TikTok is Normalizing Being CAR POOR | These Car Payments Are INSANE!
Frugal Friends Podcast
Jen Smith & Jill Sirianni | Backyard Ventures
4.8 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 29 July 2025
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
Cars are meant to get you to your destination NOT become your second home. But these days, people are spending so much even after buying a new car that it makes you stop and think… is it really worth it? Jen and Jill, with car expert Hayden Schreier break it all down pointing out the hidden costs, cheap parts, and big red flags to watch out for before you buy.
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| 0:55.0 | TikTok is normalizing being car poor. |
| 1:03.3 | Welcome to the frugal friends podcast where you'll learn to save money, |
| 1:08.6 | embrace simplicity, and live a rich life. |
| 1:13.1 | Here are your host, Jen and Jill. |
| 1:18.8 | Welcome, frugal friends. My name is Jen. My name is Jill. And we've all seen those social media |
| 1:25.1 | videos where car dealership employees are saying they're crazy car payments |
| 1:32.3 | and the crazy car payments they've seen go out the door. How much is your car payment and what do |
| 1:38.2 | you drive? My car payment is $500 and I drive an $8,400 and I drive an 84. Old Spence. $1,800, and I drive an 84x A.V. |
| 1:46.1 | Something for something? |
| 1:48.2 | $8,482 in the Toyota Prizes. |
| 1:52.4 | Our payment is $700, and I drive a CLA. |
| 1:55.0 | I drive a Mercedes-Spense SL, and I pay $1,200 a month. |
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