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TexasTowelie

(126,674 posts) Fri Feb 27, 2026, 11:54 AM 11 hrs ago

How Car Loans Became A Debt Trap - More Perfect Union

A historic number of Americans are behind on their auto loans.

New car payments are costing people as much as rent used to cost — $750 a month on average.

We investigated auto lenders, and found companies making billions even as they set up customers up to fail.

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How Car Loans Became A Debt Trap - More Perfect Union (Original Post) TexasTowelie 11 hrs ago OP

When we bought our last car, the dealer tried as hard as they could to get us to have a loan instead of paying for the SWBTATTReg 9 hrs ago #1

SWBTATTReg

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1. When we bought our last car, the dealer tried as hard as they could to get us to have a loan instead of paying for the

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Fri Feb 27, 2026, 01:26 PM

9 hrs ago

car 100% like we did.

They sure acted like they were going to die if they didn't get a loan off of us.

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