Wife and I moved to Seattle last year. The Subaru numbers easily exceed the Jeep numbers in the south. I see so many gawky 20 something’s driving brand new Subarus. Combined with the glasses and shorts it’s like they’re spit out of machine en masse.  And I’ve only been here 1 year! God knows what the locals think.

I was looking at Jeep Cherokees in 2016, and naturally I targeted used instead new because I thought I was being sensible. They were running a good 24-26k often at “nohaggle price is what they are” places. So for the heck of it, I went to a dealership. I was pressured for a brand new for 22k. Not only was it 4k less,…