• anarchoilluminati [comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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    10 days ago

    So the advice is everyone should go buy a car right now as delinquent auto payments are rising?

    What a joke. I hate how average working class people listen to these bozos like they’re giving advice for working people, they are just giving advice to people who already have money. I wonder how many people struggling to make payments already will hear this and try to go get a car now because it’s a better deal than doing it in June.

    • DerRedMax [comrade/them, any]@hexbear.net
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      10 days ago
      • There was literally an article in the local newspaper saying exactly that. They interviewed the CEO of the biggest car dealership and he said if anyone was planning on buying a new car, they have about 2 months before the stock on hand runs out. After that it would add $10k to the out-the-door price. To his credit, he did say that if you don’t need a car you should ride out the tariffs, but how many people who think they can afford a new car payment now are going to be able to afford the same payment six months from now, a year from now.

      I guess it just caught me by surprise that the biggest paper would be so reckless.