>>510503808 (OP)poverty is cheap
everything is expensive because you allowed the manufacuteres and dealers to think they were justified in raising the prices.
you allowed them to create an environment of unsustainable planned obsolescence in order for them to raise profits.
the old school cars you could fix at home with simple hand tools, now you need specialized tools just to find out what's potentially broken, then order parts specificly tailored for that specific model of car.
you allowed this.
we had a good thing with the old school carburetor, and now you can't afford anything.