Good to see you can get a new Volvo with a modern version of the brittle, fragile plastic we’ve all come to love on the classic Volvos

I mean I agree that there are probably too many brands and models in the market place that don’t really have a reason to exist, but from the consumer’s perspective I don’t see how more choice is a bad thing. And most companies do operate in the way you suggest.

Good point. Its not our industry to bail out. Let the Panama, Bahamas, and Bermida bail them out!

Let them register their ships stateside and pay taxes and then we’ll look into giving them assistance in a year or two.

If you are getting a good (sub-2%) interest rate, there’s nothing wrong with a seven year loan on a new car. As long as you aren’t buying more car than you can afford, and you’ve looked at getting gap coverage or what happens financially if you don’t have it, there’s lots of situations where you’d be better served by…

so a 7 year loan at 0% on a car that has a lifetime warranty and you keep the car for 15 years is a really horrible idea?

Just to be a smart A$$ does everyone here know that used cars were once new cars and that if everyone took your advice no new cars would enter the used market and/or only small cheap cars would be sold in 10 years there would be no interesting used cars. i am just being sarcastic.

Such bad advice. If you need a car, now is the time to buy. 0% is free money, and you might as well take advantage of lower monthly payments. Just put more money down each month and that 7 becomes 5 years. As always, just don’t buy more car than you can afford. 

Where else can you get money so cheap? Yes, it tends to exploit misinformed and low income folks - I completely agree with that. But for everybody else where else can you get a better deal?  Even if you could pay cash, why would you - get a 7 yr, 0% interest loan and bank your cash.  

How are you footing the bill?

When I bought my “fixed” 2015 VW TDi in April 2017 they offered be 72month 0% financing.  I thought it seemed long but at 0% why not? Free money. 

Counter-point: You are an absolute idiot to turn down a 0% interest loan, regardless of the term.

I am SO SICK of hearing people whine about Cash for Clunkers! NOBODY in the market for a new car today is going to want a rusted-out 1994 Astro van that was one major repair from the junkyard anyway 11 years ago.

Eh, while what you say is true about earnings vs. car prices, it’s also that there are lower-priced new cars that would probably not require a long ass loan to ‘afford’, but many (most?) people think they deserve something better, even if it’s out of their price range.  For years I’ve called it the Kardashian Effect. …

Shilling is quite probably the worst writer on this website, he should really be working for Mother Jones, or someplace similar. He seems to actively dislike everything about cars, except for the union that represents the guys that build them.

My girlfriend has a 2009 Fit Sport, and I honestly hate it. Sure, it has a fair bit of room inside, but it’s miserable to drive and the suspension feels terrible with those tiny little wheels. It is very loud and wanders on the highway (even with new shocks, new a-arms, new tires, and a recent alignment), and is just…

...and make a dollar two ninety eight a year as a millennial bullshit artist blogger.

If you’re single and can make do with a shitbox to get around whatever big city you reside in, then fine, maybe the Fit is the car you need.

wow, what an awful headline. You and Jalop epitomize unprofessionalism. 

“Journalism” 2020! This title blows as loud as the fifth trumpet of the apocalypse. Is it near? I could use a vacation.