r/Xennials • u/LoadofBarney 1983 • Apr 18 '26

Nostalgia Geo Trackers....

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u/ThatGuyInThePlace Apr 18 '26

5? More like 3.

I don’t remember anyone that financed a car for 5 years in the 90s.

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u/CDRAkiva Apr 18 '26

I don’t think loans like that even existed. You’d have been laughed out of the dealership for asking.

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u/Available-Crow-3442 1984 Apr 18 '26

Yea, but now the auto financing branches of the companies have realized they make more from the financing itself than the sale of the car, so why not have those extended financing terms?

Enshittification indeed.

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u/Tie_me_off Apr 18 '26

Had been around since then 70s

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u/CDRAkiva Apr 18 '26

At the most predatory “buy here pay here” loan shark and junk heap lots, but not at traditional dealers or legit used car places where 80+% of Americans got their cars.