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The Ramsey Show Highlights

Buy A Car Sooner To Avoid Increased Prices Due Tariffs?

The Ramsey Show Highlights

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Self-improvement, Education, Investing, Business

4.6682 Ratings

🗓️ 3 June 2025

⏱️ 9 minutes

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0:00.0

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0:04.1

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0:10.2

My question is, my husband and I were planning on purchasing a new car next spring,

0:16.1

but we are wondering if we should move that purchase up and buy now,

0:19.8

based on the fact that car prices

0:21.5

might be a spike because of the tariffs. Interesting. Do you have the money now?

0:28.2

And above your opinion on where we should pull it from. We do have a few different places we

0:33.6

could pull from. Let's talk. Okay. So if we bought the car a year from now, which was our initial plan, my husband has some

0:42.2

stock that was given to him when he started his new job.

0:46.0

And that stock will be vested next spring and be at the long-term gain position.

0:53.3

Ah.

0:53.7

So that was where we were going to pull the money from to buy the car.

0:57.0

How much?

0:58.0

If we wanted to buy now, it'll be about $35,000.

1:01.0

Brand new?

1:02.0

I don't think we'd buy brand new.

1:05.0

I don't know.

1:07.0

Well, I think we could, but I...

1:09.0

Oh, I'm not asking you... ...buying like two asking you. Well, I'm not suggesting that you do. I was just curious because your question is based on tariffs.

1:18.3

And so there's two points I want to make really quick.

1:22.3

And Jade will continue to guide you here, but on this tariff issue as the sole reason to do this,

1:26.7

and that's what you've presented.

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