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[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

"Buying a new car is worse than keeping an old one" is an incredibly situational phrase that has a million exceptions for so many people.

Yeah, but this still holds a lot of water. More often than not people buy a new car to have a new car or even worse they buy one specificcally because they are misguidedly trying to lessen their carbon footprint.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

People aren't just buying new cars for fun in a recession. The point is people will need to buy a new car at some point. Either because they now need their own car or their old one isn't viable. At that point, choosing an electric car is a step in the right direction. That's why this post is stupid, it's acting like buying an electric car is just a frivolous purchase and not acknowledgeding that when someone needs to buy a car there is a choice to be made.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

More often than not people buy a new car [...] trying to lessen their carbon footprint.

This seems very hard to believe.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Try looking it up. That might help

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Just because I wanted to be sure I am not being mistaken for some reason I just googled a couple different search terms for motivations to buy a new car.

None of the results is even close to confirming your ludicrous quote from above.
So again I am baffled by how confidently wrong you keep on posting here.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

huge unsupported assumption with no basis but your anal tugging.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Not sure why you are having trouble finding support or what anal tugging even is, but looking at Americans at least. They get a new car. On average every 6 to 8 years. A decently maintained car will easily last 11-14 years. If you are finding a better explanation that genralizes than what I described to explain this gap I'd love to hear it

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Most people buy used cars. So those cars are already 11 to 14 years old. Inform yourself.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

After 8 years you're getting to the point where the average person is gong to start running into problems with their car, especially if they bought used. At that point a person may buy a new car for many reasons not "just because". But even in your example, it's a 3 year gap. That could be accounted for by someone commuting more than average or taking long trips and getting more wear and tear.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I can't even. Where are you getting that data? Unless the average person is driving a bmw they don't start running into any kind of serious issues until 11-14years. Anything sooner than that is typically easily fixed and much cheaper than buying a new car. I don't understand why people here don't realize there is a huge push by advertisers and American culture to buy new cars well before they are needed. People want new cars >> than they need new cars. I'm not fabricating that. Even in a recession yes this mentality remains strong. If that's important for you go for it I guess and yes of course buy electric or hybrid if you can. If you really want to make a carbon footprint dent though, hold off on buying a new car for a few years and with decent maintenance and minor repairs you will save yourself money and save the environment. Jesus

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

People don't run into issues for 11-14 years? You're assuming everyone is buying a brand new car. You're entire stance is destroyed by the simple concept of buying used cars.