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		Dylan16807 on June 7, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Carmakers feel chip crisis easing > I'm now wishing I put zero down on my last car, because it's looking like my loan is way cheaper than inflation is going to be over the life of the loan. Would you have invested that money in something that is currently growing at least as fast as inflation?

kube-system on June 7, 2022 [–]

Yeah, I have about the same invested in I-bonds at the moment as I have outstanding on my car note.

But either way, the rate on the car note is lower than inflation, so I'd be ahead just by spending the cash on something else.

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