• Fleppensteyn@sh.itjust.works
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    3 days ago

    If you don’t have a few thousand saved up, maybe find a cheaper option? A scooter or something? And if you really have no other option, get a proper loan rather than putting it on a credit card.

    But yeah, maybe I’m too European to understand :)

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      3 days ago

      Yeah, my state is larger than England with population of about 10 million with no public transport. Not to mention our particularly harsh winters that would make a scooter impractical for 6ish months out of the year.

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      3 days ago

      Most everyone buying a car does get a traditional loan, did I miss something stating people were using credit cards? Also, a lot of commutes include highways which scooters/mopeds can’t reach the speeds necessary. Unfortunately cars are a necessity for many outside of the few cities that have actual mass transit.

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          2 days ago

          Yes but the article itself breaks the debt down into credit card, mortgage and auto loans. That’s where I got confused when you mentioned people using credit cards to buy vehicles.