told the price. I asked what he could do. He shrugged and said if I didn't take it, somebody would come in tomorrow that would. I didn't realize I could hate car buying more than I already did.

Yes ...it's bad when they don't even pull that age old schtick

Line....

"Let me go talk to my manager and see what he can do for you"....

They don't even try and upsell you with free matt's or special undercoating anymore...

Used car prices are up 40% due to shortages from the car rental companies and stimulus money demand.

New car shortages and higher prices are mostly due to microchip shortages and used car shortages right now. First, covid was killing new car sales before the microchip shortages and brought out some never been seen Honda deals.

At the same time a few months ago, my old cars were worth more than my new cars cost me (again) big time! Go figure. My friend who has been at the Honda dealership for 30 years had never seen this before.

Gas is like up to $3/gallon at this point because Texas froze several months ago and then, Saudi Arabia cut production and OPEC instituted cuts that hurt us too. But UAE is pumping more again, OPEC is expected to pump more again and the gas price is expected to ease up soon.

Did you know there is also a shortage of jet fuel too?

when the dealerships were overpaying for our used cars due to low inventory, it was only logical they' be selling them for way more too.

unless one has urgent need, might as well wait until the other factors Robert mentioned normalize.

or search for a private seller...

Yeah, Mrs. Beach was claiming necessity due to random occasional not starting issues.

[quote=Sunoverbeach]Yeah, Mrs. Beach was claiming necessity due to random occasional not starting issues. [/quote]

was just making a general comment SOB.

Circumstances could force me into this unfavorable market too.

Fingers crossed for you Frank. Had myself all psyched up to do financial battle. It was quite a let down

Inflation of used car prices is the fault of the Biden brainless trust policies.

The same thing happened under that Obama character with his "Cash For Clunkers" program.

Obama had a silicone shortage because of his cash for clunkers program? I don't remember that one. Though what do I know. I'm just a poor ignorant bastid, easily influenced by lizard people propaganda and an overwhelming wave of progtard socialism with fascist overtones. Please don't waste your rhetoric on me. I'm a lost cause

That cash for clunkers F**CKED ME BIGTIME!!!

I WAS TWO MONTHS AWAY(SHORT) FROM GETTING $5K FOR MY clunker IZUZU TROOPER...INSTEAD I ONLY GOT $500...

MUTHERF*CKER BARRY BARRACK F**ED MY AZZ TWICE

THAT BEOTCH,

ONCE FOR A CLUNKER

ONCE FOR A FBI-SSG GANGSTALKING DEBACLE AND

$1 MILLION IN CASH STEN FROM MY H.U.T. BY THOSE FELON DOUCHEBAGS...

MMA main event.

Don't care who wins. Just want to see someone concussed.

Edit: Wrong thread newb!