Save thousands by getting a nice used vehicle while big business shifts jobs back to the USA. Many foreign auto makers build their vehicles here in the USA.
Are you going to purchase at 25% price hike
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I agree 100%. There was a thread a few months ago where I tried to make this argument but the really smart guys on the forum kept telling me I'm wrong…… why do many countries impose a 50% tariff on US beef and zero tariffs on Australian beef? Then ask us to protect/defend them?…..and anyone who thinks Canada is not an offender they are wrong. They've all but closed out our dairy farmers. Living in a border city I know lots of people with cottages and second homes on different bodies of water in Ontario. Many of them very expensive and have been in the family for generations. During Covid owners were not allowed to check on their property. Then Canada imposed a 1% non resident ownership tax. That might not seem like a lot until you do the math. Places on the water start at $400k. It is a hostile action and a slap in the face to Americans
My current is a 2017 BMW with a total of 45,000 miles on it. I have every intention of being berried (SP) in it...
In today's era of ****** 4-bangers, no. No one makes a car that much interests me, especially not with a 25% price hike.
I would rather spend the money on a supercharger for my Corvette.
I would rather spend the money on a supercharger for my Corvette.
One thing I've found interesting with all the news surrounding this is the percentage of American made products by manufacturers. Ford leads by a lot at 76%. Subaru has more American manufacturing than GM. Honda was also high on the list. Apparently GM makes their pickups in Mexico and America. I thought it had to do with 1500 series vs HD models. But that doesn't seem to be the case.
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Everything is going up quite a bit now. Buying ingredients for chicken soup the other day. Two price tags on the WM shelf for carrots. Overnight price hike of .50 cents for 5lbs ... and they're grown in the U.S.A. Looks like everybody gets to hang by the wrists even longer.
I'm thinking of buying this new 25 Jeep Grand Cherokee 4x4 V6 before the price goes up. Its hard to find anything new for under $30K.
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I support the "new direction" of the country. Time for "the scalpel" was 45 years ago, now it's sledgehammer time. There was always going to pain up ahead. I have had plenty, a little more is worth it if younger folks can avoid it. Our folks endured plenty more than "higher car prices" so we don't need to speak German. Joe
The takeaway from reading the comments (so far): Those who will not buy a new vehicle were not going to buy one anyway, tariffs or no tariffs. Those who will buy a new vehicle will buy one anyway, tariffs or no tariffs. I'm no expert, but I have a feeling that supply chains are being adjusted as I type to negate the effect of tariffs, and at the end of the day this will be a yawner, and the obstructionists will move on to another crisis to fulfill their insatiable thirst for conflict. I just wish people would take a deep breath and calm down, so my 401k stops tanking a year before retirement...but that's just me being selfish.
Exactly...agree 101%.
I got a brand new Jeep altitude loaded, just this November.
I'm good for 10 years or so. and the wife's car is only 3.5 years old,
so it looks like we lucked out.
Winner, winner, chicken dinner................... or maybe a can of beans?
It's not over yet.
I'm good for 10 years or so. and the wife's car is only 3.5 years old,
so it looks like we lucked out.
Winner, winner, chicken dinner................... or maybe a can of beans?
It's not over yet.
Not a buyer at this time but my 2nd car, a 2008 Accord, just went up in price on the used car market.
More of an emergency vehicle for other family members but still, is emergency money, if and when.
More of an emergency vehicle for other family members but still, is emergency money, if and when.
We have two vehicles, a 2018 and a 2020, both paid for, with no plans to replace them any time soon.
What about food, electronics and everything else that is imported, you gonna buy that??
Until I went a-contracting abroad, I had no clue about the depth of American penetration of foreign markets and the complex negotiations and agreements that allowed that penetration to build the greatest economy in human history (ours). If we don't sell abroad, we get a much smaller and smaller economy - there's only so much stuff we can sell each other.
The world is complicated. Simple solution lead only to much more complex problems. Ask Herbert Hoovsr if you run into him.
The world is complicated. Simple solution lead only to much more complex problems. Ask Herbert Hoovsr if you run into him.
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IIRC EU tariffs on US autos is 10%; US tariffs on EU cars is 2.5%
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