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      10-20-2020, 08:25 PM   #82
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Originally Posted by Germanauto View Post
My argument against the whole "this car was just as expensive when adjusted for inflation" argument is that salaries have obviously not kept up with inflation to make up for it. If you made X salary 20 yrs ago it went way further than that money does today. Home prices, student loans, etc. have gotten exponentially more expensive as well. So these cars do feel more out of reach as time has progressed in my opinion.
This is a valid argument.

I was just looking at the price of the car themselves, if you take into the entirety of socioeconomic status you can also factor in maintenance items, insurance and gas.

Would make for some interesting data.
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