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I doubt it. Who's going to buy all the cars? It's not like you can just easily sell any old car when you decide you need to. Also the economically disadvantaged would tend to have older, less desirable cars.
Cars cost a very high amount to keep running when you include all the costs, yes it sucks for many people in the US that there car will be worth shit when they are forced to sell it but by then they won't have a choice or not, they will be forced to get rid of their car because of how much it is costing them to own and maintain it.
i am already at this point. i spent 1000 to get my brakes and tires done, and the next day the batterry died. before that, my coolant system broke down 3 different ways in under a year, and my window mechanism breaks every fall after the first freeze.
now my car has been sitting in the driveway untouched for almot a year, i am still paying off the brakes/tires bill, and i rely on my Ruckus to get me around town whenever weather permits. literally cheaper to make payments on my scooter then it is to keep my car on the road. plus the mileage is a godsend, get abt a hundred miles a gallon. if i lived outside of the city, or didnt have a partner with a vehicle for bad weather days, i would be fucked.
What car did you get so the rest of us know to avoid it?