Truck purchases are driving up the average cost of car payments. Some buyers pay over $1,000 a month - eviltoast

More than 1 in 4 car shoppers in Texas and Wyoming have committed to paying more than $1,000 a month, and experts say it is due to the high volume of large truck purchases in those states, according to a report by auto site Edmunds.

More than 1 in 5 shoppers in seven other states — Colorado, Kansas, Louisiana, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota and Utah — are also forking over more than $1,000 for their vehicles each month.

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    1 year ago

    I don’t have anything to tow (I could tow something small), and I rarely see any trucks in my area that actually tow.

    If you regularly tow, then a truck makes total sense. But you don’t need a $1k truck payment to tow something.

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        1 year ago

        And that’s precisely what I’m getting at. A lot of people complain about their car/truck payment, but most of it is 100% a choice.

        People point to average car payments like some kind of evidence that owning cars is significantly more expensive today, but prices for new cars have mostly come back to “normal” and average payments are being skewed by these high value vehicles (e.g. high end electric cars, trucks, massive SUVs).

        So if your car payment is too high, there are most likely much more affordable options that’ll fit your needs, so average monthly payment is a really silly thing to look at.