Why used cars are more efficient than new cars

We currently live in a society built upon excess, and buttressed by the status quo. People spend excessively in most areas of their lives in an attempt to climb the social ladder. The most wasteful place people do this in is often their automobile. Our population is constantly purchasing new cars for a price that is often colossal in comparison to that of a used car. Buying a new car is often the wrong choice because used cars are reliable, safe, and very cost effective. In our society, the use of old, cheap cars is an extremely efficient alternative to purchasing a new or only slightly used vehicle.

In order to understand the situation better, one must first understand what the function of a vehicles is. There are a great variety of vehicles available to consumers that serve a great variety of functions, but when the function of the vehicle is broken down to its most rudimentary levels we always come up with the same result: The function of a vehicle is to transport people and goods from one place to another. When analyzed in terms of function, almost all of the vehicles on the road today are exactly the same. That's right, a 10 year old Honda Civic transports people and goods in exactly the same manor as a Mercedes E class sedan. They can even drive on the same streets!

As soon as consumers begin to look at all cars as a mode of transportation instead of as a status symbol, they can begin to exploit the numerous advantages of used car ownership. The fact that transportation is an important factor in everyone's lives leads many people think that buying a new car is a good investment in their future, economists often laugh at this fact. This is because new cars cost a few orders of magnitude more than their slightly worn counterparts.