• voidsignal@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    All right. To my US friends, once again: The monthly cost of anything does not matter. What matters is the total cost.

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      3 days ago

      $46000, auto loans are usually 6 years. Used to be 5 but banks get more interest by stretching it to 6 and can offer a more attractive monthly payment.

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          3 days ago

          I wasn’t disagreeing with you, but I could have been clearer.

          . . . A more attractive monthly payment (more attractive to those who didn’t bother to do the math to realize they’re paying an extra $3000 over the life of the loan)