Miss Riley, almost 3-year-old rocker. Too much TV or something. |
A Honda dealer here in our fair city, is running a commercial saying that you, yes I said you, can own a 2011 Honda Civic for only $5 a day. Sounds good, just the cost of a Starbucks latte, as the commercial points out.
However, the lowest price a 2011 Honda Civic sells new for is around $17,500. At $5 per day, $17,500 represents 3500 days or 9.5 years. Maybe there are people who are willing to pay $5 a day for 9.5 years, but not sane people.
But wait, there's more!
The 9.5 years of payments assumes that a person gets a zero percent loan. At even a very attractive rate of 5%, the $5 a day would require a payoff period of nearly 14 years.
I guess they count on people not being able to do math. Or maybe given the mortgage crisis, they are trying to woo people who are looking to live in a Civic.
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3 comments:
That's funny - the sad thing is maybe THEY didn't do the math & they think they're being truthful. It's a sad day when I think the shysters are just as dumb as the rest of us...
Plus a latte is only about $3.50
Excellent information..
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