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Millennials And Gen Z Can’t Afford Their Auto Loans, And It’s Only Getting Worse (jalopnik.com)

submitted 1 year ago by danhasnolife to c/cars

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On average, AutoNews reports that 3.58 percent of 18 to 29-year-olds and 2.62 percent of 30- to 39-year-olds have been late on their auto loans by at least 90 days. For some context, just 2.13 percent of all borrowers are late. Keep in mind, these numbers are overall. In the first quarter of 2023, 4.55 percent of 18- to 29-year-olds were at least 90 days late. 3.66 percent of 30- to 39-year-olds were equally late. We haven’t seen numbers like these since The Great Recession.

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

Why not both?

The average American spends $1k a month per car on auto loans, insurance, gas, and other car-related expenses, and the average family has 2.5 cars per household.

Maybe cutting those down or out completely would make people more financially resilient. Of course, businesses should pay people better, too, but decades of studies have shown us that planning our cities in a way that increases car dependency is more expensive and unsustainable for everyone.

[–] 13esq 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not having a car in a city is feasible. It's much less feasible if you live in a rural or even sub urban location.

Inb4 "just move to the city then!?" Living in a city is typically significantly more expensive than rural or suburban areas. If they're already struggling financially, moving to the city probably isn't the answer.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I'm not saying everyone should move to the city, nor am I saying that we should get rid of all the cars. I'm saying the way we build our cities needs to change. We can't afford not to.

I live in a rural area; we could still have better public transit and less sprawl to help those who shouldn't own a car for financial reasons.

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

Those numbers seem fishy or out of context, at the least. We have something like 300 million vehicles on the road in the US so there's no way the average car owner is spending $1k a month on loans. I'm assuming that statistic is only for new car buyers which make up a tiny fraction of drivers.

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

I didn't say it was just on loans, that's closer to $500-700.

On average, drivers are spending over $700 and $500 each month for new and used vehicles, respectively... https://www.bankrate.com/loans/auto-loans/average-monthly-car-payment/

When you then include insurance, gas, oil changes/tires/other maintenance, registration, and driver's licensing, this over $1k.