> Instead, they’ll get something a couple of years old and save maybe a few thou...

bhelkey · 2025-10-17T17:18:22 1760721502

>> people like those in-laws probably aren’t buying EVs.

> A used 2 year old Ioniq 5 is selling for about $15-20K less than MSRP...It's not a "few thousand dollars".

The Ioniq 5 is an electric vehicle. The whole point of this article is that EVs depreciate significantly faster than Internal Combustion Engine vehicles. A brand new ICE vehicle depreciates quickly but not to the point of losing 50% in 2 years.

>6-8 year old cars are a good value

Agree.

BeetleB · 2025-10-17T17:34:30 1760722470

I did point out another ICE car that lost $10K.

In general, particularly for higher priced cars, how many do you know that don't lose about $10K in value after 2-3 years?

potato3732842 · 2025-10-17T17:00:59 1760720459

>It's not a "few thousand dollars".

It is if you're buying a 4Runner or top of the line diesel pickup or some other meme car that people buy because of how great the internet says it is.

But in the general case I agree with you.