To be fair a lot of cars you listed as "shitboxes" have reached collector status in the enthusiast market. A 1990 civic hatch today is basically a 68 mustang in 2001. There was a bottoming out in the 2000s but a lot of cars from say 85-2010 just will not lose value if they run and drive.
New and used car market still flying high from covid supply chain bullshit, but hyper inflation is a bigger issue, you can't compare a dollar amount today to 2019 let alone 2010 or 2000. Regardless of the inflation percentage the government publishes, that money buys you way less. Remember when a new Xbox was like $199?
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Originally Posted by Huggles
I used to get laid alll the time before I met my baby momma because I had 1000+ sq ft in downtown Vancouver for $1700 a month, about 10 years ago.
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According to the internet calculator $1700 in 2013 is $2240 today.