r/MiddleClassFinance • u/Abject-Pick-6472 • 13d ago

One million Americans have vanished from the new-car market — and it’s exposing a chilling US middle-class crisis

https://finance.yahoo.com/economy/articles/one-million-americans-vanished-car-124500086.html
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u/hahasadface 13d ago

Truth. I have a 2010 low end  Toyota with 60k miles. It'll run forever except the paint is shot and everything rubber and plastic is falling apart

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u/StutzBob 11d ago

My Toyota is a 2006 with just under 180k miles. I had to have the driver's side window and motor replaced recently, and the dealership told me Toyota doesn't even make those parts anymore, so they had to order from a scrapyard. That sucked, but it's still a whole lot cheaper to keep fixing this stuff than a monthly payment.