• BurningRiver@beehaw.org
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    10 months ago

    I don’t know how old your dad is, but when I was a teenager 25 years ago, I could pick up a car for under $500, and it ran. Now, if it runs and drives it’s automatically $2500. It’s also probably beat to hell.

    I can’t really blame kids today for not being interested in that.

    • Facebones@reddthat.com
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      10 months ago

      ~ 12 years ago I got an 04 rodeo for $1k and kept it running for a decade until it died over covid. That same $1k 2004 clunker that’ll still be in the shop for something every couple of months (even more so now 12 years later) is going to be 3-4k.

      No thanks 🤷my bus system sucks but it works and I can just grab an Amtrak somewhere if I wanna travel.