Hillhater doesn't understand a damned thing, and frankly it's why whenever I respond to him it's just mockery. He can't tell any of us why Pakistan is so flooded now they have new lakes to the sea, because to do so would be to admit to climate change-
but goddamnit, he's not gonna ever accept he doesn't know! Because of that I stopped listening to him unless it was to dunk on him for kicks.
Ianhill said:
If you can explain to me why my 10 yearold car is now worth more or less the same as it was 3 years ago then im all ears.
I can only give an American viewpoint, not a UK view, so grain of salt and yadda yadda.
People change cars all the time because they never actually try to find something they enjoy. They are
told that cars are merely appliances meant to be used, and because of that always discuss how much capacity it has or number of kids it can carry- not if it's fun, or engaging in any way. So these people, who if they knew would buy things they want, consume these cars and lease different ones when they get bored which is every few years. They lease them because making maintenance the dealership's problem is frankly, one less thing to worry over in a packed stressful life- this causes something of a trickle-down, where people lease vehicles that are new they like until it's cheap enough for the poors to buy (i.e. me).
But suddenly capitalism gets kneecapped by something that CAN ACTUALLY stop it cold; COVID hits and now nobody can buy or lease new, because there aren't any. Manufacturers can't keep up supply in any consistency but the buyers can't
always buy, because now work is questionable as well. Leases get extended instead of going back onto the market, which drives up costs for the remainder since you now have artificial scarcity- and this continues to trickle down until a vehicle is cheap enough it's typically sold to someone. That poor schmuck needs a good ~$5,000 car but finds everything is either a lease, or now is price inflated because the buying public is starved for goods, and the waves continue outwards as more shortages in parts and supplies hit.
That's likely a GROSS oversimplification, but that's how I've understood it.
