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OC375

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30. I don't plan to buy a new vehicle again

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Wed Feb 18, 2026, 02:26 PM

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Between the nanny features I don't want the require intervention to disable, and the value I get with the current prices, automotive purchases are not something I want to participate in anymore. I have a 2013 Jeep that's paid off. It would be cheaper to drop a new engine and transmission in when it dies than to buy a base model vehicle of a similar size and utility. When my wife's 2014 or my 2013 die, we'll simply be a one car family. After that, maybe none, depending on where we are in life at that point. No reason we cant hit 2034 before we have to decide. Simple math. I loooooove cars, and always will, but I'm out of the "game" as far as buying anything again. I'm 55.

Not only are Millennials and younger losing interest in cars, so is X. After the Boomers are spent, who carries the day?

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