General Discussion

Having a big vehicle that feels safe and spacious when taxing your kids around town is probably fairly nice. But the amount of $60K pickup trucks I see is crazy and the people who own them simply don't need a pickup truck at all and don't use the bed.

And the cost of these monster vehicles is absurd. I think the average person has a car they cannot afford. Our income is in the top 10%, I just cannot fathom spending $50,000 on a car. When I drive down the road and look around, I just see half the cars on the road are much nicer than mine and then I think about how I probably make more money than 90% of the drivers. It just doesn't add up to me. How can someone only making $80K a year afford a $750 car payment? How can someone making $65K a year afford a $600 car payment? What are they sacrificing to drive around that new Chevy Tahoe? Do they not save for retirement? Do they not have a mortgage? What the hell makes someone think they need a car that expensive? There are loads of cars in the $30K range that are safe, reliable, and have all the bells and whistles.