These Were Your 2008 Recession Rides

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It's 2026, and things consciousness bad. The world system is connected nan brink of an AI bubble-influenced crash, we're at warfare successful nan Middle East again, and car payments are hitting immoderate concerning levels — astatine least, for those precious fewer group who tin moreover spend a caller car. It feels for illustration we're gearing up for different once-in-a-lifetime recession, nan benignant we saw successful 2020, aliases 2008, aliases 2001, aliases 1990, aliases 1981, aliases 1980, aliases 1973, or... listen.

We've had a batch of these once-in-a-lifetime recessions by now, which intends we cognize really to negociate done them arsenic champion we can. Cut our costs, tighten our belts, and get a conveyance that won't beryllium truthful thirsty for substance arsenic we trundle to immoderate jobs are near successful this country. Thus, nan mobility that kicked disconnected this week: What was your 2008 recession ride? Today, we're looking done your answers, and hoping to glean immoderate proposal that'll return america done nan adjacent recession aliases two. 

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I was a elder successful precocious school. My parents bought maine my first car for my 18th day and for getting each A's my inferior year. It was a 1999 Saab 9-3 pinch a manual transmission. 

Submitted by: Frosteeman

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The aforesaid 1 I drove to activity today! I bought my 2004 SRT-4 Neon caller successful precocious 2003, and I'm still regular driving it astatine 258K miles. I'm hoping to thrust it 5 much years, and past we tin discontinue together.

Submitted by: CSX321

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I bought a motortruck successful 2008, nan first conveyance I ever purchased myself. I really still ain it and don't person immoderate plans to switch it. Its a utilized 2006 F250 and it only had 20k miles connected it. Prices plummeted connected large trucks successful 08 truthful I sewage a afloat loaded diesel 4WD for $23k! Blue Book put nan worth astir $50k astatine nan time. Still nan champion acquisition I've ever made.

Submitted by: Travis Osborne

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2007 WRX pinch immoderate nosy mods... Then nan recession made its measurement to maine and that nosy WRX turned into a 1997 Accord astir nan commencement of 2009. From autumn of 2008 to Feb 2009 my net went from 80k annually to $15/hr portion clip for 9 months. It took astir 6 years to betterment from that repo and short waste connected my house. I had to study a batch of lessons astatine 25 y/o.

Submitted by: Shawn Johnson

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At nan time, I was very gladsome that my thrust successful 2008 was my 2005 Acura TSX. The 6MT coupled pinch VTEC made it a awesome performer, while nan 4cyl motor made it bully connected gas. Most importantly, I evidently had nary worries astir needing to switch it anytime soon. My assurance successful its reliability was borne retired by nan truth that my woman is still driving it today. Best car I person ever owned (and I person owned a fewer bully ones).

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I was successful college, my mom gave maine her 2001 Explorer. It mostly sat successful a parking lot, I would thrust my bicycle to work. The Explorer had precocious milage and nan state gauge didn't ever work. Ended up utilizing Cash for Clunkers for a 2009 Scion xB. 

Submitted by: Matthew Luedke

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I had nan bully luck of not being excessively impacted successful 2008 and was capable to bargain a 2003 Toyota Landcruiser pinch 75k miles for $17,500. Truck now has 230k miles and whitethorn beryllium worthy astir what I paid for it. The champion car finance of my career.

Josh Ahmann

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2007 Mazda RX-8. Very nosy car, and (believe it aliases not) it ended up being reliable without needing a rebuild aft 80,000 miles. What wounded maine HARD pinch that car, though, is that I was moving retired successful nan section doing distant IT activity astatine customer sites and it was easy to put connected 1,000 miles a week. I ne'er sewage supra 22 mpg connected nan road and erstwhile state prices went entity high, I was hardly breaking moreover and moreover losing money astatine times aft my mileage reimbursement was paid back. But it had a trunk ample capable to clasp immoderate servers and networking equipment, tools, cables, and everything other you tin deliberation of. And nan clamshell doors made it easy to get worldly successful and out. 

Submitted by: Xavier96

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2003 Ford Ranger. 4 cyl 5 spd reg cab short furniture 2wd.

I conscionable realized a bought it successful 2006 for $5500. A 3 twelvemonth aged conveyance pinch 40k miles connected it for $5500.

Submitted by: TheDuke

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The car that I owned past was a 1979 Mercedes 240d, but my main thrust was my bicycle aliases nan bus.

Submitted by: Matt Pipes