Bought my 2023 EX for MSRP a month ago. $34,250 @4.9 interest.

“only got stuck 3 or 4 times”

A base model CRV is $33k now and about $575-600 payment.  

3800 Series 2 would light the tires pretty easy.  Had too much fun in a similar Bonneville.  

I saw what looked like a 2 door, short bed, dually Ram truck the other day

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Buying a Bissel extractor has fixed most of our issues.

The average car payment is not far off from that number.

This is the Toyota playbook.  Put the same tire as V6 in everything.  Get average gas mileage but reliable as hell. 

I’m in the downgrade situation. Trying to go into a lower model to reduce payments. Probably pay a little more over 5 years but drop my monthly expense by 25-30%

You can sure afford the house.

I think that’s the first time I have heard someone say overpaid desk job.

They were good cars for about 10 years.  Then they became parts cars for 10 years.  Then they stopped existing on the road

and in Texas it should be independent from federal overreach and fail all the time all while raising rates

Well if you don’t invest in upgrades for the poor neighborhoods then you don’t have to sell them faster internet.

I’m no economist, but interest rates should not go below your standard inflation rate you are shooting for.  2-3%.  

Low interest rates drove home and car sales through the roof in a time demand was going to nothing.

the only thing we know is that the fed is going to raise rates

That was just a decade of bad engines.

Guess what it takes to produce gasoline.