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Yes. I’m also aware that the crack cocaine epidemic disproportionately effected black Americans and was used as an excuse to rapidly escalate the police state we live in today.

Calling this car a Yugo is like calling...

Until the EPA stops giving trucks an exemption in fuel economy / gas guzzler taxes, this won’t change. If people want to buy a 4-door do-everything pickup, fine... but you shouldn’t get an exemption just ‘cause it *might* be used for some semblance of work.
If a CTS-V wagon had to pay a gas guzzler tax, so should a

In 2006, this car cost $21,753 at full retail price. Now, 112k miles and two owners later, it’s worth half that much? A civic isn’t collectible, and never will be.

It’s a Nice Pipe. The car is great, i’m sure, but it’s worth about $5000-6000. Nice Pipe, Crack Price. 

I held out till about 2016. Then gave up on my daily.  My old Jeep is still a stick shift and I love driving it, but sitting in traffic on the daily I’d rather be lazy. 

It just so happens that your Highlander XSE buyer is only mostly dead. There’s a big difference between mostly dead and all dead. [...] Now, mostly dead is slightly alive. Now, all dead, well, with all dead, there’s usually only one thing that you can do, go through theirclothes and look for loose change.

“Yeah but my commute is 316 miles”

It’s actually allowed on some 2-way, but 1-lane streets. (Yes, such streets exist.) People typically park on the same side of the street as their residence no matter which way they’re traveling.

You’re bothered because your girlfriend is a crappy parker, and if she’s inconsiderate in that aspect of her life, she’s probably inconsiderate in others.

Excellent question I say the sweet spot for financial value is 2-3 years after your loan is paid off. So it really depends on your loan term. If you did a 60 month loan which seems to be the most common, and traded up after 7 or 8 years, you drove that car with no payments for a bit and still have something that is

Blame the meddling US government.  Cars could be much lighter, but that whole not dying in a crash thing has really messed up lightweight sports cars.