My car died right before the pandemic. I shopped around a bit. Bought a used car (4 years old) right before prices went bonkers. That price was about 60% of a new version of the same car (model had not changed that much). Didn’t make sense to pay full price for new knowing it’s going to get dinged. I’ve been pretty lucky in terms of scratches and dings but someone finally got my bumper a couple of weeks ago arrrggghhh!!