Reddit Pulse update

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Reddit Pulse r/personalfinance
Is it dumb to buy a brand new car?

u/citygorl6969 104 upvotes 458 comments

It’s boring but you have a fully paid off great car. Money can keep going into investments. You’ll thank yourself later

A used 2026 at $38,000 sits just $6,000 under a new 2027, a gap thin enough that the depreciation rule everyone repeats stops deciding it for you. The 458-comment thread keeps circling back to the part that actually costs money, trading a paid-off car for a new note.

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