With the economy in the toilet, a lot of people are scaling back. So out with that BMW, and in with whatever now fits in the ever shrinking budget.
If you were thinking scaling up is a hard thing to do, then look at scaling back and you start to see a real challenge. So let’s give you a scenario and see how we collectively do.
So here are the simple guidelines:
It is time get rid of your beloved ride, and the economics simply don’t work anymore. You simply have to scale back. Since the economy is on the skids for some reason or another you now feel the urge to be patriotic, so this time around it will be different and you choose to buy an American car! (I know this is hard to think of for many of you but bear with me on this).
Now which American car would you choose and why? Now remember the rules of this scenario dictate that economics are an issue, so no CTS-V or $100k Corvettes these are off limits, your budget is under $40K, but you CAN purchase a used car if you feel so inclined but no more than 5 years old.
Now as you can see things getting are pretty hard and very limiting, but I challenge you to look across the Detroit Three and tell us what your choice would be to best weather this economic storm.
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