Last time I considered buying a new car (in 2019), it turned out that the payment amount if financed over a reasonable number of years was going to be damn close to what I pay for my mortgage! That’s partially because my house was cheap when I bought it (not so much, now), but it’s also because new cars are ridiculously expensive these days, above and beyond normal inflation.
(I didn’t go through with the purchase for other reasons, BTW. Namely, that Toyota was unable to find me a truck with a manual transmission and the other options I wanted, down to the color. If I’m buying a new car it should be exactly what I want, damn it!)
Last time I considered buying a new car (in 2019), it turned out that the payment amount if financed over a reasonable number of years was going to be damn close to what I pay for my mortgage! That’s partially because my house was cheap when I bought it (not so much, now), but it’s also because new cars are ridiculously expensive these days, above and beyond normal inflation.
(I didn’t go through with the purchase for other reasons, BTW. Namely, that Toyota was unable to find me a truck with a manual transmission and the other options I wanted, down to the color. If I’m buying a new car it should be exactly what I want, damn it!)