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bucolic_frolic

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1. The car market is an unknown going forward

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Wed Apr 2, 2025, 06:26 PM

Apr 2

Lots of used cars from trade-ins. High incentive to repair used vehicles since they will fetch higher prices. Uncertain how long or how many will delay new purchases because of high prices from tariffs. People pumping so much money into home insurance can limit choices.

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'The tariffs made me do it': Customers move fast on cars [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2 OP

The car market is an unknown going forward bucolic_frolic Apr 2 #1

I got an email from our dealership stillcool Apr 2 #2

We did it in February Jerry2144 Apr 2 #3

$8400 a year to "rent" a car. No thanks. MichMan Apr 2 #6

Car purchase Maninacan Apr 2 #4

Only a fool would trade in a 2 year old car with 24k miles to buy the same thing MichMan Apr 2 #5

We traded in our 2014 Hybrid at the end of January. A year earlier GP6971 Apr 2 #7