The Cost of Your Car(s)

"Affordability" is the Democrat Mantra this year.

Maybe their constituents should start taking the bus.

 ...The CPI for motor vehicle maintenance and repairs jumped by 1.25% in March from February and by 6.1% year-over-year, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Since January 2020, those prices exploded by 50%. These are services – parts and equipment are in a separate category, see further below – and these services are driven by the cost of labor (which surged) and profits (which also surged)....

OK.  Let's get to the parts part!

 ...The CPI for motor vehicle parts and equipment jumped by 0.7% in March from February. Year-over-year, and from three years ago (March 2023), it was up by 3.9%.

But since January 2020, the index has soared by 27%, most of it in 2021 and 2022....

('21/'22 were the years of the Fauci/Biden Wuhan-Fluhan disaster.  Factories closed due to those two, and prices went up.  Supply/demand writ large.)

But there's MORE!!

 ...The CPI for motor vehicle insurance has been flat to down since the peak in mid-2025. In March it was essentially unchanged from February, and up only 0.8% from a year ago.

But since January 2020, the index has spiked by 56%. Insurers, which got hit by spiking repair costs and exploding used-vehicle prices (replacement costs) in 2020-2022, raised their premiums to keep up with cost increases, plus some. But recently, those increases stalled....

Well, yes.......we know.......most (D) voters don't bother with car insurance (nor registration, licensing, and driver's licensing, either.)  But they would be far better off if they just sold their cars and started using the trolley.  Or bus.  Or walking.