08-21-2015, 08:59 PM | #1 |
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Remember when teenagers bought new camaros?
My '77 RS 350 4spd was 5100. My sisters loaded '81 Z was 12000. My buddies '78 TA was 7700!!
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08-21-2015, 10:17 PM | #2 |
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08-21-2015, 10:18 PM | #3 |
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I was 16 when I bought my 2LT/RS brand new on June 2010. Had a decent job that I held for 7 years total and never missed a payment. A soul crushing payment of $528 a month. Highly do not recommend! But I was young, and I had no other expenses. But I do see your point.
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08-21-2015, 10:20 PM | #4 |
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$5100 in 1977 translates to $20k today.
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08-21-2015, 10:37 PM | #5 | |
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As for your prices, adjusted for inflation ... 5,100 in 1977 = 20,000 12,000 in 1981 = 31,500 7,700 in 78 = 28,200 Now, there aren't too many teenagers earning enough these days to buy a 30ish thousand dollar car. Even 20 grand would be a pipe dream for most anymore. Gotta save for college/university & hope you don't get crushed by debt upon graduation.
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08-21-2015, 10:52 PM | #6 |
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I remember before the great production plant migration, high school grads who went to work at plants immediately upon graduation buying new cars...
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08-22-2015, 12:00 AM | #7 |
being 24 and a international student with no SSN.. i cant have any kind of credit here.. I literally beg for a camaro... even being an art director of an indy studio back in Colombia and financially able to buy a 1SS easly I had to get a 4 gen with low milage and mod the heck out of it... I actually got tired of waiting for a chance to get a camaro and a good oportunity came back in colombia and I bought a 2015 50th aniversary GT last one of 13 in colombia... and only one of 60 in latin America
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08-22-2015, 12:35 AM | #8 |
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08-22-2015, 12:37 AM | #9 |
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Its not the 70s anymore get over it. Almost any teen on the net that says "I worked for this car!", translates into I make $8 an hour and daddy bought me this car.
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I also remember when power windows, leather and ac meant your car was loaded, FM stereo? NICE! Dang, you're telling me this thing has 15" aluminum wheels? Whoa.
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