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Just... wtf.... Your car is only 6 years old and it's just so old that you really think to need to replace it? And your story is so relatable it lands in an article? How much difference can you even see between that 2020 and a 2026 model really?
I suspect it's media lying again, in order to normalize replacing vehicles more often.
Nah, the guy is probably badly upside down on the loan, and the truck is depreciating so fast he won't be able to roll the loan/trade-in over into another truck.
I don't think it's lying, I was in a lot in 2022 looking at a used 2021 with like 8k miles on it and wondered what they got bought after trading in. The guy said that he actually bought a 2022 of the exact same model, because he didn't want to be seen driving anything but the current years model.
They certainly exist and can be found to quote, just seems out of touch to treat the situation as somehow "worrying" enough to make the cut. Figured you probably could have found someone with at least a decade old car to comment...
"I don't want to be seen driving last years model" Rolls the $36k he still owns on that old truck into the $100k loan on the new one.
He needs more surveillance in his truck.
If they are a frequent driver, they could be putting 20k-25k a year on their truck. Like yeah I wouldn't want a Ford with 120k miles on it either.
Yeah in 15 months I've put 35k on my car 😭😭 let's not talk about what I've put on my work truck...
I mean, it's a Ford tho.
Surprisingly, a majority of Fords made in the 90's are still on the road today!
...It's simply not worth the expense to haul them away. XD
Jk
I wonder if it was manufactured in that weird sweet (bitter?) spot where "supply chain issues" made everyone use cheaper parts and forego many chip-based components entirely.