lol, imagine being able to afford a brand new car and then actually buying one

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    • EmmaGoldman [she/her, comrade/them]M
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      3 years ago

      No no, I mean I would have to travel over 100 kilometers (60 miles) on foot to buy a car for less than 5000 dollars. Anything within that distance is that price or more expensive, and anything around that price is a very old and rusty car that is older than I am, with several hundred thousand miles on it.

      People around here either drive a car til they total it or it breaks down in such a way that it would cost many thousands of dollars more than it's worth to repair it, so they just abandon it with the guy they got to look at it. Then that guy fixes it up as cheaply as possible in a way that it may or may not pass inspection, and then attempts to sell it on for like 5 or 6 grand.

      Anything better, and you'd have to walk or get someone to drive your ass into the "big city" which is a small town with an actual used car lot, over an hour away.