Aka, "Please don't dump our product on the secondary market immediately after it turns out to be trash."

I think they're also trying to prevent speculators from buying these and immediately turning around to resell them for profit to wannabe influencers/morons like already happened with e.g. PS5's, video cards, etc. It's still a mighty big red flag, though.

Ending up more like a Fiero.

At least Ferrari gave your something fun. Something visceral.

This is a ones trick pony that gets boring on the third go round.

I'll take a Miata at full blast over this garbage anyday.

I know Ferrari is real particular about what you do with "your" car. >.>

I have to be that guy, you know there is always one. This is also the exception not the rule.

Bought my car new in 2019, 0% interest. Covid happened, Renesas chip factory burned, and the dealership offered me 10 grand more than the initial sticker price for it. I was WFH, and all we needed was one vehicle. Sold it rolled around in the check stub.

I bought a 2018 minivan in 2020, and honestly if I went back it's spend the extra $4k on a brand new. Drivetrain was fine but cosmetic stuff and the lining inside showed. I'd like to know what cars you buy to lose tens of thousands in the first year.

Meh modern cars mostly hold their value well. Especially since COVID. Yeah you can certainly save money, but it's not the pit it once was. Especially if you can fund one of those rarer 2% rates going around. Leases these days are garbage and the real trap over the next few years IMO.

I got my new car just before they started to be scarce. I got a credit of 0.9% and about $3k off msrp (plus a bonus for my trade in which brought it to real market value). Used cars had a lot of mileage on them and the APR was above 6%. Certified used were almost the same price as new but with a worse APR

Maybe if you are are not financing it makes sense, but if you get a low APR buying new can be a better choise

lease new

No. Leasing is a pretty bad deal. If you plan to own the car for 5 to 10 years, you might as well buy.

Buy used

Used cars for the last 3 years have very poor values. A brand new Toyota Corolla is in the $23k range, but a used one would be above $20k anyway. At that point, you might as well buy a new car.

Hopefully the used car market returns to normalcy (and it looks like its starting to go back to normal...) but new makes a lot of sense in the last 2 or 3 years.

Yeah this right here. The cyber truck is just a status symbol. Like a v6 platinum f-150 crew cab sitting in a suburban driveway with an absolutely spotless bed. But for the very small well paid tech bro market.

My next truck will be electric because thats where the market will be in 15yrs. Electric is a good change, but it still needs to do truck things. Like move heavy crap and access lakes via what is basically the suggestion of a road. The cyber truck does neither of these tasks well.

Is the Ford vs Ram vs Chevy really still a thing? Cost had nothing to do with getting a Ram for me. It was simply the only brand that still offered a bench seat on more than an entry level work truck.