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Robinhood admits it’s just a gambling app. (www.theverge.com)

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[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 month ago (1 children)

People can't afford Ford anymore

Reality, in which the ford f series is the most sold vehicle for the past 42 years

Pick one

Ford is moving its prices upwards because people want and pay for what they're offering, very clearly given the statistics we have. Also to say that tesla is the brand regular people can afford when both brands have ev trucks and one has a starting msrp almost 30k more than the other is kinda hilarious.

Lastly, ford has a vehicle with an msrp of 23,920 while the lowest priced tesla vehicle is 38,890 dollars. Even taking gas savings over 5 years into account, ($4,223 if you happen to live near my area and drive about 10k miles per year) the tesla is significantly more expensive. Clearly, tesla is not the company concerned with the common man. To make that point even more clear though, one needs only to compare tesla to the Korean and Chinese EVs that are being offered at significantly lower prices.

[+] [email protected] -12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Talking about affordable cars, and then going on about F series trucks, is pretty out of touch.

And I'm not sure what vehicles they sell where you live, but they've stopped selling the Mondeo, focus, and Fiesta, the smallest brand new Ford you can buy near me is a mustang.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Maverick.

According to the American consumer, they are affordable, or else they wouldn't be the most popular new car.

Also, you were the one that brought up affordability.

I drive a 90s volvo and you can pry it from my cold dead hands. I have no intention of buying a new vehicle any time soon. It has nothing to do with me being out of touch and everything to do with statistics concerning vehicle sales.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

The American consumer is swimming in debt. What new cars they buy is not indictive of affordable. Look at the loan lengths from 10 years ago to today. 72 month loans are now normal, and 84/96 is becoming more normal than they should.