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Just get a smaller car, pal! (lemmy.wtf)

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Does that rule still work? I was looking for a car last year and used cars were more expensive than new ones, but for new cars the wait period was 6 to 24 months.

[–] PM_Your_Nudes_Please 10 points 3 months ago

Yeah this is a trend in the past two’ish years, due to the component shortages. Basically, auto makers have a bunch of new cars on the lot, which are all undriveable because they couldn’t source the components for the dashboard. They had literal parking lots full of nearly-built cars, just waiting on one or two small chips to come in so they can finish building it.

So as a result, the used car market boomed. Used cars suddenly tripled in price, because nobody could buy new.