That would depend on what car they bought.

I dunno about you but my first car was when I was 16 working at Tim Hortons for minimum wage, long before I had a software developer salary...

I’m not sure what software devs make $15 grand a month in disposable income 2 years into their career, but I certainly was not one of them.

Some of the ones in the Bay Area do. Sometimes they don’t realize it’s not the norm.

Yeah, it's pretty common in the Bay. I did project that on wherever they're from.

I also didn't expect $15k-$30k in the jump from "not reliable" to "reliable" cars from somebody worried about a 20% interest rate over a long period of time. I have no idea what their background is, but even at today's prices you can do much better than that.