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Re:Agatha Christie could afford a maid and a nanny but not a... by radu_floricica on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @04:37AM (#30083514)
I'm in a moderately ok country, and I still see buying a new car as a luxury. It's something you do much later in life/career, when you can't be bother to take care of the extra management a used car comes with. And definitely not for everybody - there's quite a few people I know that are middle age with kids and don't even think about a new car. They just have chose other tradeoffs
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Re:Agatha Christie could afford a maid and a nanny but not a... by Cthulhu_ on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @05:49AM (#30083952)
I mean, given the depreciation on most new cars, it doesn't make sense to buy a new car in a lot of cases. But it depends on various factors like how much do you drive, does your employer compensate you for driving, how much maintenance does a used vs a new car need, etc.

Note that this is a very eurocentric viewpoint coming from someone who only has a car for shopping and family visits.

In my previous job I had a lease car from my employer, that made a bit more sense then given how much I had to drive.

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