My father taught me if you have to finance a car for longer than 3 years then you are buying too much car. This rule has served me well, but then for me a vehicle is nothing more than a method of safely getting from point A to point B. I hold cars for 10 years or longer. Car repairs in general are far cheaper than the monthly payment. The trigger for me is when the car is in the shop too often for my own threshold of nuisance or it cannot be repaired to a safe condition.  Vehicles have gotten more reliable and rust less so maybe I should revise my rule.

You know the answer to this question, don't you?

OF COURSE the libs will blame Trump.  

The same way the libs tried to blame Bush and his "policies" for wrecking the economy, although any astute observer knows that the recession was caused in large part by the subprime mortgage meltdown, which Bubba caused by pressuring lenders into making loans to people in the late 90's who otherwise couldn't afford them