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at that point they would need to add earthquakes, slashing blades, balls of fire LOL ....reminds me of Tron or some shit
 

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You would think at some point the banks will stop extending the loans once they get burnt enough times which will limit how much people are able to pay which in turn would drive prices down. But apparently I don't know anything if people are driving off with payments that are more than a mortgage. Lol

It's hard to recover losses if you quit lending.

The banks are making more money now than they've ever made; they'll stomach it :)
 

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instead of hearing cars you'll hear thousands of drunk idiots yelling at each other if they make the car electric
 

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Back to the topic at hand,


LMS series is going Hybrid as well next year as well. I think something like 7 manufacturers were on board, though I just saw today that Aston Martin bailed.

Yes, they just pulled their Valkyrie Hybrid out.
 

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Back to the topic at hand,


LMS series is going Hybrid as well next year as well. I think something like 7 manufacturers were on board, though I just saw today that Aston Martin bailed.
Yeah Aston backing out kind of bums me out. I really wanted to see it race.
 

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It's a mess. Instead of manufacturers trying to fix it by keeping costs lower, they're extending terms and giving more rebates.

I've argued that instead of rebates, they should just average the sale price and lower the MSRP to that. For instance, if Ford averaged $5,500 in rebates all year on sold trucks, then they should lower the MSRP by $5,500. The reason they WONT'T do that though, is they like to control sales. If the end of the year is coming up and Ford is trying to hit a certain quota, they will pump up the rebates to move the vehicles to hit the quota. If they already have a lower price, it'll actually 'cost' them money to lower the price, instead of just taking it out of their fake account (rebates).

Eh, 72 month loan at 4% is like $1,060 or something.

I sell a lot of Super Duties and the people leave with a $1,200-1,500 payment for 72 months.

Thats why the XL trim level on a Super Duty is the life for me!
 

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Once they figure out the battery thing being smaller, lighter with a longer range and it will be game over for internal combustion vehicles being able to compete with electric.

Plenty of ppl will still prefer the internal combustion engine but eventually there will be zero gas burning vehicles on the road. Im sure not in our lifetimes but eventually for sure.

In Europe they are installing charging stations under ground on the hi ways so ur car gets charged on ur way to and from work. EV is the future 100%!

Same with Motorcycles. There is already a 200hp, 200mph, 200 mile range one made by Damon motorcycles.

And Garrett to release Electric Turbo's by 2021! So yea id say everything is going electric and Turbosmart is releasing an electric Waste Gate which will absolutely revolutionize boost control!
 
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$900+ for a car note, I can't even begin to imagine paying that for a car or a loan for more than 60 months at anything other than 0%. Even a very manageable $500 a month is almost ridiculous to me. Guess I'm going to end up in the 3-5 year old used car purchase to be where I'm willing to spend on a vehicle. I'm just not on board with the sky rocketing prices and loan terms.

My real issue with these long term loans is aside from the koreans makes, at a 72+ month loan you're out of warranty in the first 3 years and still have 3+ on your own. OEMs should be offering minimum 5 year bumper to bumper 75k warranties these days.
 

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Honda's North American president has said that these long loans are going to kill the industry because no buyer will have any value in their car by the time they are done paying it off.
 

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I sell a lot of Super Duties and the people leave with a $1,200-1,500 payment for 72 months.

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I’d drive a Hybrid or EV for DD duties. I will never get excited about EVs racing. Part of the experience of watching racing is the sound, the smells, that feeling it all creates.

That said, I’m sure a lot of people would be excited to watch dildos vibrate across a surface. So I am certain people would watch EV racing.

To me, it is just not the race but everything that comes along with it.


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$900+ for a car note, I can't even begin to imagine paying that for a car or a loan for more than 60 months at anything other than 0%. Even a very manageable $500 a month is almost ridiculous to me. Guess I'm going to end up in the 3-5 year old used car purchase to be where I'm willing to spend on a vehicle. I'm just not on board with the sky rocketing prices and loan terms.

My real issue with these long term loans is aside from the koreans makes, at a 72+ month loan you're out of warranty in the first 3 years and still have 3+ on your own. OEMs should be offering minimum 5 year bumper to bumper 75k warranties these days.

They do, at a low price of ~$2k, which you can finance into your loan!

lol


@13COBRA , do you often or offer any loans longer than 72 for the bigger purchases?
 

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I mean, I'd drive it.
RENT and drive it! LOL. This car is nowhere near what 99.9% of us could afford. Treynor is the only exception. LOL.

I have to agree with those addressing the high monthly loan costs for big ticket cars nowadays. $900, $1200 (and more) a month for a car is crazy. Add to that property taxes and insurance. And mods. And we wonder why so many people can't afford decent housing. Our priorities are all screwed up. JMO.
 

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